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What do you mean? Scientology?
It's beyond me how anyone can belive in that. It's no more ridiculous than Christianity, Judaism, or Islam as far as I'm concerned. What makes one religion's lies, myths, and superstitions superior to another's? |
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But the point is is that it is not a religion. It is closer to psychology.
You might as well say that a head doctor is a priest. Just read that DIANETICS book. I got a third of a way through and threw it in the trash. |
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miket6065 wrote: But the point is is that it is not a religion. It is closer to psychology. You might as well say that a head doctor is a priest. Just read that DIANETICS book. I got a third of a way through and threw it in the trash. Christianity is a "mystery" religion. The mystery being the death and resurrection of Christ. "Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed." 1 Corinthians 15:51 Islam is also a mystery religion in that Mohamed ascended into heaven, the good followers can obtain Paradise, etc. Religions like stoicism, or lots of others are really just ways to live your life. I would guess Scientology is something like that. I am not going to spare enough mouse clicks to even look it up. Walt |
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Stoicism makes sense to me, as does pre-Christianity (Zoroastrianism).
What I would really like to do is read an accurate Bible translation from before the Europeans got to meddling with it. BAR periodically prints short excerpts and the differences between 2nd century texts and the KJV versions are fascinating and tell more about modern inhibitions than anything else. v/r Gordon |
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"miket6065" wrote: But the point is is that it is not a religion. It is closer to psychology. You might as well say that a head doctor is a priest. Just read that DIANETICS book. I got a third of a way through and threw it in the trash. I'd say you're significantly more persistent than most. |
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:58:36 GMT, "miket6065"
wrote: But the point is is that it is not a religion. It is closer to psychology. Absolutely anything can become a religion depending on the person, or group. You might as well say that a head doctor is a priest. Just read that DIANETICS book. I got a third of a way through and threw it in the trash. I'll pass. :-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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oups.com... It's no more ridiculous than Christianity, Judaism, or Islam as far as I'm concerned. What makes one religion's lies, myths, and superstitions superior to another's? Most religions arose thousands of years ago, when the general ignorance the human race can excuse the introduction of superstions and myths. Today, we can read the writings from those ancient times and say to ourselves "I know that story isn't true, but I see the issues people were grappling with back then with their limited knowledge, resources, and understanding". Scientology doesn't have that excuse. Scientology arose in the 20th century when people, at least in the societies where it arose, were generally pretty smart and educated. People today should be smart enough to know, for example, that the scientologist's "e-meter" - which they use to measure negative energy, or auras, or the presence of alien spirits or whatever, and is probably a light meter - is a big load of doodoo. Today, if you're gullible enough to let someone measure your negative energy with an "e-meter", and you believe it worked, you've got some serious problems. But, just to give SOME credit to scientology: from what I've read (not much), their founder created the religion because he was horrified by some of the abuses he knew about in the field of psychiatry. There were apparently many early psychiatrists who viewed their patients as little more than lab rats, and conducted inhuman experiments upon them. So, I think the cult's founder was motivated by trying to help people by providing an alternative to what he viewed (not without reason, either) as an evil branch of medicine - psychiatry. Never-the-less, somewhere along the line scientology veered off into whacko land, with talk of alien spirits and such. Why did I just spend 10 minutes thinking about this and responding to it on RAM where it's completely off-topic? I guess just because I find the subject very interesting, and there it was. Oh well - I'm going back to drinking my beer and watching movies. |
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Tony Whitaker wrote:
Oh well - I'm going back to drinking my beer and watching movies. I like documentaries like "History of The World Part One" and "Blazing Saddles." Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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"Dan" wrote in message
news:OQu0g.2423$iF3.1974@dukeread01... I like documentaries like "History of The World Part One" and "Blazing Saddles." Excellent!!! Those movies go well with beer, too. |
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Dan wrote:
Tony Whitaker wrote: Oh well - I'm going back to drinking my beer and watching movies. I like documentaries like "History of The World Part One" and "Blazing Saddles." Don't forget "The Green Berets" and "The Sands of Iwo Jima." Cheers ==bob Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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