bob.dino 1 #26 March 21, 2006 The scientologists are ridiculously litigious. I believe they're also legally classed as a cult rather than a church in Germany. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #27 March 21, 2006 yeah, well the Germans are a bit weak on the notion of a 1st Amendment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #28 March 21, 2006 Quoteyeah, well the Germans are a bit weak on the notion of a 1st Amendment. Are cults illegal is Germany? "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpozzoli 0 #29 March 21, 2006 QuoteQuoteyeah, well the Germans are a bit weak on the notion of a 1st Amendment. Are cults illegal is Germany? Don't think so. Probably don't get the same tax breaks a church does though. Personally, I think they should be classified as a scam and treated accordingly Vale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #30 March 21, 2006 Chef (but not Isaac Hayes) to return to South Park!! http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/21/television.southpark.reut/index.html My own prediction: Isaac Hayes will sue to prevent the show from using someone else to voice-over "his" character. I'd love to defend these guys if he pulled that one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent 0 #31 March 21, 2006 Here's a link to the full "Trapped in the Closet" SouthPark episode. Required viewing.... http://www.contemporaryinsanity.org/content/view/548/49/Oh, hello again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brierebecca 0 #32 March 21, 2006 http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,188463,00.html Interestingly, Hayes may not have quit the show....the cult may have done it for him. This commentary isn't exactly hard news, but it makes sense with Scientology's prohibition against speaking out against the cult.... Brie"Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likearock 2 #33 March 22, 2006 QuoteHere's a link to the full "Trapped in the Closet" SouthPark episode. Required viewing.... http://www.contemporaryinsanity.org/content/view/548/49/ Thanks, Trent, that was great. I love how they use the ending to show they don't give a crap if the Scientologists sue them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #34 March 22, 2006 QuoteDon't think so. Probably don't get the same tax breaks a church does though. Yep. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eiley 0 #35 March 22, 2006 QuoteQuoteDon't think so. Probably don't get the same tax breaks a church does though. Yep. I remember studying the Australian High Court case at uni (in Constitutional Law or Tax Law, can't recall). I do recall it was one of the more interesting cases we studied - the judgment sets out step-by-step the indicia of a 'religion' and different weightings that might be given to them in order to decide whether the 'religious' part of what was then 'The Church of Scientology, Inc' overrode the commercial aspects. From this case, we have a legal definition of religion in Australia: Quotefor the purposes of the law, the criteria of religion are twofold: first, belief in a supernatural Being, Thing or Principle; and second, the acceptance of canons of conduct in order to give effect to that belief... nothing to see here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
