Bart Simpson donates $10 million to Scientology

[13Gigatons]

http://www.pagesix.com/print/45823

I'm going to have a cow man!

 

[moshquerade]

she obviously makes too much money.

 

[Ns1]

uh copy/paste for those who are at work?

 

[13Gigatons]

Better Link: http://www.pagesix.com/print/45823

 

[ViviTheMage]

That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

 

[Jeff7]

Is this all some sort of inside joke? Some sort of tax dodge?

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

Yes it does.. to make money

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

 

[warmodder]

If you want to throw away 10mil there are a lot of cooler ways to do it imo.

 

[xeemzor]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

It also has more of a cult feel than the Branch Davidians.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

Yes it does.. to make money

isn't that ALL religion though? To get money to fund themselves.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

It also has more of a cult feel than the Branch Davidians.

No more so that the cult of Mormonism.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

I have to wonder about the leaders of other religions too. Does the pope really think that God talks to him? Don't the eldest Rabbis wonder where God was during the holocaust? Are these guys truly that brainwashed or just so comfortable in their cushy, church-financed lifestyles that it's just easier to go along with it.

 

[ISAslot]

They sure make downtown clearwater a creepy place.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

It also has more of a cult feel than the Branch Davidians.

that's only because it's still around. the Davidians have been out of people's minds for several years now.

 

[manowar821]

PYRAMID SCHEMING BASTARDS.

"Your god's in the volcano!!!"

 

[erikistired]

which reminds me, i wonder if ANON still has the scientology servers down.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

And you think Christian church leaders believe everything in the Bible literally? Of course not. No serious Biblical scholar could. But they have no problem teaching it to kids literally. "Yes Timothy, Noah's ark really did happen... "

 

[xeemzor]

I'd imagine this is how Christianity first started. It was first seen as a loony religion, but gradually as time allowed practices to become tradition, the original meaning of the religion was morphed into what it is today.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

I have to wonder about the leaders of other religions too. Does the pope really think that God talks to him? Don't the eldest Rabbis wonder where God was during the holocaust? Are these guys truly that brainwashed or just so comfortable in their cushy, church-financed lifestyles that it's just easier to go along with it.

that's the ultimate question really. I would like to think, in their benefit, that they don't really believe all the bullshit they talk. I mean, I know humans are gullible and all, but... are we THAT stupid? Sometimes I have no hope for humanity, other times I do. If the leaders are actually above the ideas of religion and are more grounded in reality than it seems.. then well, there is some hope for mankind after all. The sooner mankind can ditch religion and become unified, the better off we are as a species. Religion is a plague that's only purpose is to sooth the uneasy minds. But it only serves its purpose as long as science continues to not present answers to the questions that plague the minds of everyone.

 

[xeemzor]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
That religion has no purpose..but I think that about all religions anyway

The thing that makes me dislike Scientology more than most religions is that Scientology's leaders don't believe in it.

I have to wonder about the leaders of other religions too. Does the pope really think that God talks to him? Don't the eldest Rabbis wonder where God was during the holocaust? Are these guys truly that brainwashed or just so comfortable in their cushy, church-financed lifestyles that it's just easier to go along with it.

that's the ultimate question really. I would like to think, in their benefit, that they don't really believe all the bullshit they talk. I mean, I know humans are gullible and all, but... are we THAT stupid? Sometimes I have no hope for humanity, other times I do. If the leaders are actually above the ideas of religion and are more grounded in reality than it seems.. then well, there is some hope for mankind after all. The sooner mankind can ditch religion and become unified, the better off we are as a species. Religion is a plague that's only purpose is to sooth the uneasy minds. But it only serves its purpose as long as science continues to not present answers to the questions that plague the minds of everyone.

It served a purpose hundreds of years ago when humans needed a base from which to organize. Now it's just extra baggage.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: Ns1
uh copy/paste for those who are at work?

Bart Simpson Actress Gives $10 Million to Scientology

By kcampbell
Created 01/30/2008 - 10:46

Longtime Scientologist Nancy Cartwright ? best known as the voice of Bart Simpson ? last year gave the church $10 million to help spread the word of founder L. Ron Hubbard into other galaxies.

It was all part of Scientology?s Global Salvage effort, which aims to ?de-aberrate? Earth ? meaning to rid mankind of psychology ills and other ?aberrant? behavior.

Surprisingly, Nancy, 50, forked over twice as much as the Scientology?s most prominent member, Tom Cruise, who only gave $5 million in an installment plan.

In 2004, the 46-year-old Lions for Lambs actor was awarded a Platinum Meritorious Award for a $2.5 million gift. Two years later, he doled out another $2.5 million, for which the International Association of Scientologists kicked him up to Diamond Meritorious awardee.

Recent Scientology publications reveal that a host of A-list Scientologists were honored for their generosity at a black-tie awards ceremony at the church?s headquarters in Clearwater, Fla., last summer.

PageSix.com obtained copies of Impact magazine, which feature images of the various gold trophies, crystal statuettes and plaques "awarded to members who have donated" the respective amounts of money.

The Simpsons star (above) appears in a photo at the event with fellow Patron Laureate Awardees Steve Brackell and Jack and Lucy Murphy, as well as Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige.

Kirstie Alley matched Tom?s donation, but fellow actors John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston donated just a million each. Former Mrs. Elvis, Priscilla Presley, kicked in a relatively paltry $50,000.

Here are some of the celeb gifts from 2007 and their corresponding rewards:

Nancy Cartwright, 50, Patron Laureate Award: $10 million.
Kirstie Alley, 57, Diamond Meritorious Award: $5 million.
John Travolta, 53, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
Kelly Preston, 45, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
Priscilla Presley, 62, Patron Award: $50,000.
Nancy, like her fellow principal cast members on The Simpsons, has reportedly been earning $250,000 per episode since 2004, when her salary was upped from $125,000 per episode. At 22 episodes per season, that makes for an annual paycheck of $5.5 million.

Calls to Nancy's agent for comment were not returned at publication time.

 

[Ns1]

I would like to start this as an official religion

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[Connoisseur]

It'd be funny if, in another 100 years, Scientology was a major religion along with Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism.

 

[beat mania]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
It'd be funny if, in another 100 years, Scientology was a major religion along with Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism.

It'll be even funnier if they strap bombs to themselves and blow shit up.