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Preventing people from participating in government based on their religion is illegal, but Scientology's aim is subversion, which the government correctly guard
by throwaway5110 3y ago
Preventing people from participating in government based on their religion is illegal, but Scientology's aim is subversion, which the government correctly guards against. Normally religions brazenly reach for government control in board daylight so it's easy to respond. Scientology's convert infiltration tactics were fairly novel and so caught a lot of people off guard.
- tsimionescu 3y agoYes yes, I'm not saying the government illegally acted against this infiltration. Just that, because of the protected status of religion, it was much harder for the government to use the same mechanisms it uses against foreign nationals attempting similar things. So, even though Scientology has nowhere near the levels of motivation and resources as China or the USSR did, it was far easier for them to conduct such an operation (before they were caught once).