Have you ever been directly negatively affected by Scientology?

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• I don't know much about Scientology, but I do know a thing or two about some of the questions that have been deleted. Questions which were obviously deleted because they were offensive and not really questions anyway.

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  by John Cox will be back April 6th 2013 on January 27th, 2012

• Mine was slightly vitriolic, but not excessively offensive, except from the perspective of a scientologist intent on preserving his or he religions hold of their followers.
  Neither I nor Omblis22 used any expletives or reasonably accurate facts, therefore the 'offense' caused by such questions is experienced only by those who believe scientology to be in need of protection. Given some of the statements posing as questions on here, our questions were indeed a query, and mine even gave the option of reply, instead it was removed.
  Personally, I'm offended by restriction of my freedom of speech at that of others, whether I agree with them or not, scientologists are free to make a counter argument, but instead, use litigation, intimidation and harrasment.

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  by Thadeus Quintus Lesbotron on January 28th, 2012

• I'm sorry but your question that got blocked is both insulting and offensive:
  "If scientology is not a brainwashing cult, why do they feel the need to get questions regarding their made up nonsense removed from AB?"
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  As for Ombliss' questions:
  "As it is structured in a similar way, are scientologists the new nazis?"
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  "Scientoloonyologists, did you have any brains before they were washed?"
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  Both juevinile and very offensive. And as for his first question that got removed:
  "Are criticisms of scientology going to be removed now AB are hosting sponsored adverts for them?"
  Not offensive to scientology but very offensive to the AB staff. These sorts of questions are always removed, as they should be. I wouldn't tolerate people coming on to my site and talking trash about me.

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  by John Cox will be back April 6th 2013 on January 28th, 2012

• I agree that my question was vitriolic, inspired as it was by the removal of Ombliss's original question, as posted by you above, which in turn was inspired by the removal of another question about scientology.
  However, I do not accept that criticisms of a religion should be removed, if they're wrong, then the offended party should argue their case, as I do when someone intimates that atheism or evolutionary biology are a path to immorality. I don't whine about being offended, I correct them.
  Simply removing a question that is critical reinforces any negative feelings and gives complainants a feeling of righteous indignation at having been censored.
  Given scietologists harrassing and litigious approach to dissent, doubly so.

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  by Thadeus Quintus Lesbotron on January 28th, 2012

• i blame the christians. meh.
  
  :D
  
  well we've all heard this story before. i'm not a christian fan.

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  by BLUE LOTUS 935618 on May 11th, 2012

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• And how exactly do obviously phony results on a personality test negatively affect you?

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  by John Cox will be back April 6th 2013 on January 28th, 2012

• It made me feel as though I was in a lot worse shape than I imagined I was -for a brief time- but that feeling evaporated when the guy started aggressively tried to sell me their course on self improvement; I could see 'manipulation' written all over his face/body language.

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  by aldonoir on January 28th, 2012

• Oh so you actually met up with a Scientologist in real life and took a personality test from him.
  Which he used to attempt to con you.

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  by John Cox will be back April 6th 2013 on January 28th, 2012

• Yup.. one time when I was living in Halifax NS and again while residing in Vancouver BC.

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  by aldonoir on January 28th, 2012