Slightly off-topic, but I want to piggyback on an earlier convo. The clear difference between scientology and other religions is that scientology is newer. That's obvious. What should be obvious as well is our action to it; and that is squashing it and containing its influence to prevent its spread. Something akin to treating a disease or infection in the body.
When Christianity, Islam, and all the derivatives of those authoritative religions that popped up, we weren't there. We weren't there with our vast knowledge and easy access to information. We weren't there with thousands of years of future knowledge (to them). But we're here now, and by whatever god is watching us today if any, we should vow to fight against relatively new ignorance like scientology. Need to strangle that bastard in the crib before it grows from quirky religion of celebs and rich execs to something that poisons the larger populace - those who are easier to take advantage of and plunder, as older religions already have. It's why the other religions with absurd stories and beliefs are still here and thriving after millennia of advancement and progress. So, even if we need help from hypocritical Christians, Muslims, etc., I'm all for it so that scientology doesn't grow to become them in the future.
