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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 35 points 2 months ago

scientology is also a scam. they are the same. manipulation of people for money and power.

the guy who created scientology was a sci fi writer who actually declared he was going to create a religion for monetary reasons, and then did so.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

So it's not a scam. Scientologists are just idiots.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 months ago

it can, and is is for all religions, both.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Yes, both are cults.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Credit where credit is due, at least scientologists are the better educated of the bunch. Fuck them both, though.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

Yes. They at least have an aurora of a scientific organization.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

No, they don't. Just because they have "scient" in the name doesn't mean they have anything to do with science.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

.... that's the meanung of "aurora of..."

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago

They’re exactly as scientific as the Victorian spiritualists who talked about “vibrational energies” and such, which is to say, not at all.

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago

see also: the 1964 southern strategy

[-] ulkesh@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yes, with more idiots in the congregation.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I mean it's also pretty damn religious too

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Immigrants being roughly equivalent to thetans in their theology, yeah that checks out

[-] drake@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 2 months ago

Personally, I don’t really feel that scientology is particularly worse than other religions. So you could just say that Trump supporters are more religious than political, really. Though, I don’t think that’s unique to Trump supporters, really - modern politics really is a lot more like a sort of religious thing rather than about the actual policy for a lot of people.

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