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 | | From: | Digi | | Subject: | Re: What Is God? | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:00:34 -0800 |
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 | James Knott writes:
> Aunty Kreist wrote:
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>> Does Scientology count as a religion, or a cult?
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> Is there a difference?
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A cult is just an unpopular religion.
Digi
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The idle mind knows not what it is it wants.
-- Quintus Ennius
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| | From: | Dave VanHorn | | Subject: | Re: What Is God? | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:16:55 -0500 |
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| According to L Ron Hubbard, scientology is science, there is nothing
religious about it.
Of course that was his statement before he discovered the tremendous tax
advantages of being a religion..
After that transition was announced, he said to the newly faithful not to be
concerned about the transition, it was simply a matter for tax accountants
and attourneys.
Now, if you want to get really mad, look up the story, broken by the New
York Times, about the secret agreement between the IRS, and scientology, and
watch the identities of the leaders of scientology, and the IRS over the
years.
http://www.xenu.net/
Ted Gunderson, former head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, quoted in TIME
May 6, 1991:
"In my opinion the church has one of the most effective intelligence
operations in the U.S. rivaling even that of the FBI."
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| | From: | Parse Tree | | Subject: | Re: What Is God? | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:08:03 GMT |
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| Dave VanHorn wrote:
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> http://www.xenu.net/
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> Ted Gunderson, former head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, quoted in TIME
> May 6, 1991:
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> "In my opinion the church has one of the most effective intelligence
> operations in the U.S. rivaling even that of the FBI."
How ridiculous. He can't decide if it's an effective intelligence
operation or if it rivals the FBI. Those two things are mutually
exclusive, Mr. Gunderson.
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| | From: | Aunty Kreist | | Subject: | Re: What Is God? | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:40:47 -0500 |
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"Dave VanHorn" wrote in message
news:NcWdnW2Pe7Uo62ncRVn-vQ@comcast.com...
> According to L Ron Hubbard, scientology is science, there is nothing
> religious about it.
>
> Of course that was his statement before he discovered the tremendous tax
> advantages of being a religion..
>
> After that transition was announced, he said to the newly faithful not to
be
> concerned about the transition, it was simply a matter for tax accountants
> and attourneys.
>
> Now, if you want to get really mad, look up the story, broken by the New
> York Times, about the secret agreement between the IRS, and scientology,
and
> watch the identities of the leaders of scientology, and the IRS over the
> years.
>
> http://www.xenu.net/
>
> Ted Gunderson, former head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, quoted in TIME
> May 6, 1991:
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> "In my opinion the church has one of the most effective intelligence
> operations in the U.S. rivaling even that of the FBI."
>
Gasp!
The Illuminati has even infiltrated the Scientologists!
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| | From: | Clarence_A | | Subject: | Re: What Is God? | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:23:13 GMT |
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"Digi" wrote in message
news:87651ot1gt.fsf@hiro.homelinux.net...
> James Knott writes:
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> > Aunty Kreist wrote:
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> >> Does Scientology count as a religion, or a cult?
> >
> > Is there a difference?
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> A cult is just an unpopular religion.
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So they 'ARE' all cults!
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