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    This was a fav of mine long before I heard of the Co$

    Voltaire : " God spare me from the righteousness of a zealot "




    And, so help me God, I never met a scientologist that wasn't a fucking zealot".

    Yeah, I was a fucking zealot, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Auditor's Toad View Post
    This was a fav of mine long before I heard of the Co$

    Voltaire : " God spare me from the righteousness of a zealot "




    And, so help me God, I never met a scientologist that wasn't a fucking zealot".

    Yeah, I was a fucking zealot, too.
    I felt that way about some of the people who wrote page after page about my alleged infamies while assuring everyone that they really wanted to help people. And those were exes and other critics...sometimes the cultic mindset runs deeeep...even in those who either left or never were in CofS.

    Just sayin'. I may be flame free but I ain't snark free.
    I am truly into myself, yes. And I'm just as interested in other people. When I'm not thinking of one, I'm thinking of the other.

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    Semiticism breeds fanaticism.

    Look at Israel.

    Look at the Christian world.

    Look at the Muslim world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinaire View Post
    Semiticism breeds fanaticism.

    Look at Israel.

    Look at the Christian world.

    Look at the Muslim world.

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    Look at you!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Termint View Post
    Look at you!
    Facts are what they are. It is tough to have the facts thrown at your face, isn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinaire View Post
    Facts are what they are. It is tough to have the facts thrown at your face, isn't it?

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    It's even tougher when you're talking to someone who seems to be viewing the world from an such an artficial viewpoint.

    You seem to be talk about many of things in terms of Semitic vs Vedic, perhaps you have an unflat dichotomy or two?

    Look at the "you" being presented by Vinay here. Look and see what comes to view. Practice what you preach.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Termint View Post
    It's even tougher when you're talking to someone who seems to be viewing the world from an such an artficial viewpoint.

    You seem to be talk about many of things in terms of Semitic vs Vedic, perhaps you have an unflat dichotomy or two?

    Look at the "you" being presented by Vinay here. Look and see what comes to view. Practice what you preach.
    What you see of a being is in your mind.

    Learn to look at the knowledge and not the being. Knowledge stands by itself without the being. That is what Veda's teach.

    Semite's evaluate knowledge through the being. That messes them up.

    Look at knowledge for what it is without any viewpoint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinaire View Post
    Look at knowledge for what it is without any viewpoint.

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    Without a monitor might be simpler. Without a keyboard would solve *everything*

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zinjifar View Post
    Without a monitor might be simpler. Without a keyboard would solve *everything*

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gadfly View Post
    The simple reality is that Hubbard never hid his intentions. He spells it out clearly, over and over, in writing and on tapes.

    One needs to understand just how strongly any person's beliefs (agreements, fixed ideas, strong opinions) directly affect and define a person's actions. This is especially true and easy to see with religions, though political ideologies follow closely behind.

    Hubbard and Scientology constantly push and ram these basic Scientology beliefs down your throat. Take those away and there can be no more insidious control, or even a C of S as it currenly exists.

    The Church PR machine, and dumbos like the Marty brigade, routinely underplay and try to avoid any mention of the basic BELIEF structure and psychology involved with HARD-CORE BELIEVERS of ANY sort. This aspect is key to what Scientology "does" to people.

    It is basically all about controlling a person's thoughts. That is why so many people get declared SPs - to get the infected questioning thoughts OUT of the accepted party-line thought pool.

    I think most people interpret or misinterpret much of what Hubbard says while involved in Scientology (thereby somewhat minimizing the extreme fanaticism involved), but the severe "don't talk about it" vibe (No Verbal Data) within the Church environment keeps those (common) misunderstandings and misinterpretations out of view. Everybody imagines that they all happily agree with each other, but really, deep down, people have largely different opinions and views about the Church, Scientology and Hubbard. The don't-talk-about-it vibe and a very higly controlled oppressive environment (KRs, severe ethics, fears of disconnection, etc) creates an ILLUSION of high-toned agreement that actually isn't there.

    But, when it comes down to it, the basic Scientology beliefs, accepted and acted upon by Scientology lemmings of all sorts, are what keep the machine rolling. If THOSE were chipped way at, and exposed as the large abusrdities that they are, well the Church would have a tough time of it.
    Just to contribute some:
    https://theworldisfine.wordpress.com...ts-ovecome-it/

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