Does anyone really think Scientology is a religion anymore?
I'll never understand how Scientology is still under the protective aura of the classification Religion. I mean, c'mon, it's a cult founded by a science fiction writer claiming that we're all infected with invisible alien beings killed by Xenu on Earth millions of years ago. L. Ron Hubbard actually wrote to friends describing how he'd like to start a religion to make money. Then he goes and does it and it's taken seriously?
That's why I'm surprised when I see governmental entities like Riverside County, California passing laws designed to restrict protests against cults like the Scientologists.
And lest you think I'm making this stuff up about them (and just to really piss off the Scientologists) here is a link to actual documents from their so-called church talking about their whackaloon ideas.
Labels: dumbfuckery, religion, scientology, whackaloons
Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-scientology10-pg,0,349984.story
posted by CyberLizard
@ 11:47 AM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Yeah, I actually took a class on cults and how to classify them and this one is so obviously a cult, it's practically the definition of one. Seriously- a charismatic, earthly leader, being required to commit your life and money to the group, as well as the other points on the checklist.
Have you ever seen the websites about the people who tried to get out though? That is some scary stuff. They will RUIN your life if you try to leave. I mean, RUIN in a bad bad way.
I have been inside the Scientology place on Colonial Dr. It's weird. (Part of the class- what a field trip!)
That sounds like a cool class. Isn't there some criteria about the cult not lasting past the death of its leader though? I thought I remembered something to that effect. Then again, this is my memory we're talking about!
I don't see any difference between a religion and a cult.
And while most religions were founded by fantasy writers, i don't consider L. Ron Hubbard a science-fiction writer, but a fantasy one. So it's a religion by this criteria too.
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