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Scientology is already here. Have your thetans evicted with the magic machine! n/t TygrBright Oct 2019 #1
is the magic underwear required? (whoops...wrong fairy tale!) NRaleighLiberal Oct 2019 #2
I had no idea that I was infected (infested?) with thetans. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #3
Why are you making fun of someone's deeply-held religious beliefs? trotsky Oct 2019 #5
No. Hand all of your money over to Scientology and you will be rid of them DBoon Oct 2019 #29
Dictator Xenu will not be amused. n/t Permanut Oct 2019 #56
"Religions can be a wonderful and inclusive tool pushing society forward" trotsky Oct 2019 #4
I understand your need to promote this narrative. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #6
You understand nothing of the sort, though you certainly wish that were the case. n/t trotsky Oct 2019 #9
No, I really do. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #10
Uh huh. trotsky Oct 2019 #14
Thank you for admitting that it is the problem, or one of them. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #16
Yes, I fully admit your lack of basic civility is the problem. trotsky Oct 2019 #49
Now, there you go with your misframing again.. Permanut Oct 2019 #57
LOL n/t trotsky Oct 2019 #59
That is not the case. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #7
OK trotsky Oct 2019 #8
Oh come on, now. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #11
Genocide is a pretty broad brush Cartoonist Oct 2019 #12
Okay, Newest Reality Oct 2019 #13
Well said. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #18
Generic Apologetic #151: ZOMG GUISE SCIENCE IS TEH EVUL Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #60
Do the words China and Uighurs apply here? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #21
Only if you're going to engage in Whataboutism. trotsky Oct 2019 #52
That's the thing, if you go broader and deeper, it only gets worse for you. trotsky Oct 2019 #15
Tell that to the theists in CHina who are imprisoned in concentration camps guillaumeb Oct 2019 #17
Yes. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #19
True. People claim many reasons for what they do, guillaumeb Oct 2019 #20
I think you have it there... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #22
Well said. we are all in this together because we are all human, and all fallible. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #24
Leave Pogo out of it. Cartoonist Oct 2019 #26
That's a nice statement. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #28
When the claim is that their holy text tells them to kill people... trotsky Oct 2019 #53
Who pushes the button? Cartoonist Oct 2019 #23
I was making the opposite point. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #25
Been there. Cartoonist Oct 2019 #27
Oh boy. Newest Reality Oct 2019 #31
No answer eh? Cartoonist Oct 2019 #32
You know about your own experience with religion. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #34
Unfortunately, no Cartoonist Oct 2019 #35
We must all know our own imperfections. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #36
Yes, there are theists imprisoned in China. There are also atheists imprisoned in China. trotsky Oct 2019 #50
Oh and #whataboutism. trotsky Oct 2019 #51
Are there any atheists in those camps, you think? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #54
The Uighur camps contain Muslim Uighurs. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #55
Are there camps for atheists? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #61
or this DBoon Oct 2019 #30
Brothers and Sisters, the Techno-God said to me today Vogon_Glory Oct 2019 #33
Absolute bull. Eko Oct 2019 #37
Religious hierarchies were formed edhopper Oct 2019 #38
All organizations form hierarchies. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #39
but not all do it to control others edhopper Oct 2019 #40
A hierarchy implies control, and leadership. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #41
But what that leadership and control does is the point edhopper Oct 2019 #42
Many scientists are theists. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #43
not the subject edhopper Oct 2019 #44
You widened the subject by talking of science and medicine. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #45
As examples of hierarchies that are not anti-progress as religion is edhopper Oct 2019 #46
Is religion in itself opposed to progress? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #47
I'll stand by my #30 reply. edhopper Oct 2019 #48
I'm looking forward to the use of technology by religious authorities.. Permanut Oct 2019 #58
Technology cannot exaplin the metaphorical use of language. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #62
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