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French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud
The trial we discussed this spring has come to a verdict, and
reader lugannerd was one of several to note a milestone in the fight against the Church of Scientology. "The French branch of the Church of Scientology was convicted of fraud and fined nearly $900,000 on Tuesday by a Paris court. But the judges did not ban the church entirely, as the prosecution had demanded, saying that a change in the law prevented such an action for fraud. The church said it would appeal. The verdict was among the most important in several years to involve the controversial group, which is registered as a religion in the United States but has no similar legal protection in France. It is considered a sect here, and says it has some 45,000 adherents, out of some 12 million worldwide. It was the first time here that the church itself had been tried and convicted, as opposed to individual members."
I knew it would not be long before a Slashtard waxed on Bush- "Christians used "God" as an excuse to perpetrate some of the worst *atrocities* in history. The Crusades. Manifest Destiny. George Bush."
In comparison to your beloved Barack, Bush is a fucking genius and not a marxist socialist who thinks he is smart enough to fool all, only some who would probably like a one way ride on a DC8.
As for Scientology in contrast to Catholicism or Islam etc.m at least these religions were based on events and persons known to have existed with some ackowledgement as to how embellishment may color the belief today, maybe, but Scientology, there is not a fucking lick of evidence regarding anything those tools believe.
If you appear at the gates of heaven and are solicited for a "donation", cut his fucking throat and run but for gods sakes dont post it on /.!
1. Columbine. Girl was killed for her faith, being verbally abused to "denounce your god or I'll kill you." 2. Lenin. "The more religious we kill the better." There's more, look it up yourself. Atheism isn't immune to the insanities naturally inherent to humanity as a whole. Such evils know no philosophical boundaries. But more to the point, no where was "killing in the name of atheism" mentioned in the parent of your post.
Here's a cookie... *psst* it's MAGIC
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Stalin absolutely killed people because Atheism told him it was OK. If he had the power to kill people, then he was "fitter", so therefore he should be allowed to go ahead and do it. Too bad if you don't like it, because you're just a blade of grass in his lawnmower, as far as he was concerned...
While the religious have sometimes erred on the side of killing one "witch" that wasn't, that pales completely to the mass genocides of the irreligious...
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
Yes, because there couldn't possibly be an extra-dimensional being watching us that we cannot detect, but chooses to communicate with us in small but substantial ways on occasion.
You are right. Clearly logic says that if we cannot detect him at will, he does not exist.
BTW, do you believe in America? Because until 1492, it couldn't be detected by anyone, so by your logic it does not exist.
How about Pluto? It doesn't exist either, since we couldn't detect it until 1930.
I have some logic for the atheists on here:
Take the following atheist test. Pray this: God, I don't believe in you, but if you exist, make yourself so real to me that I cannot deny you.
Since God does not exist, nothing will happen to you at all...
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
I'm not tarring people. I'm tarring religion. Religion causes people to do harm. Lots of harm. Varied harm. Extensive harm. Harm over century after century. This century. Previous centuries. So religion is bad. Not people who manage not to do harm who are religious; religion. Get it now?
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.