I think it's pretty meaningless to debate whether Scientology is a religion or cult. Essentially, most of us who aren't Scientologists consider it a cult, while most of them almost surely think of it as a religion. Apparently some people think that the mainstream religions are equally stupid, but I would like to point out that in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc, you don't have to buy your way through tiers to achieve salvation. I guess some people think that if they donate enough money to the church, it will get them into heaven, but I don't think this is true. Credibility with the church- any church- isn't necessarily credibility with God.
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