Comments on: Church of Scientology on trial in France

By: Fritzy

Fritzy — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:11:00 +0000

“I can understand the argument in favor of the victims who were taken advantage of, but then go after the crime, not ban the believers right to follow their religion, as goofy as it may be.”

I agree. Religion, although in may ways criminal, is not a crime. Fraud is. If they can truly demonstrate fraud (such as stated above by metaxis) then prosecute away. But banning delusion? Good luck. And the last thing Scientology needs (or deserves, for that matter) is martyr status.

And I agree; the only difference between “cult” and “religion” is who holds the reins. Is belief in a genocidal alien really any more ludicrous than worshipping a 2000 year old Jewish zombie?

By: Krystalline Apostate

Krystalline Apostate — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:14:55 +0000

You call it religious and I call it cultish….. Let’s call the whole thing off….

Cult po-TAY-to or cult po-TAH-to?

By: Lynda

Lynda — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:06:40 +0000

You call it religious and I call it cultish….. Let’s call the whole thing off….

By: Krystalline Apostate

Krystalline Apostate — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:18:11 +0000

littlejohn:

Our willingness to label any movement a “cult” seems to be directly related to how recently it was founded. Christian Science and Mormonism are also easily dismissed, because we have a clear, recent historical record of how and when they were made up.

Cult is what the larger denomination calls the smaller denomination.

That information isn’t really available about Judaism, Christianity and Islam, so we’re reluctant to call them cults.

I do, & regularly too.

By: littlejohn

littlejohn — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:01:52 +0000

Our willingness to label any movement a “cult” seems to be directly related to how recently it was founded. Christian Science and Mormonism are also easily dismissed, because we have a clear, recent historical record of how and when they were made up.
That information isn’t really available about Judaism, Christianity and Islam, so we’re reluctant to call them cults. But examine their claims and they’re just as goofy as Tom Cruise and company, and just as made up.

By: jurassicpork

jurassicpork — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:49:40 +0000

Hey, why not? Wikipedia gave them the old heaveho. Why not France?

By: DBK

DBK — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:03:29 +0000

Banning any religion would be like banning mental illness. I mean exactly like banning mental illness.

By: ChuckA

ChuckA — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:30:40 +0000

This Post just reminds me of the astounding amount of human (religiously connected, of course!) bullshit which NEVER got put on trial…anywhere.
The whole history of the “Human Race”, for that matter, could be put on trial; with ‘its’ endless number of insane fuckheads and institutions; who caused innumerable and tragic Wars, mostly untold miserable suffering, horrific persecution, and total, blind sheeple, insanity.
Of course, it’s being added to, everyday, often, right under our collective noses.
BUT…like that short-lived little 1980s ditty…
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy!”?
[Hey, it's Friday...another weekend coming up...WTF!...cue Bobby McFerrin?]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9K4BKkLaCI