Re: PandaTermint's question on the rights of scientologists to practice their religio
If a given person were to truly believe that scientology was a religion and that it was their religion of choice, would you deny them the right to practice that religion? If so, how would you justify it? Just curious.
Some people do believe in murder/killing. (Witness 9/11)
Now, if someone decided to start a Church of Murderology and set up an Office of Special Affairs for themselves, with the policy of murdering anyone who criticized them, and if a given person were to truly believe that murderology was a religion and that it was their religion of choice, would you deny them the right to practice that religion? If so, how would you justify it? Just curious.
How about the Church of Rapology? Or the Church of Criminology? Or the Church of Theftology? Or the church of Robberology? Or the Church of Piratology? Or the Church of Hitmanology? Or the Church of Pickpocketology? (I've heard there is a school in South America...or maybe it was Mexico..... where people can go to learn how to become expert pick pockets.) Some people follow these kinds of beliefs.
PS....outside the Co$ I would never deny anyone the right to train on how to audit, audit another or to receiving auditing if they themselves desired it.....if that is all they were doing, and as long as their freedom of speech was never interfered with, they could research on the internet the history and results of Dianetics and Scientology, they were free to come and go as they wished on their own determinism, they weren't told how to live their lives, and weren't ripped off financially. Under those circumstances I would not deny anyone to practice their "Scientology religion".
But Scientology is not a religion no matter what their PR department says.......it's a business.....they are in business to make money.
I also have nothing against an auditor charging for their services as long as the person receiving their services feels they are getting their money's worth for what they spend.
Most people who have been in Scientology for a long time know that it was not originally a church or a religion. It became a religion to evade taxes and to keep the govt out of their business. Now people have heard so many times that it is a religion that they have come to believe it. It's not....never was.
It's a con.
Even though most people who are involved in Scientology have been brainwashed or tricked into believing that they are on the road to spiritual freedom, .... think that what they are doing is good for themselves and others, .....those in control of Scientology don't give a whit about anybody's physical or spiritual freedom and are in it for money, power, self agrandizement, worship from others, and control of others that it gives them, just like LRH was.
The Co$, as it stands does not deserve to remain in existence.....in my opinion.
Outside the Co$, if auditing (whether a person thinks it's their religion or not) makes a person's life better, then it's okay with me.
I hope this answers your question, PT.
you make me laugh. That's one of the many courses I did do.
