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Wikipedia Blocks Church of Scientology From Editing Pages
wiccantexan
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5-29-2009 10:58 PM
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5-30-2009
12:00 AM
chestnut501
Church of Scientology isn't the only church changing web pages. A lot of them do it. Good churches gone bad. (sigh)
5-30-2009
12:07 AM
worstellr
Finally came to their senses. Now if Google would follow suit.
$cn is not a "good church gone bad." It's a money--making scheme hiding behind a church facade. The only US church which was sanctified by the IRS.
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