Wednesday, August 11, 2010

L. Ron Hubbard: Story of a Profit.



I believe, in time, Scientology will eventually reign as being the no.1 or no.2 most popular religion in the world. This is because Scientology is much more compatible with a modern worldview than religions like Christianity. Scientology does fit with many scientific ideas—what it lacks is historical evidence more than anything. Don't get me wrong, I believe that the unprovable claims made by Scientology are bull. The only agreement I find with the religion is the concept of a soul and reincarnation (which are two concepts which I choose to believe in despite a lack of objective evidence). I suppose most people would consider me to be Buddhist-atheist; anyways, I would be willing to bet that Buddhism and Scientology will be the two main competing religions/belief-systems in a few thousand years. Human-beings are far from out growing the need for consoling beliefs. The more popular religions (primarily Abrahamic) have become all but obsolete with the growing contradictory-body-of-knowledge. While I hate to be redundant, religions that contradict science the least have the best chance of surviving. Fortunately this would not be horrible if it were to happen. Buddhism teaches peace and empathy; Scientology (while wacky)—as far as I am aware—is nonviolent.

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