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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
On your reply. Given that scientology is now recognised as a religion why in your opinion ought it not be afforded the inducements and protections in line with any other religion which is affoded same?
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Being allowed to call yourself a religion and being given religious status by the state are different things. The latter should not be granted because it's deemed a religion by it's followers. In Scientology's case there is a lot to be concerned about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout
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Operation Freakout, also known as Operation PC Freakout, was a Church of Scientology covert plan intended to have the US author and journalist Paulette Cooper imprisoned or committed to a mental institution. The plan, undertaken in 1976 following years of Church-initiated lawsuits and covert harassment, was meant to eliminate the perceived threat that Cooper posed to the Church and obtain revenge for her publication in 1971 of a highly-critical book, The Scandal of Scientology. The Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered documentary evidence of the plot and the preceding campaign of harassment during an investigation into the Church of Scientology in 1977, eventually leading to the Church compensating Cooper in an out-of-court settlement.
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This is one of many similar cases. We're going to be granted them laws that could see the police knock on people's door....