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SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
So my solution to this is, when someone asks me about a few upset ex-Scientologists out there complaining, I just “do the math” with them.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Dr. Mootoo did not waver in his assessment of what had happened: the vast majority of Jonestown residents were victims of murder, not suicide. The bodies he examined had not died by drinking fruit punch, poisoned or otherwise. Death, he said, came via hypodermic injections.
MEDIA & ETHICS
We eventually won that particular battle—and many others. But we didn’t win it by waiting for newspapers to say nice things about us.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
You’ll find modern versions of these supremacists in the audiences of the likes of Jerry Springer, Tosh.0, South Park, Samantha Bee, Bill Maher, SNL and nearly every Comedy Central show.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The decision is a victory for the rights of religious groups to uphold standards for membership based on their own religious beliefs and to be free to resolve purely ecclesiastical matters for themselves.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In November 1988, the Chicago Tribune featured his comments in an article by Bruce Buursma. Holsinger, Buursma wrote, “has doggedly insisted that a ‘disinformation’ campaign was launched by the U.S. government to conceal the truth about Jonestown.”
TOLERANCE
I gained some of the most valuable lessons of my life. I learned that people are decent. They are friendly. They care about others and without prompting will do what they can to help. They do not natively discriminate because of race, color, religion, age, sex or any of the other myriad ways currently touted.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Please, just call me “*”—that’s what my friends all call me.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
When you want to bring up a faith that’s not your own, you better know what you’re talking about. You better be accurate, and you better not side with a bigot. History tells us a lot of the biggest wars came from misunderstanding—or not tolerating—another’s faith.
TOLERANCE
I believe that the Masterpiece opinion will make such bodies more aware of the need to produce decisions, however they rule, that are respectful to the rights of both sides and provide at least some hope for reconciliation.
