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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
They don't rent them, they pay for auditing sessions with auditors who use them.
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Ok, again my bad.
Does that make it worse or better somehow?
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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
The reason I phrased the question the way I did was not to try to get you to join the cult of the Banker God...it was to ask you, if that entity existed, would you classify it as a religion? I feel like Banker Godism is just slightly farther down the path that Scientology is on, and I thought that distilling it would clarify my (your?) thoughts.
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I have a problem distinguishing cult from nearly all religions, mainstream or not.
I went to college a little later then most people. I did the Navy thing then went to school. So most of the other people in my classes were about 4 years younger then me. One day in Biology 101 a young lady asked "so if what you're saying is true then why do women have one less rib then men?" I was kind of taken aback. I really never thought about it. Honestly seemed like a good question based on what my childhood taught me. I mean in high school I never paid much attention and this kind of thing wasn't in any of the Navy manuals I had to read. The instructor replied "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but men and women usually have the same number of ribs." The class erupted in laughter. I kind of shrugged and thought "did not know that, why don't I know that? Maybe I'm in over my head here?" The next week I saw that girl and the instructor arguing. It basically amounted to "I talked to my priest and he said you're full of it! I don't care what you say women have one less rib then men. It's how God made women, duh!" "Umm, I can show you X-Rays if you'd like. I'm telling you the results are in and your priest is wrong here." She dropped the course and stopped school completely.
This lady wasn't in some goof ball religion. She was in a standard main street church, you know every town USA type church. I'd call her reaction and response brainwashing. How is it that different then what the Scientology folks are doing?