On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote: > William wrote: > >> >> On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote: >> >>> >>> If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so >>> busy >>> suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than >>> later, and >>> that will be the end of that. >> >> >> Or they could be like the Sunni and Shi'a. >> >> Same but different Maru. >> > >> From Wiki: > > Although "Scientology" is most often used as shorthand for the > Church of > Scientology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology>, a > number > of groups practice Scientology and Dianetics outside of the official > Church. > Some groups are breakaways from the original Church while others have > started up independently. The Church labels these as > "apostates<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy>" > (or "squirrels" in Scientology > jargon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_terminology>) > and often subjects them to considerable legal and social pressure. > These > groups avoid the name "Scientology" so as to keep from being > sued<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit>, > instead referring to themselves collectively as the Free > Zone<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Zone_%28Scientology%29>. > Such groups include Ron's Org and the International Freezone > Association, > among others.
Clearly these schismatic groups can't be termed fake religions under the criteria Rob was suggesting and yet they share most of the beliefs of the original group. How could a law protect these genuine religions and also ban the original Scientologists at the same time? Catholics/Protestants Maru. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
