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Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination
touretzky writes "Two ex-employees have sued Diskeeper Corporation in Los Angeles Superior Court after being fired, alleging that the company makes Scientology training a mandatory condition of employment (complaint, PDF). Diskeeper founder and CEO Craig Jensen is a high-level, publicly avowed Scientologist who has given millions to his Church. Diskeeper's surprising response to the lawsuit (PDF) appears to be that religious instruction in a place of employment is protected by the First Amendment." The blogger at RealityBasedCommunity.net believes that the legal mechanism that Diskeeper is using to advance this argument ("motion to strike") is inappropriate and will be disallowed, but that the company will eventually be permitted to present its novel legal theory.
It's pseudo- all that. Even religion, given it was founded by a Sci-Fi writer aiming to create a popular religion.
Not trying to defend Scientology at all here, but the words "founded by a Sci-Fi writer" could be theoretically used against any religion, depending on your perspective.
And you're a moron for thinking otherwise. Science is science, no matter how much shit and religion you throw at it.
Eh, not quite sure what you believe after reading this statement, but standing behind the wall of factual science has never helped your moral compass at all. Sometimes you need to believe in things that cannot be proven. People kneeling by the bedside of a dying loved one are not carrying around their Chemistry books.
If something works for you, it might just be placebo effect - or it might be completely unrelated to whatever you're doing. Rain won't come by dancing. Science is confirmed by repeatable experiments and for any hypothesis to be science there also has to be a way to disprove it. And even then it isn't proof, it's merely a coherent theory.
The world isn't as absolute as you paint it. Using science to prove the mass murder killed your neighbor due to a chemical imbalance in his brain isn't going to remove the pain and suffering of the victims families.