I remember back in the 80s I was in a book store. I held a copy of Hubbards book and then held a copy of the holy bible. Not only was the bible smaller and easier to read but there was more truth in just the title alone. How painful it is to see people falling for this malarky.
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Not that I want to be mistaken for supporting Hubbard, you understand, but how exactly is the word "Bible" more truthful than whatever word was on the cover of the Hubbard book? "Bible" just means "book." I would love to know which book of Hubbard's he was "weighing" against the Bible here.
LOL, Christianity might be wrong (more then likely is)
... I'm struggling to come up with the right joke about how you have to show your work, 'cuz you only get partial credit for the right answer, if the steps you took to get there are all fucked up.
as an active reader of this website, and as a scientologist, i have to say you all are entitled to your own opinions - even if i disagree with them. i entered scientology skeptical...and now, i can't imagine where i'd be without it.
Tammy, now please, understand that I'm not condemning, ok? I'm just asking questions, in an honest attempt to learn:
Jesse, perhaps Tammy Faye isn't an orthodox or "fundamentalist" Scientologist, but considers these aspects of her religion's sourcebooks to be fanciful tales with a moral message, like those in Genesis.
Tammy, I consider most Scientologists insane because it's pretty obvious Hubbard just wanted to cash in. Hell, he even SAID "I'd like to start a religion someday; that's where the real money is."
I have to agree with Crosis. I simply cannot comprehend that anyone would actually hold out scientology as a serious "religion" when its author blatently declared he created it to make a buck and to screw the IRS.http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/scientology/
well, first of all i have to say i appreciate all of your comments. they were surprisingly respectful, given the (apparent) controversy about scientology among many people.
TammyFaye -http://www.xenu.net/archive/secret.html
There's copies there of nearly every holy book y'all have, including all the OT-level handbooks, some even scanned copies of LRH's handwritten material.
This is offered without comment...
... except to say that whoever wrote it, if he wasn't taking some pretty powerful brain-fixers, really seriously NEEDED to be. Just out of curiosity, have you ever heard of Vistaril?
I never said all the followers of Scientology were idiots, I know people who think that, and with idiots like Tom Cruise on the news condemning (can't remember her name) for using pills to help her depression after giving birth, and that is all they, america, hear of scientology, it gives you guys a very bad name.
TammyFaye - cool story, bro
Go recruiting for your cult elsewhere. I don't think you will find much success here.
You remember a specific book store visit? I couldn't possibly remember just one, as I visit book stores at least once every two months (sometimes once a week), and I have probably done so since I was old enough to be brought out in a stroller, in the autumn of 1969.
I bet On the Origin of Species is even smaller than the Bible (or Biblia, as it's called in plural in Latin).
"It's hard to read, therefore, it's false."
That's not how it works, because science books might be hard to read to those who didn't receive a certain level of education, but they're still true. Well, most of them. Errors might happen everywhere. Yes, even in the holy texts such as the Bible.
You can remember going to a bookstore in the 80s? That tells a story, right there. I remember going to a Macdonalds in 1985, because I've never been in one since. Hence, I think their burgers are crap and equally I think you may have only read one book in your life (if that) - which says something about where you stand in the intellectual scheme of things.
@ anothga
"It's hard to read, therefore, it's false."
- Hey, that approach seems to work for Philip-George
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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