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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
What makes them less of a religion then any other?
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The exact statement that I made seperates them, primarily: They seperate themselves by blatantly being a business and engaging in deceptive practices for the purposes of financial gain. No other 'church' has the tiered mandatory high-dollar lesson buy-in structure of scientology. In every other church, if you sit down with one of its leaders, they will tell you what it is based upon and let you make a decision. Scientologists aren't supposed to find out about Xenu, thetans, and the magic DC-8 until they have paid tens (up to hundreds) of thousands of dollars and spent several years to acheive the 'OT3' level.
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Scientology is not recognised as a religion in Germany.
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Critics accuse the organisation of cult-type practices and exploiting followers for financial gain.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133867.stm
Anyways, if you actually want to check out the arbitration first-hand rather than read an article about it, do so, it's all public record:
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Scientology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia