Mutiny in heaven.

[reddragdiva]

And you thought Xenu was batshit. Check out Chris Owen's latest masterpiece of understatement: Space opera in Scientology doctrine. I urge you to spread this link to every blog, forum and news site you can, particularly in association with any discussion whatsoever of Tom Holmes and Katie Cruise. We're going to polish it up over the next week and then nominate it for Featured Article status. Which puts it in the pool the front page feature is drawn from. MuWAAhahahaha.

Update: Chris has just linked it from the front page, in the "Did You Know" section. Oh boy.

Comments

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Tom and Katie - have you heard about the bit where she's not even allowed to go to the bathroom alone (http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/together-forever/2005/07/04/1120329367051.html)?

Creepy. And is really true that Scientologists won't allow women in labour to cry out because "it tramatises the child"?

[reddragdiva]

I have heard every piece of Tom and Katie gossip I possibly can. Every single one gets mentioned on alt.religion.scientology ;-)

Yes, the bit about births is true; Hubbard said it will give the child engrams. Xenu is just the entertainingly silly shit; the nasty weird stuff is not far behind.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

That's not even /good/ SF?

I expect all those lectures quoted are on the net in audio form?

Don't the scientologists (who letterboxed us last week) get narky about this kind of thing?

thought this might appeal...

[gurubob.livejournal.com]

http://www.freekatie.net/

[reddragdiva]

The phrase "blatant academic fair use in a free nonprofit encyclopedia" usually sets 'em straight. They have raised literally not a peep over the Xenu article, and that includes an actual scan from the handwritten OT III pages.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

The man is a star, but we knew that anyway.

It's science fiction but of a shockingly poor variety.

[belegdel.livejournal.com]

*reads wikipedia links*

*speechless*

[zey.livejournal.com]

I misread that as "Xena" initially... which left me wondering what links a vaguely lesbian primetime action series of the 1990s with Greek gods and a bolted-on Christian mythos (from its shark-jumping final season) could have with L Ron Hubbard ;-).

[stevek.livejournal.com]

How should one pronounce Arslycus? To me it should be "Arse lickers".

the Helatrobans would attack it with "little orange-colored bombs that would talk"

Nagged into submission by clouds... what an embarrassing way to be defeated!

You're seriously telling me people believe this shite as gospel? Twats.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I wish that famous interview had gone that way.

"You don't believe that psychiatrists work in our best interests, isn't that right Tom? In fact, you believe that psychiatrists are the agents of the evil galactic overlord Xenu, is that correct?"

[reddragdiva]

"Arse-lickers" is in fact how Hubbard pronounced it - to an American audience, who wouldn't get it.

They believe this shite as gospel because they have paid US$400k to get this far and have been subjected to many years of false memory induction by the hypnotic "auditing" process. Works a treat!

[hestia.livejournal.com]

Get on the internet and tell us you're OK ASAP!

[reddragdiva]

Alive and well :-) Woke up to IRC and LJ going fucking batshit, as you can imagine. I guess I won't be going to Camden today.

[hestia.livejournal.com]

Yes, I read Liz's LJ. Sorry your nipple will have to go ball-less for a while. ;)

[reddragdiva]

Imagine how I'd look if my left tit fell off. ("A right tit", obviously.)

[hestia.livejournal.com]

LOL
Ah, listen to yourself! You're turning into a POM!

[reddragdiva]

Ay mate! Fair crack of the dingeau's beybie! Chuck another whinging Pom on the barbie!

You watch. We'll know everything's back to normal when they complain volubly about how long it's taking to get the tube up and running again tomorrow.