23 March 2006

O wretched unbeliever, dost thou take the name of mighty Xenu in vain?

"I'm sure that [Tom Cruise-baiting South Park episode] Trapped in the Closet is wildly offensive. I certainly hope so, anyway. Because the one thing that Scientologists need more than anything else is ridicule. A religion founded by a science-fiction writer in the 1950s which invites its followers to believe in an inter-galactic tyrant called Xenu and offers them the chance to control time itself by becoming "Operating Thetans" deserves nothing less"

- Michael Gove MP, The Times, 22 March 2006

[Occasionally one forgets just how silly these celeb cult members are. L Ron Hubbard's Wikipedia biography is an interesting read, as is the one on Xenu, if you've got a few minutes]

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