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hibikir said:
rocketpig said:
It's sad how some of you think it's okay to ban a religion, no matter how wacky it may be. It's not as if Scientologists are out to harm people.

If anything, I welcome crackpot religions. It makes it easier to weed out the morons with labels like "Scientologist". When someone tells you they're a Scientologist, it's a huge red flag that immediately instructs you to cease communication with said person and quickly walk in the other direction.

 There's a big difference between a crackpot religion an a cult. A crackpot religion is just not mainstream. Nothing wrong with that. A cult uses coercive persuation and other techniques to make people join, and then exploit their members. Preying on the weak and taking them for all they are worth is not something that should be rewarded with tax credits and special legal status.


You know all organizational religion does all of this stuff to a certain extent. To some peopel a cult is anythign that is not their own religion to others it is a relgion that is seriously different to the point they can't comprehend it. Essentially a cult is a relgion that is run by people who know what they are saying is false and it does usually involve brainwashing and exploitation. Scientology to me is or atleast was a Cult it may not be anymore since L Ron Hubbard is dead and I am not sure the heads of scientology really believe their own stuff ro not but if they do than I woudl say ti is a religion a crack pot one but still a religion.

 

BTW brainwashing techniques works best on smart people. It is kind of funny because the simpsons got ti right.

 

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