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.
1 a) belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers to be obeyed and
worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe b) expression
of such a belief in conduct and ritual
2 a) any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code
of ethics and a philosophy !the Christian religion, the Buddhist
religion, etc." b) any system of beliefs, practices, ethical values,
etc. resembling, suggestive of, or likened to such a system !humanism as
a religion"
Neither of these definitions seem to require a deity. #1 kind of does,
but not necessarily. I guess the first one implies that there has to be
a ruler of the universe.
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