Frankly, I'm
shocked by the complete intolerance for religion in this post, considering that TFP is full of so many compassionate and intelligent people.
What surprised me the most is the insistance that Scientology is somehow different than
your religions, and therefore must be a cult.
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Originally Posted by stevo
And stop calling it a religion. Its a cult.
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yeap, it's a cult. I have to agree on that.
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Every time I hear something about Scientology, the more I wonder why people actually believe in it. Too bad it's not a cult where everyone drinks poison and dies.
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It's so much more a cult when it's *fiction* isn't it?
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I totally agree, they must be a cult. I mean just yesterday, I heard this story about this CRAZY cult that .. get this.. eats crackers and wine that symbolize eating the BODY AND BLOOD of their savior! How crazy is that? Oh.. oh.. and get this.. I heard about this other one, where at a young age, they chop parts of the man's penis right off? How SICK is that?! Oh and did you hear about the one that dips all their babies in "holy water?" They say it "cleanses" the baby -- ever heard of a shower?! It's so barbaric.
Throw not the first stones if ye live in a glass house.
If you want to debase a religion on it's customs and call it a cult you'd probably be better served to look at the silly traditions your own has (if you're religious, that is). Truly, they're all "cults" -- its just a twist on religion that allows people to segregate and say we're a religion and everyone else is some twisted cult. It's really inappropriate to draw that line, if you ask me. You all worship something with some strange traditions based on faith. You aren't so different as you claim.
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Stupidest fucking thing I ever heard!
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Crazy and stupid people amuse me.
Then I remember they can vote.
*Sigh*
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Holy Jebus christ! That is seriously the stupidiest thing I ever heard in my entire life
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I think that Tom Cruise should keep silent for the rest of his life, and I will sign a petition that say such. I also think Katie Holms should win a Darwin award for continuing on Tom Cruises genes.
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Wow.
I guess I think Cynthetic and doc said it best:
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Originally Posted by docbungle
I'm probably just as wacky as they are, in my own way, but the press isn't all up in my shit.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Tolerance of others is tantamount even if we find their customs not in line with our own.
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