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Old 06-05-2010, 07:42 PM
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Default Is there anyone who still believes in Scientology anymore?

So what is Scientology? I know they like believe in aliens and stuff but does anyone actually believe in that stuff?
I just meant its so ridiculous that i thought that religion would have disbanded or at least been branded a cult. No need for the smart as* responses
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Old 06-08-2010, 07:42 PM
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Tom Cruise.
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Old 06-12-2010, 07:42 PM
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Yes. They are called Scientologists.


That was an easy 2 points. They don't make questions like they used to.
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Old 06-14-2010, 07:42 PM
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Fascinating article:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all
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Old 06-16-2010, 07:42 PM
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That's like me asking if people still believe in a zombie Jewish carpenter who was his own father and created everything there is by speaking "The Word". Of course there are people who still believe such nonsense.
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Old 06-20-2010, 07:42 PM
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Its hard to imagine anyone would, except that Tom Cruze guy
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Old 06-25-2010, 07:42 PM
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Of course they do. Scientology is a powerful religion with lots of drones.. I mean members.


Edit: Of course it's been largely branded as a cult. It is a cult. But that won't stop many people from joining that exploitative organization.

"In 2005, the Church of Scientology stated its worldwide membership to be eight million, although that number included people who took only the introductory course and did not continue on.[82] In 2007 a Church official claimed 3.5 million members in the United States,[83] but according to a 2001 survey published by the City University of New York, 55,000 people in the United States would, if asked to identify their religion, have stated Scientology.[84] In 2008, the same survey team estimated that only 25,000 Americans identify as Scientologists.[85]

Scientologists tend to disparage general religious surveys on the grounds that many members maintaining cultural and social ties to other religious groups will, when asked their religion, answer with their traditional and more socially acceptable affiliation. On the other hand, religious scholar J. Gordon Melton has said that the church's estimates of its membership numbers are significantly exaggerated.[86]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology#Membership_statistics
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Old 06-26-2010, 07:42 PM
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little green men said it is so.....
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Old 06-27-2010, 07:42 PM
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Yep, unfortunately there are, proving that Barnum is still right after all these years.
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Old 06-30-2010, 07:42 PM
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Aliens are real, I know it for a fact because I have seen their ships three times and I have talked to them. I consider them hostile and I definitely don't worship them. Scientology is a group that knows a little about aliens but what they are really all about is making money. If you are broke they will not let you join their religion, it is only for people who have a lot of money to give them.
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