Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

This may be an appropriate track, or perhaps this... :)

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

I was thinking of this

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

Now that is a great track... :D

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

Na na na na na na na na Leader!

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South Park covered Scientology quite well, nice explanation of Xenu, alien souls, volcanoes, etc. ;)

The clip is probably still on YouTube...

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

As much as Scientology is mocked and discredited, i have to wonder; is it really any less feasible than any other religion? The major difference with Scientology is that it's an extremely recent practice. In a few thousand years is it going to be taken as seriously as Christianity, Islam, Judaism etc?

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

Scientology?

Cults?

Sorry, I wandered into the wrong thread, I thought I'd misplaced an 'n' :D

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

Good point, imagine how many people would follow any of the world's religions if they had only occurred in the last one hundred years. From my view point they are all as absurd as Scientology, I mean look what happened when David Icke went all religious, the vast majority thought he was nuts. If anyone popped up claiming to be Jesus or Mohammed most people would think, "oh no not another nutter". But in the grand scheme of things I suppose I would prefer warping off to a new planet, than being stuck for an eternity with the Abrahamic god. Or if I get to choose I think I'd opt for ascension, like in Stargate.:)

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

The problem with David Icke is he was too nice. Cult followers like their leaders to have a bit of a 'burst blood vessel in the eye' edge to them.

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The objections to scientology (at least mine and the protesters) are not the believes but the actions of the "church", which is run more like an aggressive corporation than a church. Do you know any church that owns a cruise line company?

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

I never cease to be amazed at how quickly the established religions will jump down on newer religions and dismiss them. Yes if religion was a new thing on little planet earth i somehow doubt it would have quite the following it does. But while i personally don't indulge in the greatest imaginary friend routine of all time if it makes those that do happy then all power to them.

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

I think RozzingKing and Ezenden.... have a valid point. Everytime there is a new religion many following those before will not jump to the newer one and discredit it.

I'm a muslim, I would find it extremely hard, if not impossible, to jump ship as such because my faith in my religion is so strong. Maybe calling them a cult, or discrediting them for being a aggressive corporation is unfair (if you follow another religion that is) and instead we could say they are "misguided".

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I am not attacking the beliefs, I am attacking the church. Islam is a system of beliefs (that are in the public domain) with no single authority or single "bank account", if there is a privately owned mosque with radical preachers you could protest that without protesting the teachings of Islam as a whole. You can protest the actions of some catholic priests without being anti-catholic.

The teachings of scientology are copyrighted and you must spend a huge amount of money and assessed before you are given access to the higher teachings. They also claim to be an alternative to professional psychiatry and that you need not leave your previous religion to join.

They are a church when it suits them, a business when it suits them, and a pseudo-science when it suits them.

Re: Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
 

A very good post.:clap:

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Another example of City of London police in action:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/7416117.stm

Time for some police reform, perhaps?

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Any chance we can keep this on-topic?

---------- Post added at 13:02 ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 ----------

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7416425.stm

It's a non-story now anyway.