09-09-2012, 09:49 AM | #21 |
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09-09-2012, 11:28 AM | #22 | |
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Xenu is often called the "Scientology devil" but it's really weirder than that (of course it is it's Scientology). For one thing they don't even learn about "Incident II" until they've achieved OT status. Knowing about "Incident II" prior to that will supposedly kill you with pneumonia. Secondly unlike the Christian devil, Xenu isn't still active but died a long time ago. He's more like Space Hitler, than Space Satan. Besides IST is a little bit more like Watchmen than four-color in terms of real world fidelity. |
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09-09-2012, 11:56 AM | #23 | |
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I need to write the whole thing up as time permits, but my main purpose behind the whole thing was to set up the big threats to the post-millennial IST world, a world that had to deal with a very traumatic Y2K event and a lot of other bad stuff. But suffice to say, Tom Cruise/Sovereign Xemu isn't exactly what he claims to be and Scientology isn't quite either.
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09-09-2012, 11:58 AM | #24 | |
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09-09-2012, 12:22 PM | #25 |
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Re: [GURPS IST] Scientology in the IST Universe?
I'm not sure about licensing and I supect the potential is lless than a lot. The real World has licensing for MDs and other professionals and we still have plenty of medical/health fads adn fakes.
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09-09-2012, 12:51 PM | #26 |
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Right. There are plenty of folks who trumpet the healing power of their water / aura / gold needles / whatever, alongside our fortune tellers and assorted mystics. Most of them have in fine print something along the lines of "for entertainment purposes only" or similar disclaimers. As long as their claims don't grow too extravagant they are left alone. And if their claims do become overblown, they'll often be "the next big breakthrough in alternative medicine" in the entertainment media for the weeks it takes their scam to be exposed.
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09-09-2012, 03:23 PM | #27 |
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Or rather with Hubbard's high Fast-Talk skill.
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09-09-2012, 04:52 PM | #28 |
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09-12-2012, 05:48 AM | #29 | |
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