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Bigotry: Nothing Funny About That
If someone were to make a list of the top 10 least funny things, “bigotry” would undoubtedly make the cut. There’s very little that’s funny about bigotry. That’s all the more unfortunate because everyone tells me laughter is the best remedy.
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Blamers Gonna Blame
Whenever someone claiming to be a former Scientologist writes something disparaging about our church, one telling thing pops into view that reveals they must have never gotten the memo: their own proclivity to blame.
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Breaking News: Scientologists Eat Salad!
How well I remember that morning in 1985 when I awoke to see a piece produced by a local Portland, Oregon TV news show marveling at the fact that Scientologists, like other humans, eat salad.
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Bring It On
Scientology was the only thing I found that gave me practical, concrete answers to any and every question I could ask, from the mundane to the cosmically existential.
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Confessions of an “Open-Minded” Person
I was, however, “open-minded.” Cue the air quotes, please. There is a difference between open-minded and “open-minded.” When one is simply and honestly open-minded, it indicates a willingness to try new things, to hear other viewpoints, in short, to learn something new and be OK with that.
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Corporations Are Making Religious Diversity a Reality
When they do this, corporations are creating beachheads of tolerance and respect that then play out in the community at large.
Distractify’s Mustafa Gatollari Spreads Disinformation
Just as bullies only pick on people whom it seems safe to bully, bigots only practice bigotry on minority groups—the ones it’s “safe” to hate. It doesn’t make being a bigot okay, but it does show what and who they really are.
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Do Aliens Believe in Scientologists?
The most popular attraction is always the chimp enclosure, where people get to sit and laugh at the antics of the resident troupe—a caricature and mirror of human society.
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Fake News Isn’t News and It Isn’t New
Some years ago, my local Church of Scientology was in a legal battle with an individual who was violating the law. We took him to court and eventually won. What we didn’t win was the battle with fake news.
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Five Easy Ways to Tell If Your Post Is Bigoted
Religious intolerance can be sneaky. You may not even realize you’re being a bigot. Probably because someone said some line to you.
