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Came across this today. Great interview - if you can spare the hour or two to watch all 8 parts of it. Here’s the final part and for what it’s worth, I believe the most damning criticism of this dangerous cult yet.
Jason Beghe was in for 13 years and in his words ‘I got into it because I wanted to help‘, now he’s doing this interview for the same reason. Good on him, it takes guts to do what he’s doing.
I was watching the Sunday morning program on Channel Seven last week at the conclusion of WYD and one of the presenters (who shall remain nameless, I don’t want him to get into hot water!) could hardly contain himself and spent the entire time trying so hard to be respectful of the catholics and their faith - but failing miserably. I loved it. It was so obvious what he thought of the whole nonsense but he somehow managed to walk the fine line between being totally disrespectful and reporting the facts.
I found a few classic clips on YouTube from the Not The Nine O’Clock News team that say it all. The majority view on religions and all their hypocrisy, ridiculousness and downright silliness is summed up nicely in this lot. Enjoy.
The Apostles Creed -
General Synods Life of Christ -
Gay Christian -
Songs of Praise -
and finally, we had to have the ‘A Day in the Life of a Stunt Pope’ (sorry about the quality it’s the only one I could find) -
Where’s this new law heading the States? It doesn’t take much of a stretch to see the word ‘atheist’ added to the list of ‘unlawful enemy combatants’. Makes you wonder how an ‘educated’ society can allow this to happen doesn’t it?
Found this excellent footage on YouTube from a lucky ba****d who got seats in the 2nd row of possibly the best concert there will ever be (well if you are my vintage you would think so anyway). Now I just have to wait for the DVD to come out so I can be first in line to buy it!
These songs - Good Times, Bad Times (first song, first album - I was in my last year at school when I bought it) and Ramble On from Led Zeppelin II would have to be among my Led Zep favourites - but there’s so many!
According to the Achilles Last Stand website, this concert will be the last as Robert Plant has turned down the guaranteed 100 MILLION POUNDS to do a tour, even though Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were keen. Pity, but the songs will always be with us.
I’m a huge fan of Pat Condell, his wickedly accurate observations on the ridiculousness of religions (especially the silly christian varieties) always manage to hit the nail squarely on the head. I found this one recently and it’s too good to keep to myself.
If you haven’t seen it, here it is (until the ‘church’ bully-boys demand it be taken down again) - the Tom Cruise video.
I’ve never thought much of him as an actor, now I reckon he’s a fruit-loop as well.
I’d add more, but really the whole ‘S’ thing is a non-issue to me - I mean, if someone is stupid enough to believe in a ‘religion’ founded by a science fiction writer turned con-man, then hell, go for it. The rest of us will just ignore you. Period.
I started writing my views about the whole ‘S’ issue here, then deleted it because, honestly, I was scared. Scared by all the stories of ‘black vans’ and ’smear campaigns’ - then I thought to myself ‘come on - the society we live in is a a free society. We are entitled to express our views about anything, churches, cults and the mad behaviour of any group that is operating outside (or damn close to outside) the laws of that society. So here it is, back again - my views about ‘S’ and I don’t care if I’m considered an ‘SP’ or whatever other ridiculous term you want to label me with. I am a rational, thinking human being who doesn’t have ‘thetans’ inside me that need to be ‘cleared’ or whatever other nonsense that you believe…’
Most atheists believe that eventually the world’s religions and churches will fall by the wayside. They have to, if human civilisation is ever to progress. At the heart of this process is the defining of the word ‘church’ - and Scientology has given the world’s governments and lawmakers a priceless gift - if a cult that tells it’s members (eventually, after charging enormous ‘fees’) the ridiculous story made up by a psychologically damaged sci-fi writer can call itself a ‘church’ and get away with it, then what is next? The hope is that eventually someone, somewhere will have the balls to start the whole process of exposing this dangerous, fraudulent group and others that claim the title ‘church’ for what they really are.
Now, I just knew Bill would eventually tell us what he really thinks of religion. From a concert in Aussie I believe - he’s chosen Aussie to come out. I love it!
