In America Scientology is a recognised religion and in some schools mandatory in class. Here in Belgium Scientology has to face trial for extortion, being a criminal organisation, fraude and unlawful practice of medicine. Claims are that the 'church' extorts the followers, etc.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 6:39 ID:t+SUl2WL
>>1
haha thats what thoes ass holes get. im speaking about the scientoligsts of course.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 8:27 ID:F9tD4L7q
How is Scientology different from any other religion, again?
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Anonymous2007-09-04 8:38 ID:Y+PoBC+Z
>>3 It's a church, without any remnants of religion.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 8:39 ID:0VOAokMy
god bless Belgium
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Anonymous2007-09-04 9:03 ID:3gdZmGMc
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It has religion. Based in the fictious works of it's founder who is most famous for having said "The best way to make a million daollars is to start your own religion"
He was right.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 9:10 ID:3DV9UXwm
It's secretive.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 9:35 ID:Y+PoBC+Z
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Traditional religions usually have a spiritual message for its believers (this message is usually the same throughout). Then churches sometimes build business and world rule on this spiritual foundation, but behind all of this, there's still a religion. This part is what's totally missing in the case of Scientology.
Um, no. I understand your 'product loyalty' or your need to make other religions just as valid. But alot of main tenets of Christianity, Islam, Catholicism and Judaism are based on fictional accounts of events that for the most part have proven mythological in nature.
Objectively speaking, I think the mysteries of Essenism, Allegro's findings and the Copper Scroll put our more popular 'competing religions' in the same category of Scientology.
By the way, I think I should point out here that I am agnostic, not atheist and believe very much in God and the possibility and likelihood of its existence.
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Anonymous2007-09-04 11:12 ID:IC5FM1Ol
Xenu, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. Scientology holds that their essences remained, and that they form around people in modern times, causing them spiritual harm.
These events are known to Scientologists as "Incident II", and the traumatic memories associated with them as The Wall of Fire. The story of Xenu is part of Scientologist beliefs in extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in Earthly events, collectively described as space opera by Hubbard
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Sure there're lots of mythological elements in every religion. But they still bear a message for the better of its believers, you know, something quite unselfish, unlike what many churches do to obtain some kind of power. I think Scientology can't be classified in this category, it's a business organization with clear goals to reach.
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Anonymous2007-09-05 5:03 ID:c4TXeSfo
Long live to dark master Xenu!
Incident III is coming, we the Xenu minions now have the power of the Fancy Pink Frog!
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Down with Xenu! Cthulu is my evil lord and master. He has my soul and he wants yours too. Cthulu throws you a challenge: Our demon lords battle to the death. Where? South Pole. To the winner: The Earth. To the loser: An eternity touring Utah in a minibus with Mitt Romney's Sons. The match all 9 planes of existence are talking about.
South Pole. Tomorrow. Be there. Be there. Be there.
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Anonymous2007-09-05 7:13 ID:RxtICVL+
>>1
"In America Scientology is a recognised religion."
In America George W. Bush was a recognized president.
I can't tell if you are naive, ignorant or just willfully stupid. You just pretty much described Christianity, Judaism and Islam to the fucking teeth. Considering the social-political climate, I think it's SUPER-RETARDED-FUNNY that you consider the other religions to be "Unselfish". Are you, like, 12 or something?
Um, what? Dude. Listen to me: Fuck Scientology. It's for fucktards. My point is that they are all basically "businesses" who replace "consumers" with "believers". All religions lie for some sort of power or money. Scientology is no different than fucking Islam or Catholicism for all I care.
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Anonymous2007-09-05 13:19 ID:Ibo9qfXV
In America there is a Creationism museum. lol... enjoy your evangelism and fail you obese tards.
My body thaten tells me that Xenu is coming back to kill all the phsychologists that helped him screw over mankind and do battle with jesus and budha (mohamed was not invited due to his being a terrorist) in order to prove that he is more worthy of money donations than the other organizations because Xenu is really L. Ron Hubbard. Also scientology is for people who think that Bush is good person to ask advise from.
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Anonymous2007-09-05 17:15 ID:57bo81Sf
XENU IS THE NEW DESU, XENU
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huh?2007-09-05 23:52 ID:S0BQaqTV
hail xenu!
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Anonymous2007-09-06 1:25 ID:zRGhN6kd
Match was held today on the south pole. Cthulu whipped Xenus ass. Suck ass scientologists. Can't even invent a cool god.
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Whatever Christfag. Scientlogy conceptually is built on the same tenets of any other religion out there. The Jews and Romans didn't consider Christianity a religion either. Stop taking all this shit for face value, you hick fuck. All the powerful religions are the same shit. The Pope is only different from Hubbard in that he licks little boys' buttholes. Oh wait........Hubbard does that too.
OH WELL POINT STILL STANDS.
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Anonymous2007-09-06 13:07 ID:fJqioCir
>>35
Fail for mistaking a Cthulhu worshipper for a christfag.