Minister says Scientologists seek power in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble launched a verbal assault against the Church of Scientology on Sunday, accusing it in a newspaper interview of trying to secure political power and influence in Germany.A spokeswoman for Scientology in Germany dismissed Schaeuble’s allegations as “insane”.
Schaeuble and the country’s 16 state interior ministers declared Scientology unconstitutional on Friday, opening the way for a possible ban on the organisation.
“Scientology is also working in Germany to secure political power and influence,” Schaeuble said in an interview with Bild am Sonntag newspaper published on Sunday.
“Fundamental rights, including human rights, like the right to equal treatment and human dignity are limited or abrogated. The democratic system is rejected,” he said.
Schaeuble was referring to the spiritual movement founded in 1953 by U.S. science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard.
Schaeuble and his state counterparts said Germany’s domestic intelligence agencies should continue gathering information on the legality of Scientology’s activities in Germany so that a decision could be made about a possible ban next year.
But German intelligence agencies have been closely monitoring Scientology’s operations for a decade and see little hope of amassing sufficient evidence to justify a ban, Der Spiegel magazine reported in its latest issue.
Germany does not recognise Scientology as a religion and regard it as a cult masquerading as a church to make money.
Read the rest, but why bother, Now I’m a guy who believes in freedom of religion, and maybe Germany is overreacting a bit, but any reasonable individual with a smidgen of common sense know damm well that Scientology is a bunch of lunatic made up bullshit cult crap and one of the most elaborate “religious” scams going.
The fact that people would actually gravitate to this bullshit cult just goes to show you how desperate people are to find comfort in a “god” higher power, spiritual awareness whatever, to mask the pain, emptiness, confusion that goes on in their daily lives.
The fact that idiot wealthy Hollywood types are the most prominent pimps of this cult should raise some serious red flags.
Today Show clip on the topic
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