"RIDE 'EM COWBOY" is a SCIENTOLOGY ENTRY, HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE '11

...scientology (L. ron hubbard's martian religion) has a big presence at the HW CHRISTMAS PARADE...trying to lure people into their cult with an innocent looking cowboy balloon..but BEWARE OF SCIENTOLOGY...I find various warnings online..one of them says that sometimes suicide is taught to new members...they quote the following: "...In another lecture in the same course, he says"And by the way, people who do run 88 [commit suicide] have to furnish their own coffins We won't furnish those here. You also have to leave a suicide note for the police." While hundreds of Scientologists have done this course and nearly all of them are still alive, the statement still troubles me..."

http://www.scientology-lies.com/faq/society/dangerous.html SO BE WARNED...There are a lot of good churches that may be a better choice...; another website also warns of the dangers , see http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/hollywoodsatancult.html ;just type "danger of scientology" in google and see how much there is