How could the US government realistically and effectively bring down Scientology? This is an organization that twisted the IRS' arm for tax exemption and has both bent and outright broken the law countless times to grow and get what they want, and almost any one or anything that's tried to challenge them have failed in one way or another. If the Feds came to a unanimous decision to take down the Scientology empire, how could they manage it?
Same way the feds always do this shit.
>have FBI watch everyone until somebody slips up
>RICO indictment
>everyone goes to club fed
>>600418
Scientology is a fully recognized and established religion, with its own canon and holy books and rituals, and is therefore entitled to the same treatment under US law as any other religion, regardless of whether you like them or not, regardless of whether or not L. Ron Hubbard was a bad guy, regardless of what you think about any of it. To accomplish what you suggest, the government would have to "bring down" all religions and religious organizations, and you can ask the commies how well that worked out.
Freedom of religion is one of the great things about being American, and if you don't like people choosing to believe in whatever they want to believe, you can go practice sharia law in Europe.
>>600418
> How could the US government realistically and effectively bring down Scientology?
Put TANKY government in charge for a few months?
Oh, wait. You meant realistically. I guess, you'll have to ask Martians to intervene, or something.
No, seriously. It is possible to take down Scientology either by cracking down on all the religions (Bible Belt gonna have kittens), or by singling out Scientology (that basically implies choosing "proper" religions and going fundie - everyone else gonna have kittens). Neither is realistic.
Ergo - Scientology will persist and prosper. Convert today.
>>600492
This works only against sufficiently small "enterprises". Scientology is big nowadays.
Is it right to mourn the dead of those who fought on the wrong side of history? Like the confederates or the nazis etc
>>600306
Insofar as you have basic human empathy for your fellow man.
>>600306
They could argue that one or the other had some character flaw that prevented them from seeing the "right" path and joining their cause, but I think both Yankees and Confederates, Nazis and Soviets would agree that willfully fighting to defend a cause you believe in is always an admirable action.
>>600306
>wrong side of history
>existing
john green pls go
Why do so many people hate Wilson so much? He was obviously way too idealistic when it comes to his views towards Europe, but I've seen him listed as the worst president ever and I can't understand why.
Clueless burger fuck who helped destroy Germany and Austria-Hungary.
>>600270
>implying that's a bad thing
>>600270
>Clueless burger fuck who helped destroy Germany and Austria-Hungary.
...seriously?
>WW: Hey guys, we must have a peace where nobody is disadvantage-
>France: FUCK OF AMERIGAN, YOU WOULDNT UNDERSTAND, WE WANT GERMANY SO RUINED IT WILL NEVER BE A THREAT EVER AGAIN
>German butthurt leads to Nazis
Good Job Europe
SYRIAN EDITION
But Anon, imperialism is literally the solution to the problem of intercultural contact.
>>599943
You misspelled democratic confederalism.
>>599946
No, that doesn't work, it's just idealist garbage.
Now the guidance of lesser peoples and savages to civilization while efficiently exploiting their resources is where it's really at. You also make a good profit in the meantime. What's not to like?
>Be Ethiopian
>Country had monarchs who were heads of a large centralized state for thousands of years
>tfw WE WUZ KINGS AND SHIT actually applies to me
>"we was kings"
>worshipping royal power like a serf
Hailie Selassie is ethnically Amhara, an Afro-Asiatic people. He has no relation to African-Americans who come from West Africa.
>>599848
>East africans have no relation to west africans
What went so wrong?
What?
>>599789
Damn, they were young.
>Patrick Dolan
Shouldn't have brought along someone with a meme name
>tfw you realize almost everything you learned about medieval history is a debunked meme
So, what should a general pleb read for a remotely plausible survey?
>>599683
>medieval history is a debunked meme
What do you mean by this?
>>599690
He probably means it was actually advanced and not some dark age of scientific repression by the Church, as the memes typically go.
>>599691
Oh, is this the case? Now that my interest has been kindled too, I must join OP in asking if there are any good books one can educate himself with?
>Topic/Bait
>Opinions
>Argument starts because opinions aren't uniform
>Memes and "logic" are flung around
>/pol gets some people back
>The appropriate headwear is tipped and everything starts anew in the next thread
Hysteria & Manatees
>>599667
What do you want from us?
>literally any historical topic ever
>some tard tries to turn it into a thread about refugees/nigs/feminazis.
Holy shit, /pol/ just have an IQ of like 90.
>>599799
>IQ heh
>muh /pol/
>>>starbucks
Post ideology
>>599148
in what context?
Economics?
Politics?
Religion?
Racial?
Cultural?
Governance?
Societal?
OP being a faggot?
Set the framework you dunce.
>>599160
like this you stupid goy
Pure Ideology!
>>599148
What is the difference between Pure Ideology and a spook?!
Who here is on or has passed there DUDE LSD IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT LMAO phase?
Im half way in between
>>599091
Shrooms can teach you a lot. But not in any religious sense
Acid is a strange and magical thing, but it didnt make me a new age hippie enlightment faggot
>>599091
I passed that age
When you look back on it, you'll realize the acid had no meaning, it's just the chemicals tricking you into thinking it was profound
Why is this allowed? Who the fuck came up with this shit?
Lol, fucking ridiculous. It's not murder, defending one honor is above that.
>>599044
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>>599044
Maybe the defendant wanted to hurt the victim but not kill him
Why did the Soviets perform so badly against the Finns in this war? I know the Red Army treated their men more as cannon fodder during ww2, but this seems ridiculous considering Finland was at all not a significant power like France, UK ect.
>>598821
Stalin purges on the officers, no supply lines, no moral, no discipline, shit weapons and Finland had the German army and countless Swedish volunteers with them.
>>598821
Finland is a civilized country with the blood of emperors, russia is a mindless barbarian horde
>>598821
>zerg rush
Stalol doesnt care if 1 or 1 million soldiers .
military hat designs
post your favourite military hats
>>598816
>>598822
>le badass skull xD
Would Christians rather give up their faith permanently, or let 50 people burn to death horribly?
>>598764
Could a true Christian ever truly give up their faith? Who would be the judge of that?
>>598764
The way I understand the whole heaven/hell tradeoff, Heaven is like a +infinity reward, and any amount of suffering on earth is finite. So from a numbers standpoint, having every single human being suffer a lifetime of pure agony would not outweigh the potential reward in the afterlife of a single soul.
Apostasy is never justifiable.
>>598802
Christianity isn't utilitarian.
How does one cultivate a fear of God? Ideally, a Christian should fear nothing *but* God, but in reality, sometimes God is what we fear the least, and our absence of faith is shown by our fear of everything God told us not to fear.
>>598745
>How does one cultivate a fear of God?
By loving God.
What a sick joke.
Why not devote that mental effort toward a productive endeavor that helps yourself and your fellow man instead.
>>598751
Doesn't the fear have to come first?
