He didn’t storm off anywhere……he told Bashir that if Bashir asked another offensive question that he was leaving….he stood up…and he left. He even informed Bashir why these questions were offensive. Bashir ignored him.

Missed the storming part….perhaps a little exaggeration there, Zeke?

I don’t know … I thought it was a little stormy when he tore his microphone off and dropped it on the floor.

Watch for the official Scientology spin on this story. Or has Puter Boi already started it. ??

Tommy Davis is a bug-eyed cultist.

“He even informed Bashir why these questions were offensive.”

Is it unreasonable to explain *why* such questions might be offensive, given the fact that they are derived from the published doctrine of the cult?

I dunno, Zeke…I went through Hurricane Andrew…now THAT was stormy…Davis was more of a breezy night on the beach in Key West.

It was a “Do you believe, yes or no?” question, nothing offensive about it. The interviewee hid behind being ‘offended’ instead of giving a truthful Yes or No.

It seems to me Scientology is no more or no less a Cult than any organized religion, it’s tenets no more or no less far fetched.

it’s hard to defend the idea that aliens swooped down 75M years ago, and are still lingering, and led by some alien Xena dude, and not sound batsh*t.

Do you suppose that’s why Scientologists are against Psychiatry? HA

He stormed off because he gets rich selling this crap to gullible fools and doesn’t want to have to explain the lunacy of it.

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Thank you Zeke!

>it’s hard to defend the idea that aliens swooped down 75M years ago, and are still lingering, and led by some alien Xena dude, and not sound batsh*t.

Or our planet created through magic 6000 years ago, followed by a space god zombie.

The only difference is societal norms. If we’d all been Scientologists we’d think all Christians were complete nuts.

I don’t buy for a minute that Scientology is “no more, no less a Cult” than any religion, or just a matter of societal norms. If you wish to restrict the discussion to the craziness of beliefs, fine, I’ll take it. But Scientology isn’t even a cult; it’s a scam.

Fact remains that Scientology asks you for money up-front; it’s not a basket going around the pews, there’s a cash register right up front and the fees are not negotiable. And to this day, they go after anybody who dare publish or independently spread any of their “scripture”; I don’t see any actual cult or religion objecting to their “gospel” getting publicized.

And as you drop thousands of dollars along the way, you reach OT levels the crux of which are “everything we’ve told you till now — yeah, made it all up”.

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m says:
October 24, 2009 at 8:13 pm

Don’t get me started… ;O)

@ atsah: “Salivation?” That may be more accurate than you realize.

Scientology is a secretive cult and when you get too inquisitive, you will be chastised. Nutjobs, all!

“m says:
October 24, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Or our planet created through magic 6000 years ago, followed by a space god zombie.
The only difference is societal norms. If we’d all been Scientologists we’d think all Christians were complete nuts.”

It’s more complex than a flippant “societal norms”. Assuming both are false one comes from our cultural past developed through the need for a primitive, then somewhat literate society’s need to explain the world around it, our place in it, our fears and hopes. It incorporates centuries old themes, myths many based on Roman, Persian, Greek or other pagan belief systems revolving around crops, astronomical observations, etc. It’s a part of our cultural, artistic, religious and even intellectual heritage whether we believe in it or not.

The other was founded by a Sci-Fi author on a bet while playing cards. There is a bit of a difference.

“…that I find offensive.” D’oh… I could have fielded that better. That’s their spokesman?

Robert Heinlein (another sci-fi author) gave his view of Scientology in what is arguably his best work, “Stranger In A Strange Land,” published in 1961. Having lived in California at the same time as Hubbard, it’s an interesting read to get a different point of view.

Puter Boi: I missed the part where Davis explained why his questions were offensive.

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Why would anyone agree to subject himself to an interview with Bashir. I would have thought his slimy reputation reputation would have preceeded him. …

How many Christians do you think would be offended and walk out of an interview if they were asked about their beliefs in the Garden of Eden or the birth of Jesus?