Church of Scientology is striking back at a group that's been harassing it.
The wacky religion - which claims Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Juliette Lewis and Leah Remini as members - has been the target of a group calling itself "Anonymous," whose members take credit for bombarding Scientology churches across the country with prank calls, bomb threats and cyber attacks since January.
But now the church has counterattacked by posting YouTube videos under the title, "Anonymous Facts," detailing the death threats from Anonymous and identifying its members, who are labeled "terrorists" although they look more like frat boys.
The main four-minute-long video, titled "Anonymous - Hate Crimes and Terrorism Directed at Scientology" - is described as the "Scientology Official Report on Anonymous Hate Crimes."
It features a menacing voice-over that describes the group's attacks in detail. "January 2008. A message from 'Anonymous' is sent to the Church of Scientology."
"Any Anonymous member may be an accessory to these criminal acts. Many of their identities are known," the videos say.
Ryan Benno from Valencia, Calif., is shown, as well as Jonathan Brown from Tarzana, Calif., who is making a goofy face in his photo, and Sean Carasov from Los Angeles. None of the men in the videos could be reached for comment.
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Somehow it seems appropriat... (Below threshold)1. Posted by epador | March 15, 2008 2:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Somehow it seems appropriate that just under this post is "Eddie Murphy won't see his child." [Because he can't stand to see the woman he had a "casual sex affair" with for three months whose birth control "failed."]
Hey Eddie, get a Vas if you wanna play and not pay.
Hey, Scientology, payback is a motha, ain't it? Pretty soon your Psychlos butts are gonna get peppered by ol' Johnnie Goodboy.
As JT would say, there just isn't enough popcorn for me to eat while I sit back and watch the fun.
1. Posted by epador | March 15, 2008 2:17 PM |
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Posted on March 15, 2008 14:17
2. Posted by Anonymous | March 15, 2008 2:56 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Anonymous most certainly hasn't taken credit for any bomb threats. Anonymous are against all violence or threats - unlike the Church of Scientology. The video released by the cult is currently being examined by Anonymous as it appears the footage of the "bomb threat on youtube" may well be taken from the original source before it was put onto YouTube. In other words... the Cult may well have threatened itself to slander Anonymous and detract from their serious claims of abuse and fraud within the management of the Cult.
If you don't believe a so-called church would do this I'd suggest googling for "Pauline Cooper" or "Operation Freakout". They've done it before, they're not very good at coming up with new tactics...
2. Posted by Anonymous | March 15, 2008 2:56 PM |
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Posted on March 15, 2008 14:56
3. Posted by Matt | March 20, 2008 2:01 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Anonymous members have never taken credit for any kind of death threats or bomb threats against Scientology. The Church of Scientology is making those threats up to discredit their critics. They're well known for having a long record of that sort of thing. It's kind of what they do.
3. Posted by Matt | March 20, 2008 2:01 AM |
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Posted on March 20, 2008 02:01