ABC News Nightline Scientology Report (Part 3 of 6)

[paulalexanderbell]

a good report in my opinion

[DolbyHeadSound]

I don't know who's graphic in the opening scene, but it pisses me off that they used the cross (a Christain symbol) with a star intersecting it.

[johannine]

@DolbyHeadSound That's actually the official symbol for Scientology, believe it or not. I've asked Scientologists about it, and they claim the cross is a universal symbol predating Christianity--which is technically true in that you can always draw two transverse lines, but Scientologists are clearly depicting what is known as a "Latin" cross, ie. one where the stem is longer than the other arms and thus is a deliberate attempt to associate it with the distinctly Christian version of the cross.

[JayBrew391]

@DolbyHeadSound Apparently the 8 points of the cross with the star represent our 8 essences of being. But the Christians are not the only ones to have used the cross as a symbol. Pagans for instance, have used a cross symbol much before the Christians

[JUANCHOBORI]

WHY THE CROSS??? WAS MR MISCAVIGE'S DOG CRUCIFIED?????

[Sozlled]

I imagine Miscavige exactly like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. Tommy Davis is a nut case too, of course he's going to deny it he has to protect his "church" just like when Mike Rinder denied it when he was in scientology, i mean the allegations were around back then, this hasn't just been made up, we know it's true.

[BWCstrope]

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[alang184]

Hah. Can you imagine that - "From all of us here at ITV...Goodnight Great Britain" !

[nuladee]

not your best colour martin

[ThePhantomLash]

When it first came out in the 50's, Dianetics, was taken from LRon Hubbard by the government to keep for themselves..... Scientology got it back. It will take you place these religions are hoping to take you !!!!

[mortysand]

The violence is not the story, the crazy tenets are.