• Bye@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    USA should have done this to Scientology after they infiltrated the CIA or whatever it was.

    At some point you have to be able to do so, despite religious protections. Otherwise “we are a religion” is a “get out of jail” card.

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      1 year ago

      It was various offices but mainly the IRS:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

      Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a series of infiltrations into and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, carried out by Church members in more than 30 countries.

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      imo if the religion itself violates the separation of church and state by meddling in affairs of the state, then in the name of separation of church and state they MUST react somehow, separation doesn’t just go one way. This especially counts the evangelicals who dabble in politics.

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        Lol they don’t dabble. They cleverly wield the corrupt political game to ensure they profit off the poor idiots who are members of the “church” and that money flows through politics, stopping in pocket after pocket until it finally reaches the bank, tax free.