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Adidas Bans Scientology

Belz... said:
I disagree strongly with any religion but shouldn't people be free to believe whatever they want ?

There's more to this, I presume.
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Scientology is a known scam - it's inventor specifically stated to several major SF persons that he was going into religion because it could make him more money.
 
elbe said:
But that is; at least the cult part, I'm not sure about the "ashore" part.
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He did come ashore before he died, but he had to live in hiding so he wouldn't be indicted for his role in Operation Snow White.
 
ravdin said:
So in Germany it's not a religion unless the government considers it to be a religion? :confused:
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It´s more like that it is a religion unless the government specifically considers it something else.
 
I know WWII was a long time ago, but I do find the idea of a company enacting a policy of tolerance and diversity having been founded by a man called Adolf who was a paid-up member of the Nazi party. Still, at least it's not Puma.
 
Chaos said:
It´s more like that it is a religion unless the government specifically considers it something else.
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Would that mean that freezoners--if that's the right name--would be a religion? I'm just sort of abstractly curious if the contract would be enforceable if the guy announced, say, that he believed in Xenu and Thetans and going clear, but was not associating with the organization proper. (This is assuming that sponsorship would count as employment.)
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I know WWII was a long time ago, but I do find the idea of a company enacting a policy of tolerance and diversity having been founded by a man called Adolf who was a paid-up member of the Nazi party. Still, at least it's not Puma.
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So, does that count as hypocrisy on the part of Adidas, or does it look bad for Scientology that even a corporation started by a former paid-up member of the Nazi party considers them to be a threat to tolerance and diversity?
 
Visual Purple said:
Would that mean that freezoners--if that's the right name--would be a religion? I'm just sort of abstractly curious if the contract would be enforceable if the guy announced, say, that he believed in Xenu and Thetans and going clear, but was not associating with the organization proper. (This is assuming that sponsorship would count as employment.)
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Wouldn't that just be somewhat like nondenom. Christian as opposed to a Roman Catholic.

Additionally, I know quite a few people who believe in God, are not Jewish or Christian, they don't go to any kind of formal church and won't have anything to with mainstream religion. I suspect there are a lot more people like that than most people realise.
 
Visual Purple said:
Would that mean that freezoners--if that's the right name--would be a religion? I'm just sort of abstractly curious if the contract would be enforceable if the guy announced, say, that he believed in Xenu and Thetans and going clear, but was not associating with the organization proper. (This is assuming that sponsorship would count as employment.)
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Cannot speak for Adidas, obv., but I'd say sure. He can bleev any crazy bollocks he likes, but formal association with $cientology, the criminal organization, is the deal breaker.
 
Donn said:
It's a slippery slope right downhill into totally acceptable.
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Donn said:
Adidas: No Thetans on our soles.
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Two in a row, zing! :D

Olowkow said:
Tricky problem. Just for people who "become black"?:rolleyes:
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TjW said:
How would you go about becoming a black person after having signed the contract?
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Dissolution said:
Mark of Cain?
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Rasmus said:
Belief?
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=revitaligo :p
 
fuelair said:
Scientology is a known scam - it's inventor specifically stated to several major SF persons that he was going into religion because it could make him more money.
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Irrelevant.

TjW said:
How would you go about becoming a black person after having signed the contract?
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Yes, because no one can discriminate against black people because they can't change colour. :rolleyes:
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I know WWII was a long time ago, but I do find the idea of a company enacting a policy of tolerance and diversity having been founded by a man called Adolf who was a paid-up member of the Nazi party. Still, at least it's not Puma.
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Bit of an irony, using a man's name against him in the context of finding tolerance and diversity.
BTW Adi Dassler made the shoes for Jesse Owens.
 
Belz... said:
Because you shouldn't discriminate based on beliefs. Christianity was probably a scam to start with, as well.
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Are you implying that it isn't a scam today?

All the money they collect really goes to an organisation that represents the deity of a world with talking snakes in it?

Plus: Does it matter either way? The believers are probably sincere in either case, regardless of the motives of those at the top.
 
Belz... said:
Because you shouldn't discriminate based on beliefs. Christianity was probably a scam to start with, as well.
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Unless those beliefs bring the brand into disrepute. Adidas clearly feel that being associated with a sportsperson who is themselves associated with Scientology is detrimental to their brand. I could see the same happening if a sportsperson converts to (or publicises their) fundamentalist religious beliefs and makes some deeply disparaging comments about homosexuals, people of other religions or people from other racial groupings.
 
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