Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
John Sweeney is a BBC Panorama reporter who, while making BBC Panorama’s Scientology and Me in 2007, became famous because he lost his rag on camera and started yelling abuse at them … rightly so because they had been pushing all his hot buttons with the aim of getting him to do exactly that. He has an … Read more
Some good news emerged yesterday, Belgium’s federal public prosecutors have decided to prosecute the Church of Scientology, they will face charges in connection with extortion, fraud, illegal practice of medicine and violations of privacy legislation. Federal public prosecutors want the church of Scientology to be condemned as a criminal organisation. The decision follows years of … Read more
I’ve blogged about these folks before here … what prompts me to return to the subject is an article in today’s UK Guardian. It is actually a reprint from the New Yorker, they have re-printed it because they felt it was that good, and I agree, so I’m pointing you at it. Should you be … Read more
Lets start with the famous L Ron Hubbard quote … “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be start his own religion.” ~ L Ron Hubbard. I bet you can guess where this post is going … … Read more