Is Scientology American Falun Gong?

Jonnie Tyler

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Jun 25, 2008, 11:07:53 PM6/25/08

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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19121
"We went to dinner at a pavilion on West Lake and talked about what Katie
Holmes could possibly see in Tom Cruise. Katie is from my hometown, Toledo,
Ohio. Linda and Mike were suitably impressed by the fact. "I don't
understand this Scientology," Mike said.

I floundered around for an explanation. "It's American Falun Gong," said
Mai."

The comparison is inept, as Scientology is not banned from the US.

Eldon

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Jun 26, 2008, 2:14:50 AM6/26/08

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On Jun 26, 5:07 am, "Jonnie Tyler" <BarryPep...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

What? Falun Gong isn't banned from the US either, and Scientology
hasn't even set foot in mainland China, because they know what would
happen. Both are superstitious cults that want to infiltrate political
systems, so I would say there is some basis for comparison.

barb

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Jun 26, 2008, 11:21:46 AM6/26/08

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Yet.

--
Barb "That's Captain Barbossa to you!"
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)
It's Poodlin' Time!

“I think that the protections that we enjoy for freedom of worship exist
so long as we don’t step over the line. When religious worship and
belief cross over into things like fraud, victimization of others and
the disruption of the political arena, that protection is no longer
appropriate.”

--Robert Goff
Professor Emeritus, UCSC

Ball of Fluff

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Jun 29, 2008, 7:13:06 PM6/29/08

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<qwa> wrote in message news:26c6c$4863431f$4548413c$32...@DIALUPUSA.NET...
> x-no-archive: yes
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> And Falun Gong whines about "religious persecution" too.

Last I checked, Falun Gong didn't have an RPF. They're going toe to toe with
a very repressive government.

C

www.claireswazey.com

CharlesLiu

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Jul 1, 2008, 10:17:51 PM7/1/08

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On Jun 29, 4:13 pm, "Ball of Fluff" <getoffmy...@fluffentology.com>
wrote:
> <qwa> wrote in messagenews:26c6c$4863431f$4548413c$32...@DIALUPUSA.NET...
> > x-no-archive: yes
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> > AndFalunGongwhines about "religious persecution" too.
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> Last I checked,FalunGongdidn't have an RPF. They're going toe to toe with
> a very repressive government.

Scientology, even with with Tom Cruise going ape sh!t on Brooke
Shields, ain't close to what happened with Falun Gong in China:

http://www.falungonginfo.org/fgban01.html

Chinese government banned FLG because thousands were dead due to
cultish teaching, and FLG getting used by some in China as political
pawn.

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> C
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> www.claireswazey.com

Tom Klemesrud

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Jul 2, 2008, 12:13:05 AM7/2/08

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Can't the same paragraph above be used to describe scientology?

Eldon

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Jul 2, 2008, 2:08:56 AM7/2/08

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China (grudgingly) allows people to practice religion, but doesn't
allow any proselytism. As I recall, Kendra Wiseman was quite pissed
off because her mother tried to "explain" Scientology to a friend in
Bejing when she visited there.

The Chinese officials also cracked down on the Amway/Quixtar MLM org
at point.

Landmark Education has held a few beginning seminars in mainland
China, but I'll bet their "guest event" recruitment method has been
modified somewhat. If it hasn't, they're sure to get into trouble one
of these days.