Scientology invades NASCAR

[Man-Thing]

Scientology revs up to join NASCAR circuit

By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 2:49 a.m. ET June 5, 2006
Don’t be surprised if Tom Cruise becomes a NASCAR fan. Scientology is getting into the wildly popular race sport.

“Dianetics,” the book written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is sponsoring a racing team — dubbed “Ignite Your Potential” — that will tour the NASCAR circuit. A Dianetics Racing Web site is being set up for fans.

Driver Kenton Gray credits Hubbard’s work with making him a good driver. “It’s markedly improved my focus and my consistency,” he said in an announcement from Hubbard’s publisher. “Through ‘Dianetics’ I’ve handled stress and increased my performance and ability to compete—both on the track and in life.”

“Scientology makes a point of recruiting celebrities as a part of it’s marketing appeal,” says a source. “If this is another marketing appeal — reaching out to the NASCAR crowd — it’s brilliant.”

“We’re not out selling a product,” Grant Cardone, the CEO of Freedom Motorsports, the company behind the car, told The Scoop. But he says, he too, is a fan of “Dianetics,” and if the Ignite Your Potential car helps troubled people, “that would be great.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13105675/

 

[AlteredEgo]

damn you scientology! is nothing sacred!

 

[GoldGoblin]

damn you scientology!

^

 

[AlteredEgo]

i dont even watch nascar! but if i did i would be totally pissed

 

[Drakon]

Who cares? If you're so weak-willed that you will blindly follow some celeberity into his bull**** religion, you should seriously reconsider what you've done in your life. Then end it.

 

[Man-Thing]

Who cares? If you're so weak-willed that you will blindly follow some celeberity into his bull**** religion, you should seriously reconsider what you've done in your life. Then end it.

yeah, because I'm gonna lose so much sleep over this.

I thought it was a somewhat funny story, so I posted it.

O'RLY

YA'RLY

 

[dpm07]

I really don't get into NASCAR. I realize some people find it entertaining, but I find it rather droll. It's a bit too redneck trash for me.

 

[Matt]

hehe, umm...I think Scientologists are targeting the wrong audience demographic :-/

 

[Drakon]

yeah, because I'm gonna lose so much sleep over this.

I thought it was a somewhat funny story, so I posted it.

O'RLY

YA'RLY

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NO WAI!

My comment wasn't directed to you personally, Man-Thing. Just the amount of people who will follow this simply because their favourite celeberity will.

 

[Addendum]

NASCAR fans make a big deal out of it...

and the rest of the U.S. doesn't give a damn

 

[Equint77]

I can imagine the conversations now.

"hey geech, didya catch tha new skientiology meetan, they'ves got dis clay table.... I took lurleen and tha yunguns to play... ahuh ahuh".

 

[DOG LIPS]

You're all glib.

 

[Equint77]

even him?

 

[DOG LIPS]

even him?

He killed that dog.

 

[Superman79]

This has been foretold in the Talledega Nights Trailer----


Will Farrell: "Ahhhh!! Help I'm on fire!!!"

CrewChief: "You're not on fire Ricky Bobby!"

Will Farrell: "Save me baby Jesus!! Save me Jewish God!! Save me Tom Cruise!!"

From the following of NASCAR, Scientology shallrise

 

[jaguarr]

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NO WAI!

My comment wasn't directed to you personally, Man-Thing. Just the amount of people who will follow this simply because their favourite celeberity will.

Which is sort of the underlying concern about the American populace, Drak. They've been trained, starting almost from birth, to be obedient, unquestioning little sheep who should follow the Cult Of Personality. It's really scary how many people do exactly that, too.

jag

 

[Duende Verde]

don't worry...

Gun-totting, nascar driving Jesus will save you!

 

[Drakon]

Which is sort of the underlying concern about the American populace, Drak. They've been trained, starting almost from birth, to be obedient, unquestioning little sheep who should follow the Cult Of Personality. It's really scary how many people do exactly that, too.

jag

Exactly my point. I know that it's a sad truth, but I wish people would think more for themselves. It'd make manipulating them a lot harder.

