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Apparently terrorist organization "Anonymous" strikes again, this time at Scientology!

It's funny, but they are in the news again, this time with NBC.
Copyright 2008 by NBC11.com. The Associated Press contributed said:
LOS ANGELES -- An anonymous group of hackers, fittingly known as "Anonymous," has declared war on the Church of Scientology.

In a video posted on YouTube on Monday, the group appears to be upset over the way the church tried to eliminate a video of Tom Cruise from the Internet.

"We shall proceed to expel you from the Internet and systematically dismantle the church of scientology in its present form," says the video's narrator. "We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."

The Cruise video in question made headlines last week after copies continued to surface on the Net. In the video, Cruise praises Scientology's virtues and speaks in great detail about the religion. He discusses his faith while the soundtrack to his "Mission: Impossible" films plays in the background.

In the video, which was made in 2004, Cruise said, "There is nothing better than ... going out there and fighting the fight and, suddenly you see, things are better."

Editors at celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.com said that the video was posted Monday on YouTube.com but quickly removed. Since then, more copies have surfaced.

The "Anonymous" video claims the attack is for the good of mankind.

"Anonymous has therefore decided that your organization should be destroyed, for the good of your followers, for the good of mankind and for our own enjoyment," says the video's narrator.

The church said the video was an internal production and meant for members of Scientology.

A Web site set up for the project directs members to download denial of service software that bombards Scientology.org with fake requests, slowing it down.

The site also urges members to make prank calls, publicize Scientology documents the church considers proprietary and fax endless loops of black pages to the church's fax machines to waste ink.

This is not the first time the Church of Scientology has dealt with a denial of service campaign. ReligiousFreedomWatch.org once offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to prior threats.

Transcript Of 'Anonymous' Video

"Hello, leaders of Scientology. We are Anonymous. Over the years, we have been watching you. Your campaigns of misinformation, your suppression of dissent, your litigious nature, all of these things have caught our eye. With the leakage of your latest propaganda video into mainstream circulation, the extent of your malign influence over those who have come to trust you as leaders has been made clear to us.

Anonymous has therefore decided that your organization should be destroyed. For the good of your followers, for the good of mankind and for our own enjoyment, we shall proceed to expel you from the Internet, and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form.

We recognize you as serious opponents, and do not expect our campaign to be completed in a short time frame; however, you will not prevail forever against the angry masses of the body politic. Your choice of methods, your hypocrisy, and the general artlessness of your organization have sounded its death knell.

You have nowhere to hide because we are everywhere. You will find no recourse in attack because for each of us that falls, 10 more will take his place

We are cognizant of the many who may decry our methods as parallel to those of the Church of Scientology. Those who espouse the obvious truth that your organization will use the actions of Anonymous as an example of the persecution of which you have for so long warned your followers. This is acceptable to anonymous. In fact, it is encouraged. We are your SPs. Over time, as we begin to merge our pulse with that of your church, the suppression of your followers will become increasingly difficult to maintain. Believers will become aware that salvation needn't come at the expense of their livelihood. They will become aware that the stress and frustration that they feel is not due to us, but a source much closer to them.

Yes, we are SPs, but the sum of suppression we could ever muster is eclipsed by that of your own RTC.

Knowledge is free. We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget.

Expect us."
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lol, this is hilarious, apparently something happened to push the Scientology hazing into Anti-Scientology action. What do I think? Personally... I think Scientology is a cult that is in a calm phase. I don't know if them succeeding in causing trouble will trigger the Scientologist or not, but if it does break them up I'll be all for it.

I remember the first time I heard of them, I thought it was just some little nutty movement to poke fun at Christians again. Oh was I shocked to see the people were serious! Anyways, is there any redeeming quality of Scientology? (Tom Cruise is not an answer)

Everyone seems to make fun of it, but there has to be something about it that makes people want to consider it a religion over building into a super Cult. (Next thing you know there really will be religions on the matrix and Oprah... ok, I need to stop with the Bashing)

Ok, so what does everyone think about this article, this "movement", or Scientology in general?
 
Now, well I am Christain, I've aways belived in the right to live the way you want. Our lord didn't create this earth to be filled with violence. The one thing I don't like
is when people try to force there beliefs on others. My recent outcry of rage over "The Golden Compass" Didn't come from the fact that it was an Anti-religain movie,
but rather because the Author was purposly trying to push people torwds his way of life. If we are to acomplish the great feat of living together on this earth, we must
first find Aceptence in ourselves. Trying to sqash people who don't live the same way as us can only lead to more violence and destruction. Christains, Muslims, Jews, Hindus,
Athiests, and so on, I don't care what you think is right, fighting over it dosen't help anything. Did Hitler help anybody by killing all the Jews? No. Did Sudom Husain help anybody by sucking the money out of his country and gassing people? No. Did the torriests who bombed the trade center help anybody? No. Did Gorge Bush help anybody by ranting
and being a Hypocrite? No. The world can only move forward when and if we decide to move forward. And until then, I'll stand up for people who can't stand up for themselves,
the small people, the ones who can help us move forward from the inside out. There are people with talent out there, people with dreams and undiscoverd ideas that can benifit
the world greatly! Iv'e spent my whole life dreaming of when the small people begain to matter to! Because god created us to live in peace!
 
