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Re: God(tm)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 03:23:43 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> > 
> > > ...copyright infringement for using God(tm) without permission.
> > 
> > These words strike me as EXTREMELY funny...
> > 
> > But then again, what are the chances that some major religion
> > (Catholicism...I'm looking in your general direction!) uses this very >phrase
> > in possible litigation within the next 25 years or so?
> 
>  Well, the religion Scientology (which, I state clearly and for the record,
> is absolutely NOT a wacko fringe cult founded by a hack SF author for >the
> sole purpose of bilking money out of the credulous, the desperate, or >the
> mentally ill, nor is it a manipulative and exploitive pyramid scheme to
> generate tax-free income at the expense of benighted aspirants) is >famed for
> its litigiousness, and while "God" and "Christianity" might not be
> copyrighted, "Scientology" and certainly "Dianetics" already are.  I grant
> you, Scientology (though not at all an insane throng of duped cultists)
> isn't a major religion in the sense that Christianity or Islam or Buddhism is...
> 
>     Dave!

The preceeding message has been forwarded to devout Scientologist John
Travolta. Let's all watch to see how long Dave continues to be 'Staying Alive'.

Sheesh! Trash-talking the same folks who brought you the finest cinematic
experience ever: Battlefield Earth! The gall of some people...

;-P

-Dave



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  Re: God(tm)
 
(...) Alive'. Isn't Tom Cruise part of that bunch, too? ROSCO (25 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Well, the religion Scientology (which, I state clearly and for the record, is absolutely NOT a wacko fringe cult founded by a hack SF author for the sole purpose of bilking money out of the credulous, the desperate, or the mentally ill, nor is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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