(January 8, 2013 at 11:50 am)paulpablo Wrote: thats a fair enough point, i just find it hard to believe there were no men named muhammed or jesus who all these myths were based upon, i always imagined them to be a bit like joseph smith the founder of the mormon church but with greater quantity of uneducated illiterate people to preach to.
Yea, saying that "this place existed" or "that person existed" doesn't constitute the cult they might start as giving them a divine crystal ball allowing them to communicate with an invisible friend.
L. Ron Hubbard was a real person, but I wouldn't join Sceintology based on that.