Scientology is idiocy in my opinion-I'm a very spiritual person, and normally I'm tolerant of most religious belief systems, even stuff some people might consider out-there like Wicca- but L. Ron Hubbard pretty much came out and said that he started Scientology to make money. Which isn't religion, it's a sad excuse to manipulate people. But that said, as long as the Scientologists aren't hurting anyone except themselves, I say let them do their thing, since it keeps them far away from us. These Anonymous people just seem like slightly more sophisticated trolls who need a life as badly as some of the Scientology followers do.
 
Neku said:
Scientology is idiocy in my opinion-I'm a very spiritual person, and normally I'm tolerant of most religious belief systems, even stuff some people might consider out-there like Wicca- but L. Ron Hubbard pretty much came out and said that he started Scientology to make money. Which isn't religion, it's a sad excuse to manipulate people. But that said, as long as the Scientologists aren't hurting anyone except themselves, I say let them do their thing, since it keeps them far away from us. These Anonymous people just seem like slightly more sophisticated trolls who need a life as badly as some of the Scientology followers do.
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That's what i'm saying, I don't care what people think, as long as they don't push it on other people! I'm tolerant of other ideas, just don't try to make me agree with you forcefully. The'll go there way, and I'll go mine.
 
Well, My only thing about Scientology is that when you list the things on paper it looks like a cult. A socially accepted cult, but a cult never the less. Cults really aren't a laughing matter either as they can be very scary for both the family members, friends, and the people in them. I guess it is true that you can argue that all religions start out as cults, true.. but like Neku said: The leader is quoted on saying "If you ever want to be rich, you start a religion", and then some amount of years later Scientology is founded.
 
I can point to more than a handful of Christian ministers/preachers/whatever who are a lot more than "well off" due to fund collected through their ministries.

There are parts of Scientology I like, but once you get Tom Cruise involved? Just...no... Besides, I prefer the Raelians for creepy cult-like groups. They're more fun.

And, hell, if you want to get technical, Christianity began as the very definition of a cult (a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader).

All told, as long as they aren't hurting anyone, who gives a damn? We all have our quirks. We all judge others. They just have celebrity endorsements.
 
I find it interesting how these news reports are always devoid of the name of any website that ends in "chan". I guess they figure if people knew just how easy it is to visit those sites and post on them might take away some of the intensity to it.
 
Marvel, what are Scientology's redeeming qualities? I'm not trying to bash, I'm genuinely curious.
 
They help society by doing these amazing things called "assist".

Which is just like helping.

I find it interesting how these news reports are always devoid of the name of any website that ends in "chan"
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Because they know you can't fight anonymous. You'd have to be downright idiotic to declare a war on 4chan because you didn't like their humour. It'd be like someone being insulted by a Shoop Da Woop or Pedobear picture on there and then threatening to find who made it and slap them.

I'm sure glad people here don't declare war on 4chan.
 
Scientology scares the hell outta me. Seriously, it does. Just Google "The Unfunny Truth About Scientology" and watch what comes up. Just be sure to have a very strong stomach when you do. :shudder:
 
Scientology is on the same level as evangelists are. Both are huge scams, just they tend to attract polar opposites: scientology exploits and manipulates people who are doing pretty well in life (no, I'm not talking about celebrities, jeez) and evangelists destroy the lives of the poor and distressed. Both make insane amounts of money and are overall dangerous and crazy.

Granted, "Anonymous" sounds like a bunch of crazy eleven year olds playing around on the Internet. Since Scientologists act like that too, it'd be a pretty even hissy fit.
 
Roses Ablaze said:
Marvel, what are Scientology's redeeming qualities? I'm not trying to bash, I'm genuinely curious.
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Personally, I have no problem with any of their stuff (aside from the whole "psychology/psychiatry is evil" thing). Between telling people to do audits of themselves and the belief that people are basically good, it's not like they're (officially, anyway) preaching anything bad. Granted, I guess you could say that about ANY cult-like group... I'm not their biggest fan, but they just don't rank high on my distaste list. Fun to mock, though.

Scientology's disconnection policy, in which members are encouraged to cut off all contact with friends or family members considered "antagonistic.
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THAT is easily the part of Scientology that scares me most.
 
Yeah, I like the "humans are naturally good part" and the "assit thing".

It's just the religion is kinda goofy. It's more of a kinda goofy fad then a scary cult imo.
 
LOL! Now that's another reason to not like Scientology, they use little kids as shields to their web page! Lolz (jk)
 
Looks like the raid is failing. I already knew that it would, since the beginning, when some idiot decided that everyone should spam partyvan and 711's url all over the internet.
 
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