Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:59 am
by Zerohero
What about Feminist Scientologists who smoke ritual ganja while watching Reggae Sunsplash videos? Are they more or less cool than guys with beards praying to Odin?
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:37 am
by Cascade Whore
zerohero wrote: guys with beards praying to Odin
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:47 am
by Zerohero
Cascade Whore wrote:
zerohero wrote: guys with beards praying to Odin
advantage: feminist scientology stoners
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:15 pm
by Cascade Whore
I think barger loves Jesus now anyways and is no longer an arseatru pagan
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:54 pm
by Zerohero
Cascade Whore wrote:I think barger loves Jesus now anyways and is no longer an arseatru pagan
if that's what it takes to open up the dating pool then he's behaving sensibly for a change..
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:28 am
by FVBTVS
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:05 pm
by FVBTVS
evidently..
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:14 pm
by FVBTVS
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:34 pm
by Cascade Whore
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:03 pm
by Necrometer
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:40 pm
by FVBTVS
oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 12:43 am
by FVBTVS
John Dower’s film is Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, and sees him immersing himself in the religion’s teachings and practices with one of its key defectors, Mark “Marty” Rathbun, and invoking the ire of the Church in the process.
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 3:52 am
by Wang Mandu
So excited for that. Louis is the best.
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 8:15 am
by Necrometer
now I'm going to be disappointed if this is anything but a buddy/road-trip comedy starring Louis & Marty
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:01 pm
by postaddiction
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 8:38 pm
by FVBTVS
Is anyone watching the Leah Remini show on A&E? Theres been some really great segments so far despite Leah Remini. Rinder breaks down at the sight of one woman's (an OT grief over being disconnected from her son. So far its a very basic handbook to the uninitiated but its still kinda cool and dry. Miscaviges dad is in it. Tom devocht (the lispy guy) tells an amazing story about his first beating at the hands of Miscavige. Miscavige directed him to get permits from the city to demolish sidewalks where protesters might protest
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 9:06 pm
by Necrometer
FVBTVS wrote:OT
I feel elite for understanding this
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 9:14 pm
by FVBTVS
Oh shit
Still not as good as Torsion's Section housing though
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 9:19 pm
by Necrometer
it shall never be topped
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 10:09 am
by FVBTVS
But it didn’t end there. In October 2003, Keith Raniere was on the cover of Forbes magazine. The article was devastating—a gold mine of previously unpublished information, it painted a dark portrait of nxivm and portrayed Raniere as a strange and “manipulative” man, who had no driver’s license and no bank accounts in his name, although nxivm appeared to be raking in millions. It revealed that in 1993 his great business achievement, Consumers’ Buyline, had been shut down after being investigated by regulators in 20 states and sued by New York’s attorney general on the grounds it was “a pyramid scheme.” nxivm’s bizarre rituals were detailed—the “ESP handclap,” the bowing, Raniere’s insistence that he be referred to as “Vanguard” and Salzman as “Prefect.” There was also the “baffling and solipsistic jargon,” some of it derived from Raniere’s intense devotion to the works of Ayn Rand—and from “his notion of unalloyed self-interest as the path to ethical behavior.” “Parasites” were people who created problems because they craved attention, and “suppressives” were those who saw good but wanted to destroy it, which included anyone who opposed Raniere and nxivm. Most alarming were the accounts of near-psychotic breakdowns among some who had gone through the nxivm program, accounts that described what appeared to be classic brainwashing techniques, in which people were separated from their families and slowly broken down psychologically.
Re: rastafarianism is as stupid as scientology or mormonism
More recently, members of his inner circle of women, some of whom work on behalf of NXIVM and serve him sexually, told a woman that doing business with Raniere means sleeping with him, too.
Raniere, the 51-year-old founder of NXIVM, a business built on self-improvement, claims to have one of the world's highest IQs. He holds three degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His round face is framed with a salt-and-pepper beard. At about 5-foot-7, he no longer possesses the body of the dedicated weightlifter he once was, and he has an affection for baggy shirts and sweatpants.