not the accepted brand of foolishness
Germany moves to ban Scientology
Germany’s federal and state interior ministers have declared the Church of Scientology unconstitutional, clearing the way for a possible ban.
The ministers have asked Germany’s domestic intelligence agency to examine whether the Church’s legal status as an association could be challenged.
Scientology is not recognised as a religion in Germany.A Church of Scientology statement said the ministers were “completely out of step with the rest of the world”.
The attempted ban is “a blatant attempt at justifying the on-going and never-ending discrimination against the Church of Scientology and its members in Germany,” said the Church in a statement.
Critics accuse the organisation of cult-type practices and exploiting followers for financial gain.
hello! “cult-type practices and exploiting followers for financial gain” is one of the better practical definitions of religion. why exclude scientology? because their voodoo’s different — not traditional voodoo. how dare they expose the ridiculous nature of “religion” by placing their baloney in the same category as baloney of which masses of dullards have been brainwashed to be scared? the noive.
all of these stories naturally nibble at the heart of one of the bigger scams of sanctimony in the US: “not for profit”. i worked for years at a “not for profit”; the huckster density there was greater than at the $80M+/yr company (in bed with state criminals) i’d left shortly before.