LiveFromKyoto said:
You know that Scientology has pretty much been breaking dozens of laws for the last 40 years straight right?
It's an insult to legitimate religions to put them in the same bucket as these crooks.
If Scientologists aren't being punished for their alleged crimes, that is the fault of the justice system. Same as if any other religious or non-religious person or organization was not being punished for its crimes.
The Catholic church,for example, has been killing and torturing people for
thousands of years. And yet, somehow I feel they would qualify as one of your "legitimate" religions who should not be "insulted" by comparing them to Scientology, right? What a joke. They are in the same bucket as Scientologists because there are religious people of every possible religion who are just as irrational, just as criminal, and just as dangerous as Scientologists are.
My point stands. I don't care WHAT someone's religion believes in. I don't care if it believes in the giant spaghetti monster. I don't care if it's been around 5000 years or 15 minutes. I don't care if there are 3 followers or a billion.
Follow the rule of law like everyone else. Noone is above it, no matter what religious beliefs they may hold.