I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Let me start by saying that I'm by no means religious. However, when I read such short-sighted and superficial comparisons between Scientology and mainstream Christianity I really want to smack somebody. The thing is this:
Scientology makes its members pay to be involved in the church and to gain access to their "teachings." For example, modern Catholicism does not do this. You can go right now to your local church, go in, pick up a copy of the bible and there it is, free of charge. You can ask the priest pretty much anything and guess what, you are likely to get halfway straight and honest answer, without coughing up hundreds of dollars.
Further, most people don't really buy into the whole cannibalism thing or take everything the bible, especially the old testament, seriously. Rather they tend to use the bible as sort of a set of guidelines. Of course were making points on Slashdot so it must be the case that the most extreme members of anything == all the members of anything.
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I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Let me start by saying that I'm by no means religious. However, when I read such short-sighted and superficial comparisons between Scientology and mainstream Christianity I really want to smack somebody. The thing is this:
Scientology makes its members pay to be involved in the church and to gain access to their "teachings." For example, modern Catholicism does not do this. You can go right now to your local church, go in, pick up a copy of the bible and there it is, free of charge. You can ask the priest pretty much anything and guess what, you are likely to get halfway straight and honest answer, without coughing up hundreds of dollars.
Further, most people don't really buy into the whole cannibalism thing or take everything the bible, especially the old testament, seriously. Rather they tend to use the bible as sort of a set of guidelines. Of course were making points on Slashdot so it must be the case that the most extreme members of anything == all the members of anything.