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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:14 pm
by rudel_ic
Kaleo wrote:Is it just me, or are there a lot of Scientologists on these forums...
???
Cthulhu is not part of Scientology crapload. Also, hail Xenu.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:23 pm
by zatoichi
What!!!??? Xenu is evil! Thats why he's locked away inside a forcefield powered by a infinite battery.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:12 pm
by Grayswandir
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:09 am
by rudel_ic
zatoichi wrote:What!!!??? Xenu is evil! Thats why he's locked away inside a forcefield powered by a infinite battery.
I still love him. Remember, the cake is a lie.
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:19 am
by Renegade_Turner
The cake was always a lie.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:01 am
by invertin
The cake was not a lie.
You just never found it.
And now all the cake is gone.
This is your fault.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:51 am
by Spike Jackson
Kaleo wrote:Is it just me, or are there a lot of Scientologists on these forums...
Nah Im no Scientolgist Ima Christian
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:40 pm
by rudel_ic
Spike Jackson wrote:Kaleo wrote:Is it just me, or are there a lot of Scientologists on these forums...
Nah Im no Scientolgist Ima Christian
Scientology is not a religion.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:07 pm
by zatoichi
It isn't?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:53 pm
by Blorx
no, you're right, it actually is more of a cult
a lot of famous people are scientologists
it is *kind of* a religion but it's known as a cult because no country has officially accepted it as a religion
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:01 pm
by rudel_ic
There's a difference between Scientology itself, which can be described as a movement, and the Church of Scientology. But although the Church of Scientology seems to be a religion because of the word church, it is in fact a trademark of an organization.
Scientology itself is a movement with religious characteristics, but also characteristics of a cult. Whether or not Scientology is a religion is debatable, but in my country, it's not a religion as defined by our law, and the same goes for the UK.
I think it is considered a religion in the US, though I'm not sure.
I consider Scientology to be a mindfuck; that doesn't make it non-religious, of course. But I consider it to be a non-religious mindfuck because I define religion based on cultural tradition. So, a religion needs some historical background that's bigger than a failed science fiction writer in the 50s.
Edit: Besides, they claim to be an empirical science. Not THAT religious in my book.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:35 am
by invertin
One day I will win the lottery and spend loads of it on getting some scientists and some priests working together to find out how god can logically exist.
The tension would be a problem, but if they did it, that would be the greatest thing ever.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:07 am
by zatoichi
Spoiler: It is impossible to either prove or disprove that god exists.
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:03 pm
by Cmyszka
that's the thing about it. People are always trying to prove or disprove it. I'm a strong believer and don't try to prove it. It's the faith that counts. As they say in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Truth denies faith, and without faith [He] is nothing.
I can't be certain, but I think he deliberately put clues of evolution in this world, simply to provoke those theories. He wants us to make the choice, not be be MADE to think what He wants. We are given free will in whether to believe in him or not...
sry for being preachy. :/
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:54 pm
by zatoichi
Oh, so he's just trying to trick us into not believing in him so we'll go to hell? What a nice god.