Belgium May Prosecute the Church of Scientology

sheean.nl writes "A Belgian prosecutor recommended after a 10-year investigation that the government prosecute the church of Scientology. The church is accused of being a criminal organization involved in extortion, fraud, unfair trading, violation of privacy laws, and unlawfully practicing medicine. Both the Belgian and the European branches of the church should be brought to court, according to the authorities. The investigation was started in 1997 after former Scientologists complained about intimidation and extortion by the church. Other European countries such as Germany have problems with Scientology, but in the US it is officially recognized as a religion. Scientology has 10 million members including high-profile followers such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta." Scientology has long used heavy-handed legal and other tactics to suppress opposition on the Net.

Go On Post, Say all you want

[Anonymous Coward]

We're Watching.

ElRon must be so upset...

[Gorm the DBA]

Oooooh....L. Ron Hubbard must be spinning in his grave....well...his thetans must be enturbulated around their next body host at least...

Will this cause

[kaufmanmoore]

Tom Cruise to come out of the closet?

Xenu Smack Your Ass !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Xenu Smack Your Ass !!

Scientology is NOT a religion!

[hoggoth]

Scientology is NOT a religion!

They believe that absurd fictional super-powered entities are controlling our lives.
They indoctrinate their believers to give up their common sense and rely on the group for 'truth'. They suck money out of their victims and they prosecute anyone who opposes their growth!
How dare they try to be considered a religion!

Umm.. wait a minute.. never mind...

Scientology is so 20th century

[Arcturax]

No you want a REAL religion, you should be subscribing to Sciencolonogy.

It's the hottest new religion and all the big name Hollywood stars are taking part!

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Re:ElRon must be so upset...

[Prof.Phreak]

Oooooh....L. Ron Hubbard must be spinning in his grave....

They should strap magnets to him, and wrap a coil around the casket. Free electricity! ...see what science can accomplish?

Re:Mod Parent Informative

[Kozar_The_Malignant]

If I want garbage like this, I'll check Yahoo.

And yet you read this far and replied to a nested post... Slow day at work?

Re:All churches are guilty of that

[pablodiazgutierrez]

My personal favorite way to describe the dude is "levitating Jew zombie".

Re:Who is next?

[LordZardoz]

Well, how many tanks does the pope have anyway?

END COMMUNICATION

Re:Who is next?

[2.7182]

Please don't quote people and modify the quotation, dumbass.

Uh....could you be a little more adult about this ? Chill out.

Re:Who is next?

[Walt Dismal]

He doesn't need tanks. He has Holy Hand Grenades.

Re:Reductio ad absurdum

[arth1]

How can one say that stories about volcanoes, space ships, and H bombs are silly, but being swallowed by a fish and then regurgitated after 3 days is not?

Jonah could probably speak whale.

Re:Fucking Scientologists.

[ccguy]

The Jews, Christians, and Muslims don't charge $360,000 for it, nor do they sue people who hand out copies of their scriptures.

Like they don't regret having published them before Mickey Mouse :-)

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No, no no!

[cumin]

I'm going to hell for these postings, aren't I?

You don't go to hell for posting stuff, you go to hell for postings that disagree with mine!

Standard disclaimer: Yes, I firmly believe God has a sense of humor, at least I firmly hope so.

Re:Scientology not a Cult?

[Anonymous Coward]

Only on Slashdot will I hear the term "open source religion" and everyone immediately comprehends the meaning. :P

Re:Gonna have a Clam Bake!

[Jesus_666]

If the LDS are 19th century's pseudo-scientific pseudo-religion and Scientology is the 20th century equivalent... That means we can still establich the 21st century equivalent if we are quick!

j/k, of course. The 21st century equivalent is already there; it's known as Web 2.0...