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Does Scientology deserve more scrutiny than other religions?
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Does Scientology deserve more scrutiny than other religions?
On one hand, Scientology beliefs are not any more absurd than the beliefs that other religions present.

On the other hand, it was started by a science fiction writer, has copyrights/trademarks in place that "limit outsiders from distorting their intent", and is wildly secretive. It was started in the last century, so a lot of the facts about the origins of the religion are fairly well known.

So while I am an Atheist, and believe that religious mythology are works of fiction; I actually do have a little more bias towards Scientology. To the point where I have to believe that most of it's members join for status reasons, and not because they actually believe it.

What's your take?
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Does Scientology deserve more scrutiny than other religions? - by Casca - October 30, 2016 at 6:28 pm

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