So is this from a reputable news source or is it just a blog?

Well I've met a few scientologists in my day. (I live in LA) Without exception they were all completely brainwashed and of weak mental constitution to begin with.

I've never heard anything good about scientologists. They frankly creep me out when i walk down hollywood blvd and they are out there trying to recruit people.

Once in HS. I had a friend whos family was a scientologist. We joked about it with him. He swore he wasn't really a scientologist and that it was only his family. Then a minute later he popped the trunk of his car to grab something. We looked in and it was literally filled to the brim with scientology books.

Personally I see nothing wrong with the govt cracking these freaks heads in in the worst way. We need to do a Waco to these scientologist people. I know you guys might think I'm being a little over the top. But I live near these people. They are dangerous.

Also, If any scientologist tried to lock me up in some "Hole" there would be a lot of news coverage about mass arsons to all the LA scientology centers. Oh yeah bodies would also be showing up in the news too. F scientology. Germany has it correct when they banned it for what it was. A disingenous brainwashing, moneymaking, fraudulent, cult.

they don't it's 1000% illegal. But you are right these people have to be mental idiots to get themselves in that position to begin with. have none of these people got enough self respect to prevent this sorta crap from happening to them. in the case of the average scientologist i'd say no they don't have any self respect or they wouldn't be scientologists to begin with. Sorry if I sound a little biased but I've got to live next to these people. They are a problem.

Since America rose to the occasion with the whole ChickFillA issue,maybe it's time for people to rise to the occasion and do something about this too. So many people seem to agree that this cult is out of control and perhaps dangerous.I personally don't and won't spend a dime to see a Cruise,Smith,or any other COS celebs art.
And nobody seems to persue or care that LRH was rumored to have assisted Jack Parsons in a failed babalyon working.

Originally posted by PhoenixOD
So is this from a reputable news source or is it just a blog?

It's from the Village Voice. They are reputable, do good journalism and have existed for almost 60 years.

I just don't see this religion having the momentum it would need to keep any sort of mainstream relevance. I think they have to blackmail and shame the high profile members that they have now, and I just don't see their influence lasting over time. I think Scientology will die with David Miscavaige. Still, not soon enough.

If things like this were really true there would be search warrants and arrests, too bad it is probably not true. To me it seems more like that every highranking official who "falls out of favor" ends up in front of a reporter, not a hole.

Originally posted by BASSPLYR
I've never heard anything good about scientologists. They frankly creep me out when i walk down hollywood blvd and they are out there trying to recruit people.

No joke. I was going to music school at MI which is behind one of their buildings on Hollywood Blvd, they got the message that I was not interested in their BS cult. Yeah L R Hubbard's crew are a creepy bunch.

When I was about 14-15 yrs I went to one of their open house recruiting meetings with my brother, who had a friend involved. I remember walking into a room on their little tour they gave us, some guy was doing a brain exercise with paper clips and erasers on his desk where he had to arrange the items as he perceived them in relation to the world(or some crap like that). Saw their brochure and the rates $$$$$ for the different levels of blissful glee that I could one day obtain. My one and only thought after that was,,,,,,get me the #$&% out of here.

David Koresh and Jim Jones are laughing in their graves.

dont put koresh in the same sentence as jones. thats insulting

The roof looks like it is caving in (first photo, building on left).

I've often wondered why a reporter doesn't infiltrate the ranks, but I hear people turn up dead.