Church of Scientology Enlisting Followers In Censorship

DrEnter writes "Apparently, the recent very public divorce of Katie Holmes and devout believer Tom Cruise is reflecting negatively on the Church of Scientology. Adding to this are other recent issues causing problems for 'church' leadership. In response, the 'church' has decided to encourage its followers to censor online chatter and comments about the 'church' and the divorce. This Yahoo blog post sums it up nicely. In short, they are encouraging members to complain about people posting negative comments about the 'church' as violating the Code of Conduct' in the posting venue. I can only imagine they are hoping these complaints will just be rubber-stamped and respected without investigation, but I think the campaign deserves a bit more attention."

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Re:Standard Scientology practice

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Psychopathic defines the modern trends in atheism where it is frequently claimed that "Religion should be wiped off the face of the earth", and more recently "Philosophy should be wiped off the face of the earth". Maybe you are not one of "those" atheists, but your statement has a similar tone when declaring that Religions and cults are the same thing. Cults tend to cause great amounts of harm to people, often times leading to mental conditions that can never be repaired, suicides, rape and molestation, as well as the financial burdens placed on families and communities. Do you see how your correlation becomes dangerous? Cults are illegal, so of course a logical progression from your statement would be that Religion should be illegal. It's a single step progression in thought.

Scientology is to Judeo-Christianity is as pulp scifi is to fantasy, stylistically different but equally unlikely

No, they are not the same thing at all. Comparing Judea-Christian Religion to Scientology would be similar to a person of Theology claiming an atheist and satanist are the same. The core belief is not even close, so how would one draw a conclusion that they are the same other than either bias or ignorance?

Since you at least pretend to have knowledge I'll go with the bias answer. I stand by my original statement and recommend consultation with a professional since your state of mind can easily progress to more dangerous conditions without treatment.

One other quick point: I am not a fan of what some Religions do, or what many have done in the past. At the same time, there is no harm in a person trying to live a Judea-Christian life style. 1. If you only see Radicals, you need to look outside of what corporate controlled media has been telling you. The world is full of good people that try to do good things. Religion tends to build communities and elevate moral values in those communities (before you say "but" read the sentence I intentionally numbered "1". The same thing can not be said for atheism, cults, or satanic worship. Check history, read some independent papers, and maybe even investigate the moral break down in America over the last 30 years.