Church Of Scientology 'South Park' | Matt Stone

Church Of Scientology - Matt Stone and Trey Parker, nothing is sacred or safe from satire. And since the introduction of its innovative animated television series "South Park " You ''Many world religions have set, highlighting the hypocrisy, stupid or just playing with ridiculous cliches. One of her most famous religious satires, 2005 's Scientology targeting "Trapped In The Closet " sequence nerve struck the church ' s leader said the group targeted academic Stone, Parker and his friends on their long-term infiltration.

Marty Rathbun, a former Church of Scientology executive-turned-critic and independent worshipper, revealed to the Village Voice a number of documents that detailed the religious sect's detailed surveillance of the Emmy-winning TV moguls.

Through the help of informants, public records and various other means, they searched for "Vulnerabilities" in the pair's personal lives, and after exploring their personal and business connections, widened their focus to investigating actors such as John Stamos, as well.

"Phone records. Bank records. Personal letters that expose some kind of vulnerability," Marty Rathbun told the Voice.

Rathbun's personal site leads with a post that includes more information, including this summary: "In '06 the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, became targets of Corporate Scientology's OSA. Operations were run in an attempt to silence Parker and Stone. While Corporate Scientology was ultimately unsuccessful, left behind an instructive data trail during their efforts.""Trapped in the Closet" featured a storyline that had Stan, one of the four children that make up the show's core, take a "Personality test" after being encountered on the street by a group of Scientologists.

The vague test reveals that he is miserable, which leads him to agree to pay the church to make him happy again.

An "E-meter" reading reveals that he is housing the soul of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and various Hollywood celebrities who are members of the church flock to his home to help convince him to become their new leader.

One of those celebrities included Tom Cruise, who locks himself in a closet, which was a clear allusion to various rumors about his sexuality.

John Travolta, another member of the church, soon joined him in the closet.

Stan's friends tell him that the religion is actually a cult, pointing out that Hubbard was a science fiction writer, though he at first refuses to believe it.

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