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Originally Posted by Damien
The point is that followers don't decide if something is a religion or not.
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Ridiculous answer. Who decides then?
Who decided Christianity, Islam, Hinduism etal are religions?
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No. I go to a stadium. Scientologists don't go to a conventional church they tend to be buildings. As do a lot of Mormons and JWs.
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"conventional" define conventional. Does a church have to have a spire or a tower, or stained glass windows? Are you suggesting that Scientologists need to conform the Christianity stylelised version of a church.
A church is just a building.
I've been to a Hindu Temple in yorkshire that's in an old Terraced House. Does that not count as a temple?
A church is just a gathering place it can be anything and anywhere.
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Anyway I don't care if followers decide it's a religion or not. People can call things what they want. What we're talking about is the state recognising it as a religion and therefore granting them the tax and legal advantages of a religion.
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And the supreme court have ruled it is a religion.