Scientology is it any less valid than other religions?

[nahirean]

^^^^-- Nice post. Totally agree, religion is silly no matter what label you put on your superstitions.

[Skyhigh]

even so, christianity and islam are established RELIGIONS that were not founded by a drunk SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
come on, lord xenu freezes billions of unwanted aliens, flies them to earth in DC8s with rocket engines, puts them in volcanoes and blows them up with nuclear weapons, brainwashes their souls and sets them free upon the earth.
WOW

how much LSD did he take?

[.Socrates]

even so, christianity and islam are established RELIGIONS that were not founded by a drunk SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
come on, lord xenu freezes billions of unwanted aliens, flies them to earth in DC8s with rocket engines, puts them in volcanoes and blows them up with nuclear weapons, brainwashes their souls and sets them free upon the earth.
WOW

how much LSD did he take?

You know he was probably thinking, 'holy crap, if i make up a religion i'll make millions! i'm awesome.'

So it was probably a money making scheme.

[allthesedamnnamesaretaken]

the ten commandments were brought back by a dude stuck on a mountain with nothing to eat and drink for 40 days and 40 nights and "talked" with a burning bush. besides, there were tons of "established" RELIGIONS before christianity and islam. greek, roman and egyptians and norsemen all had rich spiritiual lives before christianity, just to name a few

[nahirean]

even so, christianity and islam are established RELIGIONS that were not founded by a drunk SCIENCE FICTION WRITER

Prove it. The fact is, so much time has passed now - that neither you nor anyone else on Earth knows truely who originally perpetuated these myths.

[Skyhigh]

you are asking me to prove that Christianity and Islam are religions? isn't it obvious? besides there was no such thing as science fiction writing back then
and if you dig on wikipedia, just hit some links in that article, you'll find Hubbard admitting that he was intoxicated and popping pills when he wrote about Xenu

[Syron]

"The Evil Lord Satan" is this weird winged guy that used to serve "god" in "heaven" floating on clouds and then he became all evil and stuff and now burns people as dictator in "hell"

THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS ACTUALLY BELIEVE
and i did some research, and it IS. hahahah

read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan

wow
how do people buy into this crap

this doesnt belong in the religion forum because it is so funny

the same reason retarted people, especially penniless hippies and nobodies, willingly convert to other dumbass "religions"

:laughing: Priceless



This is obviously stupid.......but so is turning water into wine, flying on magic carpets and loads of other insane things in various religions.

[Lunar4]

Wow. Talk about trippin on LSD

[allthesedamnnamesaretaken]

and God said, "Let there be tithes, 10% from everyone! And it was good."

[Sétanta]

and God said, "Let there be tithes, 10% from everyone! And it was good."

That would be the Mormons

[.Socrates]

Why?
I mean, at least make him/her feel bad about it, but sueing is worthless.

[Mathias]

Because I think you need to pay alot of money to get to know the secrets.
But please do correct me if I'm wrong on this.

you have to pay lots of money just to be a member, at least you had to before I dont know if it has stopped since it caused huge financial problems for the new recruits, not that the scientology leaders cared, but family and other people who understood how stupid scientology did.

[KingOfTheIsles]

Please explain, using valid evidence (ie, not biased by personal convictions or adherence to tradition) why this religion is any more ridiculous than any other.

[Zacheria]

Please explain, using valid evidence (ie, not biased by personal convictions or adherence to tradition) why this religion is any more ridiculous than any other.

Because they dont believe in medical treatment or any doctors, you know any professional that could tell you that you're being brain washed.

[bigfootedfred]

Sceintology is no more or less ridiculous than any other religion.
The Evidence for both is pretty much equal in the sense of being none.
The Christian Jewish and Muslim deity for example, 'telling the sun to stop moving through the sky' as quoted in scripture.
(which is why many astronomers who claimed the earth went round the sun were called 'blasphemous' and silenced)
Has just as much proof as Xenu dropping hydrogen bombs into the volcano of Hawaii.
namely, none.

Personal feelings on it do not apply,
If two things have equal evidence supporting them (in these cases, none at all), both are just as likely.

[Skyhigh]

Please explain, using valid evidence (ie, not biased by personal convictions or adherence to tradition) why this religion is any more ridiculous than any other.

well, first of all, it is founded by a science fiction writer, based on one of his science fiction books
second its about something that is so completely outrageous, even more so than the alleged deeds of jesus, that is just too laughable to take seriously

[allthesedamnnamesaretaken]

some of the stories in the bible are based on fictional works before the bible was written. noah's ark, for example, was derived from the tales of great floods that were widespread in babylonian and other cultures in the middle east. just because a religion is older doesn't mean it's more valid. they all have the same humble and kooky beginnings

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Ehem.....

Ok.. lets keep this a topic about Scientology, not necessarily making fun of it, but an actual serious discussion.


You know that they sue people who try to expose thier inner secrets?

If you want to discuss the validity of other religions please do so, but not here. This thread is about Scientology

[Irishman]

I'm afraid to say that any theists mocking scientology because of a wacky belief system are just hypocrites. It's fine to disagree with the tales of Scientology and believe in your own faith, but you cannot logically claim that any one religion (unless it has reproducable, scientific evidence supporting its claims) is more valid or true than another.

It isn't the views that I have a problem with. The fact that they demand money in order to learn more about their religion makes it a cult. People can believe whatever they want, but when stuff like that goes on, you know something is wrong.

[KingOfTheIsles]

Yep, that is a valid criticism of Scientology, although people are free to spend their money in any way they like. I suppose some scientologists might equate the money paid with passing the church collection plate or other such voluntary contributions.