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Old 01-23-2009, 11:04 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by guzzy View Post
Let's look back and discuss why sientology is any different from Christianity or any other religion. Christianity and many other religions are just different interpretations of the bible. Some idealist came up with an idea on how to control people and promoted it(the bible).
That's kind of backwards, Christianity created the Bible (well the NT).

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Like many posters here, I also judge a religion based on how it treats it followers and how it treats those who aren't it's followers.
I already said it but I'll say it again, this makes me laugh a little because religion is supposed to be the basis of morality, so to judge a religion by its morality..

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I've always put it in a different category, more in the role of private spirituality or searching. I think that's different than an atheist, but they still share the same skepticism, I suppose.
A/theism is a question of belief. A/gnosticism is a question of knowledge. Two different things, one can be a agnostic theist, agnostic atheist, gnostic atheist, and gnostic theist.
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