The view of history is not monolithic. You are entitled to your views.
The Shrike Send a noteboard - 02/11/2009 04:36:45 PM
Mormonism may not seem "odder or less odd" than Scientology to you, but it differs in key ways that I mentioned earlier. It has stories, myths, beliefs that draw on the power of traditional Christian beliefs and may add to them in unusual ways, but it still presents an emotionally powerful worldview. Scientologists tell no compelling tales and have an emotionally weak religion. The only interest has been from some unbalanced actors and people interested in participating in a tax dodge.
Perhaps you are correct. Perhaps because it is so secretive we don't yet know if they do or do not have such stories. But the cult itself is still in its infancy. Perhaps it will die like the cult of Isis did. Perhaps it will grow. Perhaps persecution will create stories for it. You see differences. Valid differences. I see potential and parallels. A potential for it to go either way depending on how future circumstances play out. If history is to be a guide, then it will fail. More cults have failed than have turned into legitimatized religions. I would be happy if it failed.
Defections, court fights test Scientology
- 01/11/2009 11:08:00 PM
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I don't think most people think the Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses are "mainstream".
- 02/11/2009 12:29:51 AM
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I agree. When I read that I thought "bullshit". Especially about the JW's. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 04:40:05 AM
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Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Daoism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, Scientologism.
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Yes, literalism and fundamentalism don't typically make a lot of sense. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 01:34:48 AM
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I beg to differ. Scientology is more ridiculous than the other religions mentioned.
- 02/11/2009 01:58:44 AM
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To you, perhaps. To me it's a wonderful fantasy like the rest. No more or less believable.
- 02/11/2009 02:19:17 AM
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What sources do you have for that statement?
- 02/11/2009 06:38:19 AM
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The point was about polytheism versus monotheism
- 02/11/2009 03:29:23 PM
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I take issue with your view of history
- 02/11/2009 04:25:24 PM
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The view of history is not monolithic. You are entitled to your views.
- 02/11/2009 04:36:45 PM
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Excellent post.....all religions are a little nutty, but Christianity was a natural extension to....
- 02/11/2009 02:43:49 AM
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Re: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Daoism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, Scientologism.
- 02/11/2009 04:03:49 AM
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Right. Unlike Christianity, which has harming your neighbor as one of its central precepts.
- 02/11/2009 06:34:16 AM
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Re: Right. Unlike Christianity, which has harming your neighbor as one of its central precepts.
- 02/11/2009 02:42:22 PM
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Your spelling is simply atrocious. Are you a non-native English speaker/writer?
- 02/11/2009 03:23:25 PM
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+1 to your question and add "abysmal grammar and style" *NM*
- 02/11/2009 04:28:08 PM
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Re: Your spelling is simply atrocious. Are you a non-native English speaker/writer?
- 03/11/2009 02:26:07 AM
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I think that you are wrong.
- 02/11/2009 03:48:20 PM
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Define, supporting/promoting a war?
- 02/11/2009 04:12:46 PM
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Agreed, and even some 19th century wars had at least partial religious motivations. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 05:38:22 PM
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Uh? I thought what was testing Scientology was its crazy-ass beliefs.....
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