Congratulations Bart on your accomplishment! And to think I’m only on Operating Thetan 6. Oh well :(
From LifeLineLive:
Fox is having a cow over an automated voicemail message left by Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, recruiting attendees for a Church of Scientology event, reports USA TODAY’s Gary Levin. In the message, Cartwright, who introduces herself as Bart in the character’s voice, says she is “now auditing on new OT 7,” and invites recipients to Scientology’s “Flag World Tour” event in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, where she’s been asked to speak.
In a statement, executive producer Al Jean denies any connection between Scientology and the series: “The Simpsons does not, and never has, endorsed any religion, philosophy or system of beliefs any more profound than Butterfinger bars.” A spokesman at 20th Century Fox says the studio was told the calls have stopped and Fox has not taken any further action. It’s unclear how widely the voicemail was distributed.
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I have been purposefully omitting making any comments on RF until I saw something on Scientology.
I love the Simpsons and I was raised by Matt Groening, so to speak. Once I even had a vivid dream where I imagined myself watching a full episode, including commercials. (Withdrawal is a bitch)
Despite attending the worldwide protests (chanology) and convincing at least 10 members (during free OT tests) to give it up and donate their time elsewhere; I think the “Church” is digging its own grave.
So ok, back in the day anyone could create their own hugely successful religion, fooling millions. But not in the age of reason, an era where all information is finally free. An age where the consumer has free choices and can finally leverage the true power of democracy. It may suck at first, as the evildoers try to compete, but I feel the truth will win out in the end.
The truth will never win out because humans are programed to follow the leader. Through several recent studies about partisan thought and group mentality one can conclude that since there will always be individuals of diminished intelligence and reasoning skills there will always be religions and cons. The only thing that could possibly stop such things is precise genetic engineering these problems out of the human condition. That, however, may not ever be seen if the zealots have anything to do it. If something as simple as stem cell research can be dramatically crippled, what would the hope of genetically engineering people have?
[...] “OT” doesn’t mean “occupation therapy”; it stands for “Operating Thetan.” Which is “a spiritual state above Clear.” Which means… you know what? [...]
Excellent post
Man, I got all excited to see that you were posting again…and then you’ve stopped again. Sadness =\
It should be mandate to introduce scientology as “from the guy who brought you Battlefield Earth”
[...] Sounds Like Bart Simpson Is Shilling For Scientology But it’s just the woman who voices him using his voice for their nefarious purposes: Fox is having a cow over an automated voicemail message left by Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart [...]
Does every post get this many comments?
Whenever I see something like this, about Scientology, I always crack up and pose the question……. Where did she park her ‘space ship’????????????? LMAO!!!
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The Truth Concerning Our Ignorance
October 4th, 2011
To whom it may concern,
It has taken a lifetime of amateur research and unanswered philosophical questions to finally cast off the chains of religious bondage that stifled the journey of scientific discovery I so longed to embark upon since early childhood. Albert Einstein said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Scientists today are now discovering that the universe might after all be limitless and of course Einstein’s assessment of our folly has already been accepted as known fact. The following statements are what I now believe to be a true and incontrovertible picture of our current predicament, and if these statements are not even close to the truth about religion, politics, science, and our civilization today, then I profess to know nothing and I am as clueless as one could ever be about our place within the cosmos.
Greetings Earthlings,
Because of the current holy war in which religious peoples have proven they will never evolve and have set numerous examples of their zealotry and willingness to die because they believe god is on their side, and because of their refusal to fully embrace science, I have come to the conclusion that the human species is now in the throes of an evolutionary downslide. Narrow minded political and religious dogma have replaced good common sense, and have been accepted as normal by many in this nation and by many in other nations around the world. Mankind might have succeeded in sending astronauts to Mars and would possibly have achieved much more by now, including a technological revolution that even our brightest minds have not yet conceived, were it not for the errors of our ethically inept political leaders, the miscalculations of our greedy and corrupted corporate entities, and the self imposed ignorance of our citizenry during the past forty years.
Why would we advance our achievements to the pinnacle of walking on the moon, only to allow ourselves to once again be bogged down with worldwide ethnic cleansing, ideological bickering, and financial enslavement? This planet might nurture a race of beings that could transcend war, eliminate pestilence and disease, and grow wise beyond the limits of our arrogant self absorbed intellects. Astronomy and Mathematics have revealed to us that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe or multiverse. How long will it take before we frightened homo-sapiens cast off hope based philosophies and embrace the fact that souls, spirits, deities, promises of eternal life, heavenly rewards, eternal damnation, and retribution do not exist. Is it so hard to accept the arrow of time, that we all fall victim to entropy, and that there is no physical or spiritual reincarnation of any life form? This is it; we have one life to live; to make a difference with, to determine our future with, to breach the limits we have so often set for ourselves, to experience and explore our colossal universe, and to fully expand our human potential.
Disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, and asteroid strikes will continue to happen. The sun will die and take the earth with it. Galaxies will collide and time will end. These are not moral judgments against us by some unseen deity. These are just naturally occurring phenomenon and irrefutable facts. The questions are; what are we willing to do to further the advancement of intelligent life on this planet, what do we do to convince people that the planet is a lifeboat, how do we salvage our remaining resources, when will people recognize that all resources and life forms that are known and are discovered might be essential to our continued existence, how responsible and intelligent will we need to be to travel to other planets and stars, are we willing to fully embrace such a challenge? We must first be willing to try and understand reality as it is presented to us by the natural world before we can achieve these and other advancements.
-Hans Bjolde