 

[jaguarr]

Exactly my point. I know that it's a sad truth, but I wish people would think more for themselves. It'd make manipulating them a lot harder.

There is a punishment and reward system that teaches people not to think for themselves. It starts in the public schools where kids are taught to absorb and regurgitate whatever they are told without question. If they don't comply, they get really bad grades or are even forced to take the same classes over again until they get it right. Much of the workplace is similar. College is one of the last bastions of free thinking left, and even then it depends on what your area of study is. Way back when I was a marketing major, the business school at the University I attended was entrenched in making students learn what they were told so that they could spout it off in rote. When I escaped to the Communication department, I discovered professors that actually punished people who DIDN'T think for themselves, which was refreshing as Hell (and made me a favorite with some of my prof's since I've had a tendency to question everything since I was a kid, much to the chagrin of most of my teachers growing up). The government has contributed to this as well, and on the whole, it is MUCH easier to just go with the status quo and not question anything than it is to go against it.

jag

 

[Leto Atrides]

Hmm, Nascar. Primary audience demographic is white southerners. Bastion of prosestantism, with fundementalism rampant. Let's preach to them about our space aliens souls coming to Earth in DC-8s and inhabiting us. There going to want to hear abou this.

 

[Drakon]

There is a punishment and reward system that teaches people not to think for themselves. It starts in the public schools where kids are taught to absorb and regurgitate whatever they are told without question. If they don't comply, they get really bad grades or are even forced to take the same classes over again until they get it right. Much of the workplace is similar. College is one of the last bastions of free thinking left, and even then it depends on what your area of study is. Way back when I was a marketing major, the business school at the University I attended was entrenched in making students learn what they were told so that they could spout it off in rote. When I escaped to the Communication department, I discovered professors that actually punished people who DIDN'T think for themselves, which was refreshing as Hell (and made me a favorite with some of my prof's since I've had a tendency to question everything since I was a kid, much to the chagrin of most of my teachers growing up). The government has contributed to this as well, and on the whole, it is MUCH easier to just go with the status quo and not question anything than it is to go against it.

jag

I know. I'm kinda being punished for free thought myself, at the moment. I was just recently fired from my job, for reasons of "theft". What did I do? I voided late fees and gave credits for free movies. These actions were all taken in stride of the "Best Guest Experience" promise Hollywood Entertainment has. Someone comes in with a "These were due back two days ago, but I was out of town. My son died, and we had to go to the funeral.", they shouldn't have to deal with that late fee. Or if someone rents a movie that's too scratched for a DVD player to read, they deserve a movie for what they paid for, right? So giving them a credit for what they rightfully paid for sounds legit, right? Well, apparently, it's not, despite the fact that I was trained that it is, and that since I'm the one running the shift, that these kind of things are MY decision.

 

[jaguarr]

I know. I'm kinda being punished for free thought myself, at the moment. I was just recently fired from my job, for reasons of "theft". What did I do? I voided late fees and gave credits for free movies. These actions were all taken in stride of the "Best Guest Experience" promise Hollywood Entertainment has. Someone comes in with a "These were due back two days ago, but I was out of town. My son died, and we had to go to the funeral.", they shouldn't have to deal with that late fee. Or if someone rents a movie that's too scratched for a DVD player to read, they deserve a movie for what they paid for, right? So giving them a credit for what they rightfully paid for sounds legit, right? Well, apparently, it's not, despite the fact that I was trained that it is, and that since I'm the one running the shift, that these kind of things are MY decision.

You got fired for that? That's bullsh1t. I'd be making a call to corporate Human Resources if I were you.

jag

 

[Drakon]

You got fired for that? That's bullsh1t. I'd be making a call to corporate Human Resources if I were you.

jag

Been on the phone looking for lawyers all day.

 

[jaguarr]

Been on the phone looking for lawyers all day.

Good man. Fight the power. You've got an extra card to play with the handicapped factor if you so decide to go that route as well. I'd stick it to those corporate a-holes any way I could, especially since they don't walk their talk.

jag

 

[Sabretooth]

Their car is going to crash in their first race,I'll bet.