"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State."
- Thomas Jefferson ( First Amendment to the United States Constitution )
It doesn't. Scientology is completely NON political.
It is concerned exclusively with the individual human spirit and it's rehabilitation /salvation.
If Man is in a deteriorated spiritual condition any political or goverment system will be a perverted and unworkable system. ( A democracy amongst apes gives you an ape's version of a democracy)
Scientology achieves it's aims through the rehabilitation of the spiritual condition of the individual.
Here’s the opening paragraph from the article “The Aims of Scientology “ by L.Ron Hubbard
(written circa 1965)
“ A civilzation without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where Man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology. “
Well, whichever politician has a sudden delusion to give some of his/her funds to the organisation. Stop the money flow, and it will go out like a light, I'm fairly sure of it. It's almost certainly a simple scam.
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"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State."
- Thomas Jefferson ( First Amendment to the United States Constitution )
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SmaugTheTremendous, there's not need to say "No offense to those who support it."
You called my religious belief "a scam" one line above. Let's face it. You offended.
It doesn't. Scientology is completely NON political.
It is concerned exclusively with the individual human spirit and it's rehabilitation /salvation.
If Man is in a deteriorated spiritual condition any political or goverment system will be a perverted and unworkable system. ( A democracy amongst apes gives you an ape's version of a democracy)
Scientology achieves it's aims through the rehabilitation of the spiritual condition of the individual.
Here’s the opening paragraph from the article “The Aims of Scientology “ by L.Ron Hubbard
(written circa 1965)
“ A civilzation without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where Man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology. “
Not at all that I am aware of. But the Scientology group has an affect on politics in the form of campaign donations
Tom Cruise 2016
Because Tom Cruise.
Well, whichever politician has a sudden delusion to give some of his/her funds to the organisation. Stop the money flow, and it will go out like a light, I'm fairly sure of it. It's almost certainly a simple scam.
No offense to those who support it.
It doesn't.