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Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez  I wouldn't worry too much about Scientologists doing anything. Anyone dumb enough to believe what they believe is NOT a threat. I mean honestly, I find most religion silly (I don't mean to offend any religious folks here, that's just how I feel) but honestly, take 5 minutes to listen to the basis of their religion, and you'll see what I mean. I hate to say shit like that because it makes me seem really prejudiced against a religion, but Scientology is a joke created by a science fiction writer. |
I have always maintained that if a new idea that was as well though out as the major religions of today was presented to just about anyone with half a brain, they'd laugh in the face of the presenter. There are far too many holes and a stunning lack of factual basis for the ideas presented by Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
People follow religion because they are indoctranated into it at an early age. Why do you think all three religons stress the importance of the family unit and worship with your children? If you kept a child completely isolated from religion until they were an adult, and then tried to introduce them to the concept, they would laugh at you as if you told them Santa Claus was real.
Personal belief/faith is one thing, since it involved introspeciton and coming to terms with your palce in the world. Organized religion is nothing more than overgrown cults that are used by the powerful to control other people. I don't believe for one minute that half of these extremist Muslim clerics actually believe what is spewing from their mouths.
I don't rely on ancient medical science. When I get sick, I go to a doctor who graduated from medical school. I don't rely on the ancient view of the celestial bodies, since I know that the earth is round and revolves around the sun. Why should I follow ancient religious teaching, written by people with a small fraction of our knowledge of the natural world? I find the three major monotheistic religions of our day as laughable as a contemparary follower of said religions would find his neighbor if he found out he was sacrificing bulls to apollo to get the sun to rise in the morning.