In defence of Anonymous
First, let me say that I do not support the kind of cyber-terrorism that the Anonymous network has comitted over the years, such as the disruption of Scientologist communications and the hacking of several Scientologist networks. I aldo o not support violent attacks against any religious or political group.
That being said, I am VERY much against Scientology and everything it teaches. The Church of Scientology was started by a hack science fiction writer whose book Battlefield Earth was made into one of the worst movies of all time. Compare that CV to the histories of the founders of some of the world's truly great religions. Jesus' sinless life of miracles and love. Muhammud's military conquests. The Buddha's journey to enlightenment. While God (or Allah, Brahmin, the Life Force, whatever) can work through anyone, I doubt that He was working through L. Ron Hubbard.
I do not confine myself to ad hominem attacks, however. I also have serious issues with Scientology's goals, as well as its overall philosophy of mankind and the universe. Just read the original poster's message. The goal of CoS is to spread their "Hubbard Tech" across the globe, forcing mankind to think in what the church deems is the "right way." Of course, they sell it as magical medicine, a Hubbard-given panacea to cure the world of its ills. But it's just not true. If Hubbard Tech and Scientologist philosophy were to overtake the globe, as the Scientologists dearly wish they would, humanity would lose all of its reason, its creativity, its meaning--in a word, its humanity. The Scientologists promise Total Freedom, but their philosophy will trap us in a dead world, prisoners in a tiny cell constructed of the strongest material in the universe--our very minds.
I did not intend for this post to become a long-winded rant against Scientology, but the Church of L. Ron Hubbard is a religion that, in my opinion, must be resisted and stopped. One has only to look at Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, and the other Scientologist celebrities to see just how much their ideas can destroy a person. (By the way, if you're not convinced that Tom Cruise has gone off the edge, go to YouTube and search for "Tom Cruise Scientology video.") We should not resort to force of any kind, but we must be ever vigilant against the Church of Scientology and its machinations.
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Men of England, heirs of Glory,
Heroes of unwritten story,
Nurslings of one mighty Mother,
Hopes of her, and one another;
Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.
- Percy Shelley, "The Masque of Anarchy"
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