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  • Fantastic article!

    Someone tell me why those in the USA who try so hard to get the 10 commandments posted all over in our public square and taught to our kids in school break so many of them trying to get that done? And also fight so hard to take money from the poor and middle class and put in the hands of the rich? And also to keep corporate greed-based health ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by redneckliberalpostbush on November 30, 2008

  • Lieing Hypocrites

    What an article. Talk about no research. Did the author just call up the JW PR department and copy down everything they told him? Yes, the Watchtower Society promoted the fact that the poor Witnesses in the African country of Malawi were being persecuted because they were told by the Watchtower not to buy a political I.D. card. If they did the ...
    Posted to Explainer by Harry Harr on June 28, 2008

  • SCIENTOLOGY SAVED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE

    First off, let me just say that I am a Catholic. Born Catholic, raised Catholic, practiced Catholicism till this day... and always will. What I experienced 2 weeks ago has made me question (to a very great extent) why there is so much negativity surrounding Scientology. There is a great deal of negative publicity. Why? I now know the ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by BobProctor on August 4, 2007

  • Salvation don't come cheap.

    The central problem with Scientology and other cults is that there is no distinction between the religion and the faith. You must pay (handsomely) to obtain Scientology's salvation (it's ''freedom'' concept). There's no room for penniless Scientologists. Judaism, Islam, Christianity ... they all manage to separate the organized religion from the ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by ATOMICPunkSTL on August 3, 2007

  • Re: All Religions are Cults

    tsedek wrote the following post at 08-02-2007 2:12 PM: ''You were raised Christian?'' Yes; I was baptized Episcopalian, attended (Roman) Catholic schools (back when students attended mandatory services twice a week and on holy days), was taken to a Pentacostal church on Sundays by our babysitter for several years, and I was offered ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by strive on August 3, 2007

  • Cults are strict, religions are popular.

    I've seen a lot of fellow atheists here claiming that scientology is no more a cult than any other religion, and I've seen more than a few theist complaints about the unfair comparison. Some have shrewdly pointed out that the argument depends on how our definition of the word ''cult'' differs from that of ''religion.'' The funny thing is, they ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by Malarkey on August 2, 2007

  • All Religions are Cults

    Judaism and Christianity have been around for millennia, therefore they are ''true'' religions. Scientology is a few decades old, therefore it is not '''equal' or equally deserving of respect,'' at least as far as those who practice other, long-established religions are concerned. But how do we know that we are not merely living at some stage ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by strive on August 1, 2007

  • Scientology is a cult

    If Scientology isn't a cult...Wait, let me just explain why it is.. First and foremost, let's just start with the charasmatic, science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard. He has his own language ''tech'' as the Scientologist's call it, that to us ''wogs'' is just strange. Okay, so they don't have to speak English, but let's go deeper into the ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by Francie32 on August 1, 2007