You Found The Card. Now What?

[Showtime]

I couldn't find a thread on this already, but if there is, I'll merge or close this one...

I happened to be shopping at a store called:

"The Christmas Tree Shop" http://www.christmastreeshops.com/

I was browsing in the furniture section and I pulled open a desk draw and picked up a business card that seemed blank. I flipped it over and it had a message on it:

You Found The Card. Now What?

www.youfoundthecard.com

So of course I was curious...so I go to the website and find out that it is a website spreading information against scientology.

The End.
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[The Lizard]

That wacky Anonymous and their anti-Scientology hijinks.... gotta love those little scamps.


BTW, this weekend is the one-year anniversary of the start of the 4chan/Anon war on Scientology, thanks to that leaked video of Tom Cruise blathering on like a psycho last January.


http://www.whyweprotest.net/en/

 

[Cunning Stunts]

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7WD6VAmJ4[/YT]

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

I'm all for a little Scientology bashing myself considering how many lives that non-religion has destroyed.

 

[Star]

I found one of those cards once....

Also, once when I worked at this specialty candy store some kids came in and put them EVERYWHERE and my manager went crazy and chased them around until he eventually threw his iced tea at them hahahahah. That was actually hilarious.

 

[Showtime]

That is kind of funny. Now they have banned iced tea as a drink. No member can drink it.

 

[Sam Fisher]

More proof why they're nuts. Do they do any couch jumping at church?

 

[Holiday]

I know a guy who was hesitant to watch My Name is Earl because Jason Lee is a scientologist. I thought that was silly.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I found one of those cards once....

Also, once when I worked at this specialty candy store some kids came in and put them EVERYWHERE and my manager went crazy and chased them around until he eventually threw his iced tea at them hahahahah. That was actually hilarious.

I've seen these alot. As a matter of fact there was a group of scientologists who were staying at a very nice hotel once and three guys nearly got arrested for their tactics, sneaking around the hotel and sliding them under everyone's door putting them on food carts (inside the food!).

 

[Star]

Scientology is just scary though. I actually can't wrap my mind around how they get followers...

Actually I would say that about Christianity too haha

 

[Manic]

As a Christian, I can see how someone could convert to a strange, mystical, and ancient practice that promises to explain the unexplained, and claims to hold the forgotten keys to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Judaism, Hinduism, Wicca. I respect that stuff.

The organization that brags about being a religion and not being a religion at the same time that was founded by a hokey science fiction writer, and requires thousands of dollars to learn more about? I don't really trust them.

 

[The Lizard]

Scientology is just scary though. I actually can't wrap my mind around how they get followers...

Scientology is pretty sneaky in the methods it uses to get people interested. It puts itself out there as a "self-help" method that doesn't seem religious at all. The basic books and courses work on simple concepts like improving your communication, dealing with problems at work, etc. It's not until after a person gets drawn into Scientology with flattery and multiple "wins" at these basic courses that the real hard sell begins.

From what I've seen, people who are looking for a more "scientific"-sounding religion (but don't have a solid scientific education themselves), or have self-esteem issues that make them respond to mindless praise are more likely to get sucked in by Scientology.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

I've been curious about WTF they're all about, so I looked it up. Basically, they believe this:

A few billion years ago, a man named Xenu was the leader of some "galactic confederacy" that had around a hundred total planets and stars. He took a billions of people from certain planets to Earth using giant airplanes, put these people all around the volcanoes on our planet (which I'm sure didn't exist back then), and blasted them all with Hydrogen bombs.

Now, these "tortured spirits" all surround each person alive today by the thousands, causing pain and hardship throughout our lives. Apparently, only Scientologists know how to rid our bodies of these spirits.

So basically, a fiction writer who gave us a premise for Star Wars made this ******** story up, and now thousands of nut-jobs believe only they can cure a disease this fictional story gave all of us. The funniest part? You only learn these "cures" based on how much money you give to the "church" or scientology.

 

[y2jversion1]

I'm all for a little Scientology bashing myself considering how many lives that non-religion has destroyed.

A miniscule fraction of the amount of lives that most of the other major religions have destroyed..

 

[Johnny Drama]

You guys are the crazy ones, worshipping you cartoon character gods and depending on modern medicine. If you would just use more than 10% of your brain you would transend and be physically superior. Instead you are all drones....

 

[The Lizard]

You guys are the crazy ones, worshipping you cartoon character gods and depending on modern medicine. If you would just use more than 10% of your brain you would transend and be physically superior. Instead you are all drones....

A joke? I'm thinking so...

But just in case...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_psychiatry

The "10% of your brain" myth.

 

[Manic]

I've been curious about WTF they're all about, so I looked it up. Basically, they believe this:

A few billion years ago, a man named Xenu was the leader of some "galactic confederacy" that had around a hundred total planets and stars. He took a billions of people from certain planets to Earth using giant airplanes, put these people all around the volcanoes on our planet (which I'm sure didn't exist back then), and blasted them all with Hydrogen bombs.

Now, these "tortured spirits" all surround each person alive today by the thousands, causing pain and hardship throughout our lives. Apparently, only Scientologists know how to rid our bodies of these spirits.

So basically, a fiction writer who gave us a premise for Star Wars made this ******** story up, and now thousands of nut-jobs believe only they can cure a disease this fictional story gave all of us. The funniest part? You only learn these "cures" based on how much money you give to the "church" or scientology.

The truly sad part? It doesn't even sound like a good science fiction story. I'd sooner worship at the altar of Stephen King. That is, if I wasn't already a Roddenberrian.

 

[chamber-music]

Wow that card thing sounds cool. I couldn't careless about scientology, it seems to really bother some people though. Its a wacky made up religion there are plenty of them why do people have such a angery reaction to this one other than the fact its got lots of celebs in it.

 

[Saint]

I'm all for a little Scientology bashing myself considering how many lives that non-religion has destroyed.

To be fair, legitimate religions have destroyed more. Not defending Scientology, of course.

 

[ih8nyy]

I couldn't find a thread on this already, but if there is, I'll merge or close this one...

I happened to be shopping at a store called:

"The Christmas Tree Shop" http://www.christmastreeshops.com/

I was browsing in the furniture section and I pulled open a desk draw and picked up a business card that seemed blank. I flipped it over and it had a message on it:

So of course I was curious...so I go to the website and find out that it is a website spreading information against scientology.​

The End.​

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