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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 28th 2009, 07:32 PM
Last time I checked, Christianity doesn't cost thousands and thousands of dollars though.

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 28th 2009, 07:45 PM
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Last time I checked, Christianity doesn't cost thousands and thousands of dollars though.
It used to though. Well pounds since the USA wasn't around then

But the point is Scientology could (although I don't think it will) move on past such a thing
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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 28th 2009, 11:06 PM
Yes, but the level that the CoS takes it is extreme. Plus the way they run the Sea Org is ridiculous.

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 28th 2009, 11:31 PM
There's a "religion" for everything lately. People make up religions to suit themselves these days. It's a scam.

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 28th 2009, 11:34 PM
But what makes any one religion correct above all others?
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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 29th 2009, 12:57 AM
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But what makes any one religion correct above all others?
I say they are all false unless you provide some evidence to support a certain one.

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 29th 2009, 08:21 PM
The guy who invented it didn't even want it to be a religion. People just changed it so it could it could get tax breaks

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 29th 2009, 09:39 PM
Except he wrote the whole Xenu story so I would say he did want it to be a religion.

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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - January 29th 2009, 09:57 PM
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Well let's see:

It projects a highly, highly implausible scenario of creation as absolute truth
It accepts the killing of non-believers with no internal punishment
It believes that intangible things live inside everyone
It thinks itself superior to all other beliefs

The answer is obvious - it's a religion
If it's a religion, then it's a cult. You said so before about Christianity. It's also a scam, as the creator (forget his name) did not actually believe in it, and it costs a shitload of money.



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Re: scientology, religion, cult, or scam? - February 1st 2009, 07:40 AM
I wouldn't be so worried about it being a scam so much as a health hazard to anyone who gets involved -- not to mention, a financial hell hole. Anyone check that link I left here a month or so ago? I may have said it before, but that's all the proof I need that the whole affair is crazy.

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