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A Belgian prosecutor recommended that the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology stand trial on charges of fraud and extortion, after a 10-year investigation. The prosecutor, Jean-Claude Van Espen, said that up to 12 people from the church should face charges and that his inquiry had concluded that Scientology’s Brussels-based Europe office and its Belgian missions had conducted unlawful practices in medicine, violated privacy laws and used illegal business contracts. The Church of Scientology said it would fight the charges.

I don't think it will happen. Or at least I hope it doesn't. And for Germany with it's history of rights abuses, this is sad. Not that I'm in agreement with the CoS. Personal experiences with Scientology makes me cringe at the abuse of people and the lies and fluff science they use to manipulate, but the peop0le have a right to believe what they believe and it isn't the State's function to decide what is the "right' or "wrong" belief system, only to protect the rights of all to believe whatever they want to believe.

2) They would be banning an institution, people would still be able to believe as they desire, just without the Church of Scientology weaseling people out of their money using a glorified polygraph.

I don't think it will happen. Or at least I hope it doesn't. And for Germany with it's history of rights abuses, this is sad. Not that I'm in agreement with the CoS. Personal experiences with Scientology makes me cringe at the abuse of people and the lies and fluff science they use to manipulate, but the people have a right to believe what they believe and it isn't the State's function to decide what is the "right' or "wrong" belief system, only to protect the rights of all to believe whatever they want to believe.

1) that is an uncalled for cheap shot.
2) They would be banning an institution, people would still be able to believe as they desire, just without the Church of Scientology weaseling people out of their money using a glorified polygraph.

It wasn't a cheap shot. Germans as a general population are very, very sensitive to not encroaching on the rights of others, and have very strong laws that punish those who do act against others, even punishing them for saying and publishing "hate". And this is a "freedom of religion" issue. I think it would harm Germany's reputation more than it would help it.
And after they've banned the CoS, who should they ban next, paulthesane? The Moonies? How about the JWs? The Lutheran and Catholic churches take money right of a person's pay check (Kirchensteuer)? What's that about? Should they be banned for forcing the faithful to pay them? How about the non-aligned Baptists and Pentecostals that aren't "official" religions in Germany? Should they be banned? Muslims seem to have more than a fair share of radicals and extremists. maybe Islam should be banned in Germany. What do you think?

This is just their plan, to control the population, by doing away with all opposition.
doesnt matter if you agree with Scientology or not, no-one should have absolute contol.

Scientology has been attacked since day one.

The IRS, CIA, FBI, Media, Psychiatry, etc, has tried to put them out of operation, but they have proven they are a Bona-fide religon.

They recently were proven to be a genuine religon in europe.
http://www.freedommag.org/english/canada/vol004i1/page07.htm

The court stated in its 67-page ruling, “Neither the defendants individually, nor collectively, nor through the Church of Scientology, nor through Narconon [drug rehabilitation program] ... have committed any type of illicit act, and therefore they are acquitted of all charges brought by the public prosecutor.”

The "New World Order" idea, is to have one world religon.
This is just their plan, to contol the population, by doing away with all opposition.
doesnt matter if you agree with Scientology or not, no-one should have absolute contol.

July 1995
The Supreme Court in Canada affirms Hill's libel judgment against CoST. The ruling reads, in part:

"Scientology continued its attack against Casey Hill throughout the trial of this action, both in the presence of the jury and in its absence. More than once, it reiterated the libel even though it knew that these allegations were false. ...

"In summary, every aspect of this case demonstrates the very real and persistent malice of Scientology. ...

"Scientology's behavior throughout can only be characterized as recklessly high-handed, supremely arrogant and contumacious. There seems to have been a continuing conscious effort on Scientology's part to intensify and perpetuate its attack on Casey Hill without any regard for the truth of its allegations. ...

"There can be no doubt that the conduct of Scientology in the publication of the injurious false statement pertaining to its 'enemy' was malicious. Its publication was carefully planned and carried out in a manner which ensured its widest possible dissemination in the most damaging manner imaginable. ... Scientology's actions from the time of publication, throughout the trial, and after the trial decision was rendered constituted a continuing attempt at character assassination by means of a statement which it knew to be false. It was such outrageous conduct that it cried out for the imposition of punitive damages.

Scientology finally pays Casey Hill, including interest. Seven of the ten existing Scientology organizations in Ontario are subsequently closed.

Sept 1996
Court of Appeal for Ontario upholds 1992 criminal conviction of Church of Scientology Toronto for Breach of Public Trust.

Sept 1999
Revenue Canada reveals that it has refused Scientology's petition to be recognized as a Charity for Religious Purposes.

If a group of "scientists" were knowingly raising the number of insane to get more appropriation and "treatment" fees and somebody came along with the real answer, that group would move heaven and earth to protect its billions of rake-off.

And so individuals, governments and "scientists" attack Scientology.

It's as simple as that. We do not treat the sick or the insane. We break no laws. We do more good in any ten minutes of this planet's time than the combined efforts of all social ministries on Earth to better mankind.

Stated that way, however, it looks pretty hopeless and even dangerous to be a Scientologist.

Except it is totally hopeless and fatal not to be a Scientologist.

Those who are not Scientologists are left in complete ignorance of the motives of the dishonest. And they have no chance of personal immortality. It is as simple as that. It is better to be endangered but with a chance than to be condemned utterly and without one.

Those who criticize one for being a Scientologist or make snide remarks cannot stand a personal survey of past actions or motive. This happens to be a fortunate fact for us. The criminal abhors daylight. And we are the daylight.

Now, get this as a technical fact, not a hopeful idea. Every time we have investigated the background of a critic of Scientology, we have found crimes for which that person or group could be imprisoned under existing law. Wc do not find critics of Scientology who do not have criminal pasts. Over and over we prove this.

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We are slowly and carefully teaching the unholy a lesson. It is as follows: "We are not a law enforcement agency. BUT wc will become interested in the crimes of people who seek to stop us. If you oppose Scientology we promptly look up—and will find and expose—your crimes. If you leave us alone we will leave you alone."

It's very simple. Even a fool can grasp that.

And don't underrate our ability to carry it out.

Our business is helping people to lead better lives. We even help those who have committed crimes, for we are not here to punish. But those who try to make life hard for us are at once at risk.

We are only interested in doing our job. And we are only interested in the crimes of those who try to prevent us from doing our work. There is no good reason to oppose Scientology. In our game everybody wins.

And we have this technical fact—those who oppose us have crimes to hide. It's perhaps merely lucky that this is true. But it is true. And we handle opposition well only when we use it.

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Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown. And act completely confident that those crimes exist. Because they do.


Life will suddenly become much more interesting—and you'll become much less suppressed!

— L. Ron Hubbard
HCOB 5 November 1967 Critics Of Scientology pdf

I don't think it will happen. Or at least I hope it doesn't. And for Germany with it's history of rights abuses, this is sad. Not that I'm in agreement with the CoS. Personal experiences with Scientology makes me cringe at the abuse of people and the lies and fluff science they use to manipulate, but the peop0le have a right to believe what they believe and it isn't the State's function to decide what is the "right' or "wrong" belief system, only to protect the rights of all to believe whatever they want to believe.