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Hey PlainGuy : one post is enough. You don't need to repeat the same thing 4 times in a row.

The reason PC World found this subject worth attention is likely because the battle between Scientology and its critics is being largely fought on line.

As for the claim that "The 'Anonymous' group is composed of white supremacists and young men who support child porn." I can only assume you don't know anon, and have simply decided to contribute every anonymous comment that could be viewed negatively as one made by anonymous. While I appreciate the "anonymous exposed" link, I hardly think the Church of Scientology is an accurate source for information on Scientology critics.

"Death threats. Bomb threats. Anthrax scares. Vandalism of churches. The FBI having to evacuate buildings and even an entire street in the downtown area of one city."

I wonder if you're aware of "Operation Freakout," where the church decided it would be a good idea to steal Paulette Cooper's stationary and mail themselves bombthreats in an attempt to have her imprisoned and her criticisms of the church discredited? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout)

"Or better yet, pick up a Scientology book by Hubbard, and actually read it?"

I'd like to, but the church won't state all their beliefs in a single book, and buying all of them would cost thousands of dollars. That would be like the Catholic Church copyrighting the Bible, telling Christians they have to pay $1,000 for each book, then suing anybody who tries to distribute it for free. Fortunately for the curious, anonymous has leaked all the church's books. Now even Scientologists can find out what the church teaches, up to and including OT VII.

"What Scientologists REALLY believe:
http://www.bonafidescientology.org/Creed/index.htm"

Anonymous doesn't really care what Scientologists believe, which is why anonymous is encouraging Scientologists to practice their faith free with Free Zone (http://www.freezone.org/) and is distributing the written teachings of the church for free.

What DOES concern anonymous it the ACTIONS of the church. For example, using the information gathered during "auditing" to blackmail its practitioners, destroying families with its "disconnect" policy, infiltrating the government to destroy evidence of criminal activity, letting practitioners die of neglect while in the "care" of the church, "fair-gaming" critics, "dead agenting," and forcing believers to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars just to find out what the church actually believes.

http://www.xenu.net/
http://www.exscientologykids.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_controversies (while the wiki is hardly a source of absolutely reliable info, the articles and sources linked on this page make for some interesting reading.)