On Thursday 09 Jun 2005 15:35, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Tim Fairchild wrote: > > Although some wish to call it a cult, the church of scientology is > > considered a religion by a great many people apparently. At least > > according to google. > > Look, scientologists calling scientology a religion doesn't make it so. > The word "religion" has a definition somewhere. Scientology is not > recognized as a religion.
I 'believe' in religious tollerance and if they want to call it a religion or an "applied religious philosophy" then it's fine with me. I don't see it as a big deal. A lot of people on the net, such as those supporting religious tollerance, call it a religion, even tho they are not scientologists... But getting OT a bit :) > > To me personally, all supernatural belief is very similar, yes. Some > > people believe John Edward talks to dead people, some believe in voodoo, > > Well, if you are going to call everything that involves faith "religion" > then that word wouldn't mean that much. But fact is "religion" and > "faith" are different, and not all faiths are religions. If you black > cats and bad luck a religion then I guess I see why you consider the > force a religion too. But that's not what the word religion means. I looked up several definitions of religion and jedi and scientology seem covered under some of the definitions. Note, a belief in a black cat may not be a religion, but I already conceded that. But what about a belief system like voodoo? What about the Inuit? Do they have a religion? What about the Australian Aboriginal? tim -- --------------------------------------------------------- Tim & Therese Fairchild Atchafalaya Border Collies. Kuttabul, Queensland, Australia. --------------------------------------------------------- Email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.bcs4me.com Photos http://www.pbase.com/amosf ---------------------------------------------------------
