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Originally Posted by Pierre
Were there tax breaks when Jesus and Mohammed were knocking about?
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Clearly not - but there are now. And the ruling gives any organisation that wishes to call itself a religion the opportunity to claim them, denying money to the exchequer. IIRC it's business rates on premises that they are exempt from, which is money that is supposed to be shared out to local councils.
Previously there was a universally understood and accepted definition of what constituted a religion for all practical purposes. Now there isn't.
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Organised religions are all money spinners, in that case Scientology is just carrying on a fine tradition
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Emotional pressure has been used to a greater or lesser degree in different times and places, but the passing round of a collection plate is in no way the same as charging a fee for an auditing session just as you would be charged for a massage or an hour with a trendy psychiatrist. Scientology is by no means unique in its money spinning practices, but that doesn't make it any less pernicious.
