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Atheists & Agnostics

edhopper

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14. That was his plan

Reply to cleanhippie (Reply #13)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 10:24 AM

Oct 2015

but if you saw the film, you know that in the 90s Mscavige walked into the office of the IRS, who were about to pull their status and bankrupt them, and extorted a decision to let them have religious status.
And it seems they are still too cowardly to revisit this.

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That was his plan edhopper Oct 2015 #14

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