Or if an atheist had "unfettered power?" Or a fascist or communist?
That's why our system of check and balances and co-equal branches of govt works. It's not that just Bible "thumpers" would fuck things up and drag us towards Draconian rule if left unchecked, it's that ANYONE would. And let's not even mention Trump who you are enamored with. How do you think things might be in the country if he got everything he wanted? The thought is terrifying.Scientology was started on a bet between 5 personalities in the Science Fiction community.
It was the idea of a mediocre Sci-Fi author named L. Ron Hubbard for a tax shelter using religion, based on his own
story ideas to flesh out the lore. He sketched it out on a napkin sitting around
a table with four others at a convention, including author Harlan Ellison and Sci-Fi artist Frank Kelly Freas.
Eyewitnesses to the truth of Scientology's origin as a tax scam.
It is a monstrosity.
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I do not know this couple, but I have known others like them:
Hollywood's Anti-Scientology Billboard: Couple Says, "We Lost Our Kids" to "Brainwashing"
Since erecting a billboard near Dodger Stadium on Monday, April 4, Phil and Willie Jones, a 60-something married couple from Las Vegas, have drawn a great deal of media interest — including an appearance on Today — to a deeply personal cause. The Joneses want to speak to their two adult children, Mike, 42, and Emily, 38, whom they say they've lost all contact with through a process known within the Church of Scientology as "disconnection." The family once was enmeshed deeply in the organization, but the parents began to have doubts about it five years ago, whereupon Phil's sister, also a Scientologist, allegedly reported them to church leaders. They were excommunicated swiftly, and communication with their children immediately reduced to a trickle, say the Joneses. They have neither seen nor heard from either of their kids for over two years. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Phil Jones about his "Call Me" billboard campaign.
link to full story belo
I prefer the South Park version.
The only difference in the level of ridiculous she they expect you to believe is the fact that the tomes of the "Major Religions" were written before modern science was around to debunk the bullshit and now they can simply claim some things were lost in translation and not meant to be taken literally. Well expect for a few dumbfucks who really believe that a snake convinced Eve to eat the apple or that God created woman out of one of Adam's ribs. Nobody would believe something THAT dumb, would they?
The main thing that sets the "Church" of Scientology apart and makes them some really scary fucking people is their cultish behavior and the lengths they will go to in order to maintain control of their flock.
Mainly that Scientology was invented as part of a scam in the '50s, when people should have known better. Christianity was invented when people were ignorant about the causes of most things and needed a fairy tale to explain the scary stuff. Even Mormonism was fomented during a time more than 150 years ago when people were ignorant of many things.
But to believe in Scientology you have to willfully ignore what's real. But I guess the same thing goes for Christians who insist the earth is 5,000 years old.