Damned Christians

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

A friend and I applied for a job at a church of Scientology once. The questions were so bizarre on the application, we folded the applications up and pocketed them to show our friends. At that point we were like "we don't wanna work in this fuckin' joint, and we made our way out.

We were stopped at the door and asked to surrender the applications. I had a pocket full of drugs, so I wasn't interested in making a scene. So I complied, as did my friend.

 Fascinating.  I had a similar experience with a company selling encyclopedias. The add said there was a  training payment. There wasn't.  They gave us this 2 page script to memorise.  It was deeply dishonest. (now a lot of that stuff is illegal)  Went back the next day to tell them I was not continuing. They asked for the script told them I'd lost it. They were not happy. Too bad.

Scientology is beyond the pale.  I've never understood how they conned any government into recognising them as a religion with tax exemption. On reflection, no ta long way down the street from Mormons. Seems to me that a great many Mormons have simply put all their eggs into one basket. Problem is, it's the wrong fucking basket. I can understand gullible, under educated 19th century people falling for the  shit. But I find it hard to believe a reasonable person in the 21st century would fall for it.

The good news is the Mormon church seems to be haemorrhaging members. According to the church itself, 2020 was only the second time their membership grew by less than 10,000. Would love to know their real membership figures. During that time they had over 33,000 resignation requests. The church is currently gaining new members below the natural birth rate.

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Slightly off topic: Did anyone watch "Big Love"? I watched a couple of episodes. I have never understood the attraction of polygamy , especially for women if living in the same house.

In Islam, a man may have up to four wives. However, each must have her own house and all must be treated the same. As I understand it, plural marriage is no longer all that common in Islam.

Mormons had (have?) plural marriages because Joseph Smith was a criminal and dirty old man who liked very young girls. He had around 40 wives. Two were 14  and several others under 18. Several were elderly (?) Joseph Smith was 39 when killed by a lynch mob.

Taken as a whole, Joseph Smith was a liar and con man, he belonged in prison for his cons well before he invented Mormonism..