It looks like Scientology put pressure on an Internet site after a fundamentalist Christian preacher linked its founder, practices and programs with the works of “Satan.”
Pastor J. Grant Swank Jr. stated at the Post Chronicle Web site: “Satan takes all praise and glory from Redeemer Christ for all honor and esteem granted [Scientology founder L. Ron] Hubbard and his wild spheres of inner ascendancy.”
And that Scientology celebrity Tom “Cruise, like many other famous individuals, particularly actors, furthers the cult of 
Scientology as Satan uses this means by which to direct eternal souls away from Christ to Hubbard.”
Pretty harsh words that some might observe are bold too, considering Scientology’s penchant for suing people.
But what a difference a week or so can make when it comes to “The Truth.”
Now the same Web site that featured the article denouncing Cruise and Scientology is featuring another one by a Scientology minister offering up “The Truth.”
Could it be that this unlikely cooperation affording Scientology space for a theology lesson at the Web site is actually part of some sort of a deal to keep the Post Chronicle out of a lawsuit with the litigious church often called a “cult”?
It may be that for the Post Chronicle is avoiding a lawsuit, but it’s pretty common for newspapers to allow rebuttals of this sort in their commentary sections. I’d be more suspicious if they had pulled the original article, but it’s still there and even linked from the top of the rebuttal.
So, hey, a lawsuit could still be in the works!
Is there anything worse than the U.N.?
In case you’re wondering if there’s anything worse than the United Nations, consider this google search: tinyurl.com/gwhtt
I was alerted to this by a PSA I saw for a group calling itself “Y0uth for Human R|ghts”, which ran during a children’s cart…