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anf


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Good riddance, Mr. Hayes. Your character has been redundant and unfunny for the past eight years, anyway.

Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park'

By Erin Carlson
The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

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Satire is tricky....

If it is done well...it spares no one

and...

"I'm talking about Shaft"

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I side with Matt Stone, I've been a South Park fan from the beginning, and they've been ripping on Christians and Jews since the first season,  so why did it take Isaac Hayes nine years to get ticked off over "religious intolerance".   Let's face it, SP has ripped on EVERYONE, why are Scientologists a sacred cow?

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South Park is a crude crass show. If you're going to get offended by something, it'll be on South Park. There's a lot better things to leave that show over than them making fun of Scientology. And there's a lot of other shows and people who've made fun of Scientology, not just them.

I will miss Chef (I hope they just kill Chef off or something and not try to replace him), but I'd say Good Riddance.

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South Park never cared who they made fun of before. Why should anyone care now? They have made fun of every race, religion, creed. To beileve that Hayes quit just becuase they made fun of Scientology seems stupid. The guy made a lot of money and had no problem making fun of anyone else. If you don't get the fact that that is exactly what South Park is, the what the heck have you been doing on the show for all these years.

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anf wrote:

I side with Matt Stone, I've been a South Park fan from the beginning, and they've been ripping on Christians and Jews since the first season,  so why did it take Isaac Hayes nine years to get ticked off over "religious intolerance".   Let's face it, SP has ripped on EVERYONE, why are Scientologists a sacred cow?
Hallelujah, Brother!

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So, I guess Mr. Hayes should be nominated for the "Shut The HECK Up" award.  Apparently he is untroubled by his own hypocracy.

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He should be force fed some of Chef's salty chocolate balls.

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Trish wrote:

He should be force fed some of Chef's salty chocolate balls.
Ha ha!

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Rolling Stone has a really good article on the "Religion" of Scientology this month in their magazine.  It's really good for those who are curious about what their beliefs are.  It appeard very cult-like and profit-oriented to me.   

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I saw part of that article. Unfortunately, we were at a friend's house and we left before I finished it. But from what I read in that article, Scientology is a lot different from what I thought it was, it was worse!

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I guess my problem is when I hear Tom Cruise saying you can be a Scientologist Christian.  I find that difficult to do when it appears to me that Mr. Hubbard, it's founder, has them basically worshipping him as a higher being!    



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Thats true TG, tough to worship two Masters

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The whole thing sounds like something from a SciFi novel. I'm guessing it was fiction until it caught on.

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L Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer....

One of the best Sci Fi novels ever read was Battle Field Earth by Lron Hubbard....

But I dont want to be a Scientologist

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I started worrying that we might have some Scientologist forum readers.  If so, I certainly don't want to offend.  But I would say that we ALL need to question our religion if our religion is telling us that we can have wealth and success by becoming a believer. 


I personally get very offended when I hear televangelists preaching to me when they've got their toll-free number below along with the symbols from Mastercard and Visa.  I've also watch the shows with people saying how they "Found" money and "Financial Success" once they started sending in their "Faith money". 


Sorry, I've never read in the Bible that my mansion was going to be here on earth.  If it did, wouldn't everyone have faith and be standing in line to get some of it?



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Tom Cruise said he's a Christian who also studies Scientology?  that's news to me considering how he renounced Catholicism so publically when he converted to Scientology.

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I think he said that to pacify Katie's family now that she's studying it.

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Are Scientologist's technically Christian?

I think one of the biggest problems here is that none of us know about Scientology. But, you have to sign up and pay to learn more about it. How does that make any sense?

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But Catholism is still Christian too. But being Christian doesn't necessarily mean your Catholic. It's the square/rectangle thing.

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In my opinion, if you don't worship God and believe that Jesus is His Son, sent down to earth, to be our savior, then it's NOT Christianity.


From everything I've read and heard, L. Ron Hubbard, a sci-fi novel writer, "discovered" the religion.  It sounds to me like he took one of his own novels, took facets from Christianity, Hinduism, Buddism, and other Middle-east religions, and made his own religion.  He's was supposedly quoted in the 1940's saying that there was no money in being a writer, that the real money was in religion.


They believe that "thetans" are from outer space and came to Earth millions of years ago.  They are constantly reincarnated and evolved into what people are now.  The only way to evolve "higher" is to get in touch with your "thetan" through the e-meter and discover what's holding you back.  You pay per session to use the e-meter.  Tom Cruise and John Travolta are at a very high level.  Supposedly, at the level Tom is at now, he is to be able to move stationary objects with his mind and other things like that.  With each level, they will let you in on more of the mystery too.  It's all very new-age where the person has their own self-actualization and growth. 


To me that's the opposite of what  a Christian is.  To me, a Christian becomes a stronger Christian the more they turn away from their own self-fulfillment in their desire to be a servant of God and a servant to others. 


   



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This is a very informative article on Scientology, if anyone would like to read it.  Or I should say read some of it - It's very extensive.


http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/scientology/


 



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I was wrong, Scientology is monotheistic in a way (I'm on their website, and they seem pretty wishy washy about it), but they do not believe in Jesus, so technically they are not Christian.

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I agree with you 100% TG.




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WebGuy wrote:

I agree with you 100% TG.

 


Tritto!



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Okay, I take that back, they do believe in Jesus, but not as a savior, so according to webster's dictionary, they're still not technically Christian. Of course, what do they believe? That Jesus was a Scientologist that got to one of the advanced levels!

At this point, my eyes are permanently crossed and I am throughly confused. And I can't learn more without buying something. I wish I knew a Scientologist so I could ask them questions.

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Molly, they have an official website, www.scientology.org. although I still found it to be quite vague.  Don't forget, you have to pay them before they start letting you in on everything.



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Yeah, that's where I went. It is pretty vague, and when you want more info, you have to buy the books.

But I think I've figured out it's appeal. It's instant gratification, you don't have to wait to die before reaching "enlightenment," and you can pay your way to being better than everyone else.

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I've had little personal experience with Scientologists, and I hope no one is offended if they are a Scientologist forum member.  I kind of find it doubtful though.  I did spend several weeks in a class with a group of Scientology "volunteer ministers"... that is what it said on their shirts, jackets, and back packs anyway.  They seemed to be nice people, but genuinely disinterested in associating with anyone who was not a fellow Scientologist.



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Tennessee Girl wrote:

Molly, they have an official website, www.scientology.org. although I still found it to be quite vague.  Don't forget, you have to pay them before they start letting you in on everything.

Again, if you want to know more from the other side (not their side) this is a great explanation:


http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/scientology/



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