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In America here, it's a state recognized religion with a Church of their own. Hell, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. That cult is a money hoarding organization.

by sidcool 14y ago

In America here, it's a state recognized religion with a Church of their own. Hell, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. That cult is a money hoarding organization. I wish this hack attack happened in America.

slurgfest 14y ago
Name a major religion which is not (or does not contain) money hoarding organizations
drivingmenuts 14y ago
Rescinding previous comment and dropping out of this argument. I don't have a dog in this hunt nor do I care to.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  >Or are you operating on hearsay? Oh for pete's sake. Go read up on Lisa McPherson and Operation Snow White. There are plenty of legitimate and documented reasons to hate Scientology, not one of which is because they hoard money.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    Aside: Let your comments stand and take your knocks. Deleting a comment after it's been responded to is weak.
anamax 14y ago
> In America here, it's a state recognized religion with a Church of their own. So what? There a lots of state recognized religions, and it doesn't mean much. (The state of CA recognizes weddings performed by folks who bought their "ministership" from an advert in Rolling Stone.) > Hell, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. Again - so what?
- sixcorners 14y ago
  The point is that it is regarded as a religion here whether Germany likes it or not.
  - darklajid 14y ago
    The point is still moot if we're talking about Austria (just like the reference of Germany was useless so is the US one). To add some real data: Over there it seems that this organization is tax-exempt, but not recognized as a church or religion. [1, found as reference on Wikipedia]: Sensitivity to and fears of Scientology in the country remains an issue. The Church of Scientology reported problems obtaining credit cards, and individual Scientologists experienced discrimination in hiring. However, Scientology leaders also noted that the Vienna Provincial Tax Authority granted them tax-exempt, non-profit status. Well.. Now this is a nice US centric view here that probably _is_ based on this stuff being a religion in the US after all. Scientology members being discriminated, a paragraph between a reports about Muslims and Jews. Hilarious. 1: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Austria http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27825.htm http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27825.htm
  - anamax 14y ago
    > The point is that it is regarded as a religion here whether Germany likes it or not. Again, so what? The French like Jerry Lewis. The Germans like David Hasselhoff. There are lots of facts, but few are actually "points".
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by sidcool 14y ago

slurgfest 14y ago

Name a major religion which is not (or does not contain) money hoarding organizations

drivingmenuts 14y ago

Rescinding previous comment and dropping out of this argument. I don't have a dog in this hunt nor do I care to.

Karunamon 14y ago
>Or are you operating on hearsay? Oh for pete's sake. Go read up on Lisa McPherson and Operation Snow White. There are plenty of legitimate and documented reasons to hate Scientology, not one of which is because they hoard money.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  Aside: Let your comments stand and take your knocks. Deleting a comment after it's been responded to is weak.

anamax 14y ago

> In America here, it's a state recognized religion with a Church of their own. So what? There a lots of state recognized religions, and it doesn't mean much. (The state of CA recognizes weddings performed by folks who bought their "ministership" from an advert in Rolling Stone.) > Hell, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. Again - so what?

sixcorners 14y ago
The point is that it is regarded as a religion here whether Germany likes it or not.
- darklajid 14y ago
  The point is still moot if we're talking about Austria (just like the reference of Germany was useless so is the US one). To add some real data: Over there it seems that this organization is tax-exempt, but not recognized as a church or religion. [1, found as reference on Wikipedia]: Sensitivity to and fears of Scientology in the country remains an issue. The Church of Scientology reported problems obtaining credit cards, and individual Scientologists experienced discrimination in hiring. However, Scientology leaders also noted that the Vienna Provincial Tax Authority granted them tax-exempt, non-profit status. Well.. Now this is a nice US centric view here that probably _is_ based on this stuff being a religion in the US after all. Scientology members being discriminated, a paragraph between a reports about Muslims and Jews. Hilarious. 1: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Austria http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27825.htm http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27825.htm
- anamax 14y ago
  > The point is that it is regarded as a religion here whether Germany likes it or not. Again, so what? The French like Jerry Lewis. The Germans like David Hasselhoff. There are lots of facts, but few are actually "points".
  - deleted 14y ago
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