UK: Boy Arrested for His Views on Scientology
Yet another attack on free speech: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1997376/Boy-faces-court-for-Scientology-placard.html Obviously, he may be prosecuted under the new "Religious Hatred" Laws.

You beat me to it Derius! My wife had just sent me that story. Fair play to the boy: The teenager's mother said the move was "a victory for free speech". She said: "We're all incredibly proud of him. "We advised him to take the placard down when we realised what was happening but he said 'No, it's my opinion and I have a right to express it'." Honestly, you'd think that we live in a totalitarian state: City of London Police said they had received complaints and warned the teenager to get rid of the sign as it breached the Public Order Act. ...perhaps we do :shock:

Sorry to steal your thunder, Sir P!

Peeps: as I've suggested before, it's high time we started our own new "Religion". Principles of our "Faith" would include not paying taxes: Not obeying speed limits and road signs as they are "made of man and not of The Great being in the Sump from Whom All Wisdom emerges": Etc. And once we're prosecuted, well it's off to Europe and the Court of Human Rights etc. :D

As was proved by 'Jedi', you only need to have 10,000 followers for it to be officially recognised as a 'religion'. Sounds fair to me!

Anyone remember that great film starring Burt Lancaster and the British star, Jean Simmons? It's really a parody of Aimee Semple McPherson, the 1920s Californian evangelist who took in millions and later on, illed herself: they think. Elmer Gantry, played by Lancaster, is a circus roustabout, who falls for Jean Simmons's character - an evangelist - who travels around the States holding rev ival meetings in a big circus type tent. Gantry, who like most country boys of that age knows the bible well, has the gioft of the gab and himself becomes a preacher: very successfully. Well, since a number of Celebs such as Tom Cruise are mentally chellenged sufficiently to buy into Hubbard's total tosh, if we invented a new religion and proseletysed sufficiently, with all the muppets walking the streets with a cheque book, credit card and wallet, I'm sure we could make millions! After all, the buy into the total crap spouted by braindead politicians and throw enough cash at talentless "Singers" to make them multi-millionaires. Gotta be worth a shot guys! :roll:

And because its a religion making the money there are some very nice tax advantages as well - nice palaces and places of worship... hmm, can we make a religion out of lap dancing?

We'll add it to the list of "Must Do At Least Five Times A Week To Guarantee Your Place In Paradise", Tony. And we'll change their description from Schlappers to Houris! :wink: :wink: Interesting to see how much cash the fervent fundamentalist Bible Belt New Baptist evangelists are pulling in. A long article about it in Business Week International a couple of years ago. Theya re now hiring Harvard MBAs to run the operations and have numbers of expensive Exec Jets as well as satellite channels; fleets of stretch limos; the whole schmear.