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[QUOTE=Explosions;47032751]It's funny how the only reason people in this thread have been able to give for why it's acceptable to criticize Scientology is that they disagree with its specific beliefs and effects.[/QUOTE] Actually the primary reason people disagree with you is due to the fact scientology is a cult, not a religion. It functions in a different manner than any other religion, even islam, functions. It functions much, much more similarly to the extremist FLDS, otherwise known as the mormon fundamental church. They isolate members who are born into it from birth isolating them from outside knowledge, they indoctrinate their own kids and family members, they isolate those people for their whole lives. They have intense segregation of their ranks. They pull in money that goes to the head family of the group, they have torture. I get your comparison, but it's not accurate enough to be warranted. They're not a religion in a formal sense, they're a corporation with slaves.
[QUOTE=Explosions;47032819]Haha great definition. "All of them [b]EXCEPT[/b] Scientology because aliens are wacky!" Why are aliens so strange compared to the thousands of other hilarious religious nonsense I could mention? Aliens are a disqualifier but magical flying horses are just fine. Basically, any genuine definition of religion is going to have to include Scientology. If you came up with a definition that excluded it, I could easily find other religions that are excluded as well. Also, Scientology runs various drug and alcohol rehab facilities. There's the "giving back" element, although I don't know why that would be a requirement for a religion.[/QUOTE] There are the people like me who just don't believe in god. And then there are people like this guy who take it a step further, with the speech of intention: "I don't believe in a fictional being such as god, and here's why, blah blah blah *vomits on words, bullshits shortly thereafter and repeats* and that's why [B]I[/B] am better than you!" Y'know, I can't even fucking tell anyone I don't believe in god anymore. Without them looking down on me, without some Christians assuming that I'd be some fat cunt with a beard sprouting Richard Dawkins quotes. That I should look like The Amazing Atheist (a YouTuber). So they're surprised. They expect me to try and have an argument with them, like they see on the internet. Well there's a reason why I don't do that. Because I am not a cunt. I don't like being one. And how anyone can be a cunt daily confuses me. It's not that fucking hard, just don't be an obnoxious fuckwit and people will respect you, show love towards you. I aim to be a statue of inspiration to the kids, without trying to enforce my opinions on them. So they don't become cunts in the future (okay, I just said I was a cunt :V) Oh, but that only lasts for a few hours with that mind set. You never know what will happen next.
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