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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818  |
I need a fairly large cult for some stuff I'm thinking of, and the CotD doesn't fill my needs.
How do you think Sciencetology™(SM) would change? Would it even survive? It would probably get a boost from the Insect Spirit angle. (Look, they did not purify themselves enough!) EDIT: Avoiding suage. |
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Feb 16 2004, 09:31 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
From the look of things, Scientology would get corporate backing. :spin:
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Feb 16 2004, 09:36 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Maybe I should just run it as a small corporation.
Now, if they were battling for a AA rating... No, too silly. |
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Feb 16 2004, 09:37 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Dr. WHo fans qualify as a cult in and of themselves.
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Feb 16 2004, 09:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
Church of the SubGenius
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Feb 16 2004, 10:19 PM
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I wonder what the SCA is like in 2064. Also look at Christian Science. If you are looking for a more sinister cult look at the Church of Set and Golden Dawn. Hell even the Macons and Knights of Columbus would qualify.
-The Eggman |
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Feb 16 2004, 10:22 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
the Amish. Think about that gender-swapping X-FIles episode.
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Feb 16 2004, 10:46 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
What is Scientology, anyway? Worship of science?
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Feb 16 2004, 11:20 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,028 Joined: 9-November 02 From: The Republic of Vermont Member No.: 3,581 |
It's something I've wondered about myself, but is there any particular reason you bring it up in a discussion of cults?
It's a fairly disturbing cult founded by L. Ron Hubbard. Their modus operandi consists of getting suckers to pay money for installments of brainwashing, and they use lawyer hit squads, harassment, and smear tactics to stifle people who say bad things about them. The closest it comes to actual science is that the founder was a really bad science fiction author (and it shows). This is a fairly good and more detailed description. |
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Feb 16 2004, 11:38 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
Are those the same loons who are into pyramid power and orgone and all that?
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Feb 16 2004, 11:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
Actually, we could tell you, but then our board would get invaded, crash, and we'd be sued for liable and slander. Hearsay has it that L. Ron Hubbard came up with it on a bet or a challenge. He, Robert Heinlein, and a third science fiction writer who I am not sure of (Asimov I think) were offer a challenge to see who could come up with a belief system that could influence a certain number of people. Hubbard came up with Scientology and Heinlein came up with the Church of All Worlds (from "Stranger in a Strange Land", do you grok?). Dianetics, from which Scientology stems from, is supposedly based off some ancient Greek philosophies. |
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Feb 16 2004, 11:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Another good site.
It's really just a rather spooky overgrown cult from a hack sci-fi writer. But I really would like some discussion about how you think it might change. I have a group to screw over, ya know. :vegm: |
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Feb 16 2004, 11:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
I think they would stay pretty much the same. Their tactics are pretty solid. They would some Matrix presence, they would likely still have a few celebrity spokes persons who will say that Scientology changed their lives and turned their careers around (not unlike John Travolta). One advantage they would likely find a way to exploit would be extraterritorial for their worship centers.
Universal Brotherhood, and the advertisements they put out, reminded me a lot of the Church of Scientology. |
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Feb 17 2004, 12:00 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Ohh, nasty brain-flash.
Sciencetology™(SM) was competing with the UB right... Dammit, my players read this board. EDIT: Avoiding Suage |
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Feb 17 2004, 12:02 AM
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How dare you besmirch the name of the religion of such luminaries as Tom Cruise and John Travolta! You just haven't reach OT 7 yet, heathens....
Seriously, I give it even odds that DS gets a c&d by the end of the week. |
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Feb 17 2004, 12:09 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
The question is, would that be good or bad for shadowrun?
"The Church of Sciencetology™(SM)q has declared that the Dumpshock Forums, a site indirectly affiliated with the Shadowrun roleplaying game is (insert legalese)" How many people do you think would buy Shadowrun just to piss them off? |
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Feb 17 2004, 12:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 20-October 03 Member No.: 5,740 |
Yes! Make Scientology evil!
Meanwhile, I would definitely join the Church of All Worlds, if it actually existed. |
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Feb 17 2004, 12:54 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Oh, I don't have to make Sciencetology™(SM) evil. They got that angle covered.
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Feb 17 2004, 01:12 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
indeed. after making scientology evil, your next project will to make the sun hot, and the skies blue!
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Feb 17 2004, 01:22 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Actually, in 2063 Seattle, I have trouble with Blue Skies.
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Feb 17 2004, 01:23 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i formally withdraw that particular task.
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Feb 17 2004, 01:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 20-October 03 Member No.: 5,740 |
Stop picking on me. *Sobs* :-(
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Feb 17 2004, 01:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Don't worry, k1tsune. We love you and your stupid 1 for an i
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Feb 17 2004, 01:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 20-October 03 Member No.: 5,740 |
No no. That's Snoog. He might be my best friend, but... Oh wait. We're talking about Ariel, not Kitsune. She probably does have Int. 1. |
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Feb 17 2004, 01:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
Well, as the saying goes, any press is good press.
There is CAWeb - The Official Web Site of the Church of All Worlds, Inc. Thou art God(dess). Do you Grok? |
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