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Post by Hades on Jun 13, 2009 0:00:23 GMT -5
I was watching Discovery Channel this morning and there was a commercial for Scientology at every commercial break. Yes... on Discovery Channel T_T. This was the first time I've ever seen them advertise their religion. Usually the Mormons are the only ones I see with commercials. Is this a new thing or have I just been missing this?
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Post by POSW on Jun 13, 2009 0:23:42 GMT -5
I don't watch TV, so I couldn't tell you, but I did have to say "no, thanks" to a Hindu proselytizer the other day. First one I've ever come across.
Yes, I know, completely unrelated, but my brain somehow connected that to your post.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Jun 13, 2009 0:33:07 GMT -5
Are there thetans in your soul? Would you like to free yourself from the clutches of Lord Xenu? Sign up for an expensive a stress test and join the Church of $cientology today.
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Post by Hades on Jun 13, 2009 2:07:52 GMT -5
Are there thetans in your soul? Would you like to free yourself from the clutches of Lord Xenu? Sign up for an expensive a stress test and join the Church of $cientology today. It was like, "Everyone experiences love, happiness, tragedy, loss. Everyone has the same emptiness in their lives. An emptiness that can only be filled with... the truth. Scientology." |
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Post by ldm on Jun 13, 2009 6:11:18 GMT -5
There used to be a lot of commercials for Dianetics when it first came out, back in the 80's or early 90's, I believe.
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Post by Star Cluster on Jun 13, 2009 6:58:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I saw those, too. Rather odd commercials that play on peoples emotions. So in that regard, it's no different than any other brand of religious message.
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Post by schizophonic on Jun 13, 2009 10:15:18 GMT -5
There used to be a lot of commercials for Dianetics when it first came out, back in the 80's or early 90's, I believe. Yeah, they used to run a ton of those on WSBK out of Boston while I was watching cartoons. I mean, I don't know how many kids were subscribing to it, but we're talking Galaxy Rangers, Silverhawks, and Thundercats. Not the greatest market. I hadn't seen any ads, even from the Mormons, since then, until a couple years ago. Who was it that was doing the "Jesus Christ didn't turn people away, and neither do we?" Ads? United Church of Christ or something? About the same time those came out, I started noticing LDS ads again. Maybe they'd always been there, but I wasn't waching the "right" shows. |
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Post by Paradox on Jun 13, 2009 10:17:38 GMT -5
I started saying something negative about drug companies this morning, and my mom expressed concern that I was sounding like a Scientologist. I had to reassure her that I'm never going to fall for that bullshit. Her father was a Scientologist, you see. That's why she worries.
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Post by schizophonic on Jun 13, 2009 13:52:34 GMT -5
I started saying something negative about drug companies this morning, and my mom expressed concern that I was sounding like a Scientologist. I had to reassure her that I'm never going to fall for that bullshit. Her father was a Scientologist, you see. That's why she worries. I'm anti-drug companies but not against medicine. I just believe the for-profit model is anti-human. |
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Post by Haseen on Jun 13, 2009 18:39:05 GMT -5
I'm in the middle of reading Bare-Faced Messiah www.xenu.net/archive/books/bfm/bfmconte.htm so this is relevant to my interests. There used to be a lot of commercials for Dianetics when it first came out, back in the 80's or early 90's, I believe. Dianetics came out in 1950, Scientology in 1952. But yeah, I remember the commercials... |
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Post by Marc on Jun 13, 2009 20:34:07 GMT -5
I remember Dianetics commercials. It was something along the lines of, "find out how the human mind really works," or something like that. I bought it, but I don't remember actually being able to get through it. Given my propensity as a pack rat, I might even still have it, somewhere.
Marc
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Post by renaissanceblonde on Jun 14, 2009 2:30:10 GMT -5
We've got LDS ads infesting prime time TV down under...
I just gag, say 'bullshit', and look for something else to watch.
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Post by katz on Jun 14, 2009 21:03:54 GMT -5
"I am a doctor who is forced to chose between pointless, archaic, barbaric surgeries and ridding my patients of their evil thetons that make them ill."
"I am a mother who is helpless against her children being taught L. Ron Hubbard was just an author."
Sorry, that just never gets old.
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Post by shadoom on Jun 15, 2009 1:32:14 GMT -5
We've got LDS ads infesting prime time TV down under... I just gag, say 'bullshit', and look for something else to watch. What channel are these ads on? |
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Post by chad sexington on Jun 15, 2009 3:35:51 GMT -5
I've seen 'em on all the commercial channels at one time or another. Haven't seen any for a couple of years now, though. I'm kind of glad, because they REALLY pissed me off.
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