well, here is a nice overview as well as more than a dozen links for you check out yourself.

http://www.xenu.net/archive/infopack/6.htm

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN actually the person interviewed i watched yesterday was a woman

What are you on about?


//Jesus, you just linked a bunch of anti-Scientology websites. Like, websites, of all things, [poorly] contructed with nothing but extremely biased viewpoints.

tsk, tsk

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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
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You should really check out te whole xenu.net before making any judgements. Its as objective as it can be under te circumstances.

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Scientology and me is one documentary, done by the BBC. A little biased though I must admit, but he did TRY to show both sides, but the "other" side wasn't exactly cooperating.

Look into the British comission that designates what and what is not considered a religion, a brit might know the actual name but I think it's the "Charity Commission"? or something of that nature.

Not to say all Brits are right all that time, but they decided and ruled that Scientology could not be considered a religion based on requirements within the "organization" stating that you need to donate lots of money to be allowed to stay and progress.



Also, I find it hard to put "faith" into a "religion" that attacks those who criticize it so aggressively.

Yes, the Catholic Church did the same hundreds of years ago, but that isn't a fair example or comparison as we are living NOW and not THEN (Fact ).



Personally I find most organized religion to be complete BS, I'm a huge nerd too that's read the Bible (both books) and the Qur'an. I'm super INTERESTED in religion but I find that following any one of them blindly is a bad strategy, people today don't base their every day decisions off only ONE opinion, so why base your entire belief system on ONE book? What kind of BS is that?

Most atheists consider the Bible to be a work of fiction, maybe it is, but the fact is, Scientology IS BASED ON A WORK OF SCIENCE FICTION, it's not even a disputed fact, L Ron Hubbard was a SCIENCE FICTION WRITER!!!

A belief system can stem from anything, which is ok I guess, but from what I've read and watched about Scientology, it's not a religion that likes being questioned by members or non-members, and the way they handle it is abysmal in my opinion.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On //Jesus, you just linked a bunch of anti-Scientology websites. Like, websites, of all things, [poorly] contructed with nothing but extremely biased viewpoints. tsk, tsk

right...

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REFERENCES: The teachings of the Church of Scientology are introduced in the following church-published books, which are widely available in bookstores or directly from the church. All are either written by L. Ron Hubbard or are "based on his works" and are published by Bridge Publications. DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL A HISTORY OF MAN SCIENTOLOGY 0-8 THE SCIENTOLOGY HANDBOOK

good enough for you?

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"And on the 9th day, The Lord created goldfish. These goldfish ruled the Earth for trillions of years before they realized they didn't need God to clean their dishes anymore, so they built a magical goldfish-only lock to their room and put up a "do not disturb" which God obviously destroyed utterly because He is God and He can do whatever He wants, even in the midst of trillion-year-old teenage goldfish locked in their rooms.

And that's why we find dinosaur bones in God's Earth.

And yea, it was good."

Source: THE BIBLE

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On "And on the 9th day, The Lord created goldfish. These goldfish ruled the Earth for trillions of years before they realized they didn't need God to clean their dishes anymore, so they built a magical goldfish-only lock to their room and put up a "do not disturb" which God obviously destroyed utterly because He is God and He can do whatever He wants, even in the midst of trillion-year-old teenage goldfish locked in their rooms. And that's why we find dinosaur bones in God's Earth. And yea, it was good." Source: THE BIBLE

i dont understand your point. you know i think theyre equally retarded, we're not debating the relative "wrongs", i am more interested in how the "church" conducts itself than i am comparing it to all the other drivel most people believe in.

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland I think i remember someone on here actually doing that personality test to see what it's all about. I don't think he ever returned... I don't remember who it was.

it was IGK and he never came back cause he was caught with child porn.

close though.

some people are silly

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i dont understand your point. you know i think theyre equally retarded, we're not debating the relative "wrongs", i am more interested in how the "church" conducts itself than i am comparing it to all the other drivel most people believe in.

I was actually just illustrating that just because sources may very well be listed as genuinely as possible, doesn't mean your citations actually reflect the written word, much less the interpreted view of the institution.

And my argument is hardly with you anyways, stop getting in the way of my piss-taking.

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last minute disco dot net

Good bump.

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