Divine misconception of the day: Scientology: Inside the Cult. (Hat tip to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.) Scientology, as noted in this short film, is built on a foundation of lies; L. Ron Hubbard created a fictional life story for himself, and the alleged history of the Earth which he claimed is untenable. (You would think that having a civilization of 185 billion people on Earth 75 million years ago would leave some sort of trace behind. Did the evil Lord Xenu remove the upper half of the crust to remove every trace of habitation?) While there are questions about the basis for believing in many religions, trusting someone who claimed the best way to get rich is to start a religion is a truly bad idea. Other signs of pathologic religion abound: wringing money out of followers to the point of causing severe debt, mind control, blackmail, intolerance of criticism. It is no wonder some countries do not recognize Scientology as a religion at all.
Today’s news and commentary, some of which Barry is responsible for:
- “Olmert's Solution”
- “Buried evidence revealed in Guantanamo trial”
- “Don’t Throw Out Your Broken iPod; Fix It via the Web”
- “Making Plastic Out of Pollution”
- “Senate overrides Bush's water bill veto” (Kudos to the Senate. It is sheer hypocrisy for Bush to complain about spending too much when he is responsible for getting the country into severe debt, amazingly while underfunding almost the entire government.)
- “Newfound Planets are Scorching Hot”
- “Gov. sues U.S. over clean-air standards”
- “FBI's Latest Outreach Outrage”
Aaron
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