Scientology and UK Police

[Thing]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1953996,00.html


The Church of Scientology appears to be involved in an effort to woo officers from the City of London police - an unlikely partnership perhaps, but one that seems to be blossoming. Details of how more than 20 officers, from constables to chief superintendents, have been invited to a series of engagements by the scientologists over the last 15 months have been revealed by a freedom of information inquiry by the Guardian.

I find it hard to see this as good...

[Darat]

Makes a change from the masons I suppose. But I do agree not good.

[Mojo]

When they opened their new church recently, they managed to get Queen Victoria Street closed for their festivities. See Google cache of BBC travel news page (http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pp6FA07ZNTcJ:www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/local/londoncentral.shtml): City Of London - Queen Victoria Street closed both ways at the Godliman Street junction, the opening of the church of Scientology.

[Moochie]

When they opened their new church recently, they managed to get Queen Victoria Street closed for their festivities. See Google cache of BBC travel news page (http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pp6FA07ZNTcJ:www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/local/londoncentral.shtml):

Yes, evidently there are morons running the city.

M.

[rats]

Good on the Guardian for following this up.
(initial article linked form here) (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=2029199#post2029199)

Urgh, at least they're not ruling the world already - a scientologist kept telling me in the '90s that there'd be a huge surge in numbers in 2000, when they'd start "really making a difference."

[Moochie]

Keep in mind that being critical of $cientology does not imply that I am not critical of mainstream churches.

What they all have in common is belief in some utterly woo ideas.

$cientology differs in that they went for church-hood only to maximize profits, and for that they are no less damnable than so-called mainstream churches. They are all bogus and deserving of our derision.

M.

[Mashuna]

The Church of Scientology appears to be involved in an effort to woo officers from the City of London police. . .

Revealing language bolded. . .