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Originally posted by sugar and spice
So you know how Rudey and I pretty much never agree, but I was just about to point out that exact same thing. Which viewpoint is more "legitimate" is pretty debatable."Aliens spiritually delivering you" is about as statistically probable as "some guy being born to a virgin and dying and then being resurrected and then spiritually delivering you." (Actually, statistically speaking, I'm pretty sure that aliens are more likely.)
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In the abstract, I would agree with you. But not here.
What sets Scientology apart from other "belief systems" is, well basically, L. Ron Hubbard -- a science-fiction writer who put together the whole Scientology thing as a self-help-and-help-me-rake-in-money-in-the-process business. That Scientology is more a business than a belief system, that it exercises a great deal of control of its members and that those who got out of it definitely view themselves has having escaped from a cult is well-documented.
If you haven't read it before, this article, originally published in Time Magazine over a decade ago, is well-worth reading. (Yes, I know it is now mostly found on anti-Scientology sites on the web that have a definite bias, but it's still Time):
Scientology: The Cult of Greed