What further astounds me are the things that are and have been done under the name of “religious right”.

However, though not having led to any holy wars that I know of, by far the “religion” that makes me bang my head against my desk more so than any other, even more than the Mor[m]ons, is Scientology.

So, when a buddy of mine sent me this link to a Tom Cruise infomercial on Scientology, I just couldn’t not post it.

Also included in the link was a comment from a 30-year veteran of Scientology that was nice enough to offer some explanation to the nutzo terminology Cruise is using:

• KSW (short for Keeping Scientology Working): A policy written by Hubbard in the 1960′s that requires all Scientologists to follow his words and his rules exactly.
• Orgs: Orgs is an abbreviation for “organizations” and describes all churches of Scientology throughout the world.
• David Miscavige: He is the current leader of Scientology. He’s the equivalent of the Pope to the Catholics.
• Out-ethics: any behavior that violates any of Hubbard’s rules of conduct.
• Put ethics in on someone else: make others conform to Hubbard’s rules of behavior.
• Criminon: Scientology front group that tries to recruit through the prisons.
• SP: Suppressive Person. Anyone that doesn’t like Scientology and/or criticizes Scientology.
• PTS/SP: another bogus Hubbard term to define behavior that goesagainst Scientology rules.
• LRH technology or “tech”: all the Scientology policies, rules, mandates, procedures.

And, always eager to tie things in with China – why not read up on China’s version of Scientology. Sure they’re persecuted. Hell, who hasn’t bought an organ or two of theirs on the black market. And I feel for them, I really do. But man, whack jobs are whack jobs.