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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 13, 2013 at 8:34 pm
(October 10, 2013 at 10:04 am)Chas Wrote: Are you kidding me? Seriously?

You expect a rational, skeptical person to buy into the woo-woo scam of Scientology?

You must be a troll. You are certainly not skeptical.

Pretty much have to agree with you here.

Also, wasnt scientology classed as a cult?
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 13, 2013 at 8:50 pm
Late to the party... Where's Xenu?
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 13, 2013 at 8:52 pm
(October 13, 2013 at 8:34 pm)dgirl1986 Wrote: Also, wasnt scientology classed as a cult?

All religions are cults.

The only difference between the two words is "cult" is never used in the 1st person to describe one's own religion.
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Embarrassing story: when I was towards the end of my questioning religion phase and realizing that I didn't believe in the christian god, or any other gods, I thought I had to "belong" somewhere, like with a church, so I looked into Scientology because I believed in the efficacy of the scientific method. I totally thought that Scientology would be about exchanging research papers or something and learning about science history and that it would all be evidence based and factual...

Yeah.

That lasted about ten minutes into researching them. I saw the words "thetans" "Xenu" and "Galatic Confederacy," and thought, This is total bullshit, I guess I'm an atheist.

So my answer to "Why don't atheists support Scientology?" is: Because it's bullshit.
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 2:12 pm
(October 13, 2013 at 8:50 pm)festive1 Wrote: Late to the party... Where's Xenu?
You called? Cool Shades
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Neither do I support any other MLM scheme.
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 2:34 pm (This post was last modified: October 14, 2013 at 2:35 pm by DeistPaladin.)
The Xenu episode of...


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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm
I am in the wrong line of work....cult leaders get more tail, more money, and hell authority......


Seriously, scientology is a cult man if you have an ounce of critical thinking left think for yourself!
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 4:21 pm
(October 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: I am in the wrong line of work....cult leaders get more tail
Unless you have a secret desire to bone Tom Cruise, you might not want to apply for Miscaviges job.
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RE: why don't atheists support scientology?
October 14, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Well Xenu, I can always make a cult around Marine Jesus or something. Think about it, Jesus ascended into his space ship to fight the eternal war between demi-gods and the peoples of Alpha Centari V.
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