The UK Riots Might Turn Out to be a Gold Riot For Scientology
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Two different friends of Runnin' Scared in the UK sent us the same thing this morning -- a remarkable call to action by the Birmingham branch of the Church of Scientology in reaction to the country's widespread rioting.
As we noted on Wednesday, Scientology has a history of pouncing on human disaster which even its own leaders, on leaked videotape, have admitted is a recruitment tool for the church.
But even we're somewhat taken aback to see what the UK Scientologists have put out in a message to the flock following the destruction there: now, they say, is the time to cash in!
"We MUST open all UK Ideal Orgs NOW," says an electronic flier my UK sources are calling a "leaked e-mail."
As we saw in a remarkable video that came out of the Phoenix "org," ordinary Scientologists are currently under considerable pressure to pry even more cash out of the hands of their fellow parishioners for the procurement of new buildings, even if their current facilities -- which may have been just fine for many years -- are not overflowing. It's all part of Scientology leader David Miscavige's big push for "Ideal Orgs" around the planet -- special, opulent churches that church members are told will somehow deliver the message of L. Ron Hubbard's spiritual technology even more effectively, or something. It's a curious push for new real estate when all signs indicate the membership of Scientology is actually dwindling.
At the same time, Scientology is always quick to the scene of a disaster, and they try to get good publicity out of their "Volunteer Ministers" being on the ground "helping" disaster victims.
But to church members, Scientology is a little more up front about what they see in the riots: a chance to raise more money for their fancy new churches.
Under the title "IDEAL ORGS, WHY NOW?" the flier explains that all the destruction in England only proves that psychiatrists are evil and only Dianetics and Scientology can save the world.
The majority of the looters are children under the age of 20 who have been drugged, are illiterate and in psych hands...We are the ONLY people who have the actual technology to handle the source of this.
Hmm, that last line sounds familiar. Where have we heard it before? Oh yeah, remember this?
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"Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident, it's not like anyone else. As you drive past you know you have to do something about it because you know you are the only one who can really help."
The only ones who can help. Well, OK, so what are the UK Scientologists proposing as the way they can assist their country in a time of need? By raising even more money and buying even more buildings!
We have a strategy - Birmingham is next. By putting that stable datum there on the cross roads of the UK, and the world, we will then be putting sanity not only into that community and England, but to the Planet. The designs for Birmingham Ideal Org are DONE and the Org is READY TO OPEN. ALL THAT IS NEEDED ARE THE FUNDS!
Wow. Just for a moment, try to imagine that a major disaster has hit an American city. Neighborhoods are in flames. People are distraught. Resources are stretched thin. The future is in doubt. Can you further imagine, even for a minute, the local Catholic church, for example, using that opportunity to tell its parishioners that the answer to this chaos is not to house the homeless, feed the displaced or otherwise aid first responders, but instead it's time to make a major push for a new basilica?
I don't know, just seems odd to me.
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