>The Church of Scientology has unveiled a $50m (£34m) media complex, which includes a 24/7 news channel and a movie studio, on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles with the aim of extending its message to the world. >“We’re now going to be writing our story like no other religion in history,” said the organisation’s controversial leader, David Miscavige. “And it’s all going to happen right here, from Scientology Media Productions.” >He said the complex “represents the final component of an interlocking system for global Scientology communications”, with an “uncorrupted communications line” to “virtually every person on earth”. The facility includes sound stages, editing facilities and creative suites. The church calls it “the most modern and sophisticated digital media facility of its kind on the planet”. >“This is Scientology’s version of a cross between Paramount and Disneyland,” former member Mike Rinder said to the Daily Mail. “The idea of this thing is not just feature movies but also TV ads, informational videos, TV programmes. They don’t need this new base, so the question becomes ‘why’. theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/22/church-of-scientology-opens-film-studio-complex-hollywood
Does this mean we might actually get some good science fiction movies?
Angel Nguyen
Battlefield Earth remake when?
Nathan Anderson
Didn't they already have a huge movie studio?
Camden Perry
What the fuck do they even believe in?
Alien reptiloids?
Jason Sanders
It's an applied philosophy. It's not about belief it's about application.
James Stewart
At least they would be original probably
also this except just cast Travolta again
Gabriel Perry
wat even Discordianism makes more sense than that bullshit.
Nolan Collins
Then why all the sci-fi stuff? Why not just the philosophy?
Aiden Cook
YES This means that we will get to see the documentary about Louis Theroux's life that Scientologists said they would make.
Liam Bailey
Are the Church of Scientology pro or anti Jew?
Matthew Clark
You run all sorts of stuff on the e-meter to see what you might have buttons on. Some of it seems wacky, but the surface wackiness doesn't matter, what matters is if it provokes a reaction. It's not a matter of believing what's run as gospel truth, what matters is getting rid of the buttons.
Note: this is highly simplified, please read Dianetics and/or get some basic auditing for details
Hunter Hill
Discordianism makes sense because it's entirely based off the fact that humans can't make sense of other humans realities and you should just do whatever you want, who gives a fuck.
Matthew Cook
They believe in the ancient aliens theory of I am correct.
Honestly; this belief is way more believable than an all knowing God who is sitting up high in an alternative dimension and knows what everyone of us is thinking.
Nicholas Bell
That will be so fucking cash
Joseph Morris
Implying scientology isn't a subsect of discordianism. Hail Eris.
Angel Gutierrez
Does this mean Disney are going to get BTFO and the new age of adult sci fi thrillers is about to commence?
What a time to be alive
Michael Evans
they believe in money, just like every western religion
Nolan Moore
All organised religions are a waste of time.
Ayden Cooper
>“We’re now going to be writing our story like no other religion in history,”
might want to check with Judaism.
Joseph King
Not for the people making money out of it
Isaiah Gomez
Yeah that Holocaust Fantasy Universe they created is pretty cool.
Dylan Sanders
>that Holocaust Fantasy Universe What did user mean by this?
James Walker
Can they top Battlefield Earth?
James Barnes
Maybe you should join Scientology.
Christopher Hall
>please read Dianetics and/or get some basic auditing for details lel fuck off. are you the same scientologists shill from the louis theroux threads?
Leo Brooks
Can we talk about this documentary?
It bothered me so much how they interviewed a guy who had been a member of the church for like 20+ years and he recounted he never had any problems; him and his wife never had any abuse.
One day he began reading abuse cases that others had reported and this led him and his wife to leave.
What the actual hell? So you telling me that only a select few get treated badly supposedly?
Juan Wood
Wow. The thread is already SIDF-infested.
Zachary Price
Seriously go and study the ancient alien belief.
It is far more true than what other religions tell you.
Luke Green
>go and study the ancient alien belief
Garbage that seeks to take away all human accomplishment and chalk it up to magic sky men giving us things? Nah, that's bullshit.
Adam Parker
Maybe they knew he was an important member and couldn't be brainwashed to live in a trailer in a complex.
I tHoughton the most unsettling thing was at the end, after all the shit the members went through, they were still practicing scientology and still believed in it.