Scientologists plan Aussie ad blitz
The Church of Scientology is planning its first above-the-line advertising push in Australia in a bid to turn around its public image.
TV and cinema are among the media being contemplated.
A spokesman for the controversial organisation confirmed to Mumbrella that the campaign is being planned but said it was dependent on the campaign receiving funding from the US. She referred inquiries to Sydney agency Frontier Media, which declined to comment.
The Church of Scientology’s most high-profile celebrity followers including Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
In November, independent Senator Nick Xenophon accused the Church of being a “criminal organisation”. Prime Minster Kevin Rudd also told the Herald Sun “I share some of those concerns”, but has reserved further judgement pending the review of material provided by Senator Xenophon.
At the time the Church released a statement in response to Xenophon. “Senator Xenophon’s attempt to marginalise Scientologists by saying that they should not be believed, is fascistic and violates freedom of speech and the right to religious beliefs,” the statement said.
Gerry Armstrong, another vocal critic of the Church and a former member, is travelling to Australia to support Senator Xenophon’s campaign for an inquiry into the Church.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Fontier Media? Isn’t that the place where Mark O’Brien now works? He’s usually not short of a comment or two.
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Scientology is recently running it’s human rights campaign, yet freedom of thought, speach and relegion does not exist inside the Church. They subliminally redefine in one of their videos Freedom of speech as “Freedom of artistic expression”.
So their ads are PR and besides complete lies.
In case you would separate yourself publicly from the Church, all your Scientology connections are required to break communication with you. Including your business associates, family, parents, children. Other Scientologist children can’t communicate anymore with your child. This is certainly savage and criminal. You can check this written in Scientology Ethics book despite the outright lie of the spokesperson of the Church who claims “disconnection” does not exist.
Are you interested what will happen if their 1 billion contract becomes true?
Than watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHva0-ckVMw
“They are a plaque that now sweeps through the worlds of man.”
And you can see their actual sculptures as well in their “ideal orgs”…
Although Scientology is basically good, the Church’s application of Scientology is EVIL.
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Ah, and are you interested what happened with the current leaders? They are in Church prison: http://markrathbun.wordpress.c.....es-part-4/
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I guess those free ‘personality’ tests aren’t reeling ’em in like they used to. I guess it’s easy money to pocket, but do you really want a really demanding religious client on your books – especially one that has such a devious and evil track record in relation to human rights? It’d be like trying to pimp Idi Amin or Hitler with vaseline lenses and elevator music – and let’s not forget those penetrating statements from No. 1 brainwashed convert Tom Cruise who gave us these gems – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0
Watched it yet? Yeah, I didn’t know what the fuck he was on about either – edgy music though!
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I would like to point out that no amount of happy shiny Scientology bolonium is going to clean up their image.
While they tout their support of human rights and free speech, they actively violate both. There are three lovely court cases in US Federal Court, where ex-Scientologists are suing for compensation of years of misery, slave wages, slave labor and punishment.
Marc and Claire Headley, and Laura DeCrescenzo are seeking compensation. Mrs. Headley alleges she was coerced into having two abortions, the alternative being punitive transfer away from her job and husband. Google these names for further details of Scientology’s human rights violations; violations that are ongoing to this day at their secret base in Riverside, California.
County authorities are well lodged in Scientology’s hip pocket, and to date have taken no action to address the situation.
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This is a classic case of a strong agency needing to say “Dear Client. Advertising will not help – have you considered changing your product first”. However, there is something fun about watching COS waste their money on a mass campaign.
Wonderfully, places like COS will find it harder to exist as better access to information is available (see post above). You got to get the product right first (and stop hurting people).
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It won’t help. The second people see the cult’s logo, interest in the ad will drop dramatically.
Scientology Ads: Proven Unbelievable (official survey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsejFk26cIk
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I’m ready to poke out my eyes and puncture my ear drums for when their “ad blitz” commences…fu*k fraud “religion”
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by ad blitz do they mean shitloads of google adsense? if so – they’ve been doing it for years and it always appears in content completely unrelated to science fiction or fraud.
so much for google’s relevance algorithm! 😉
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