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.
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.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
