Reply to: Does this mean we have to start believing all this Scientology bollocks?

[NotAllThere]

Highly dubious practices, documented abuse*... A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed: Jon Atack: 9780818404993: Amazon.com: Books In Germany it isn't recognised as a religion; it is treated legally as a money making organisation.






* Rather like a few other religious institutions.

[darmstadt]

The Scientology stuff is probably as real to it's believers as any other religion is to it's believers.

A bit like political party manifestos

[MyUserName]

Not a clock with a twenty-four hour display.

Or a clock "broken" via a direct hit by an RPG.

No generalities in General, if you please.

Good point, generalities are always wrong

[nomadd]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Not a clock with a twenty-four hour display.

Or a clock "broken" via a direct hit by an RPG.

No generalities in General, if you please.

[Wanderer]

The Scientology stuff is probably as real to it's believers as any other religion is to it's believers.

It's as real as any other religion....

[MicrosoftBob]

In fairness oh? Sure it's not what you meant but you make it sound as if burning for denial of the Trinity etc was almost justifiable.

If he said Matix Revolutons was ok really it would have been justifiable

[MicrosoftBob]

If we have to burn Tom Cruise at the stake, that's a price I'm willing to consider.

How are you going to coax him out of his closet ?, surely it would be easier to just burn the closet with him in it

[MyUserName]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The Scientology stuff is probably as real to it's believers as any other religion is to it's believers.

[xoggoth]

In fairness oh? Sure it's not what you meant but you make it sound as if burning for denial of the Trinity etc was almost justifiable.

Another flaw of established religions, they have gone through so many centuries of extremist beliefs which most of today's believers reject, yet they still think that a single mysterious core of truth has somehow managed to filter through it all unchanged.

PS Even loonies can often say something sensible. Hubbard's ideas on drugs for example.

[d000hg]

But that makes for a less interesting "headline".

[OwlHoot]

The Galileo Vs Church story is much exaggerated and distorted too (although I forget the details without looking it up).

Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for claiming stars were distant suns and might be surrounded by planets hosting life.

In fairness, he had also published many heresies including (according to that Wikipedia article) denial of the Trinity, denial of the divinity of Christ, denial of virginity of Mary, and denial of Transubstantiation. So the "infinite number of suns with inhabited planets" idea was probably way down the list, and possibly not even a contributing factor.

[d000hg]

The columbus and flat earth thing is a myth - Myth of the Flat Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Galileo Vs Church story is much exaggerated and distorted too (although I forget the details without looking it up).

[TheFaQQer]

What about John Travolta?

Saved by Pulp Fiction

[kevpuk]

If we have to burn Tom Cruise at the stake, that's a price I'm willing to consider.

What about John Travolta?

[TheFaQQer]

If we have to burn Tom Cruise at the stake, that's a price I'm willing to consider.