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What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.

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What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.
Most obviously, Religion or Cult?

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cult started by a science fiction writer. that should have been peoples first clue.

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Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 8:06 pm on Feb. 8, 2010


What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.
Most obviously, Religion or Cult?

tom cruise

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Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 8:06 pm on Feb. 8, 2010


What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.
Most obviously, Religion or Cult?

Cult.

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It's a cult that was create by a failed science-fiction writer who was looking to make a profit off of his work.

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Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 8:06 pm on Feb. 8, 2010


What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.
Most obviously, Religion or Cult?

All religions start as cults. Once the cult gains enough members and is recognized on a large enough scale, it becomes a religion

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One of the grad students in a seminar class I was in last semester did a pretty interesting research paper on Scientology and how it being labeled "fringe" is primarily a result in shifting social trends. Basically she argued that Scientology was the quintessentially American religion in the 1950s, which included a huge emphasis on secrecy, loyalty, and conspiracy thanks to prevailing Cold War sentiments. Now that mainstream American culture has shifted radically from this (particularly in the emphasis of freedom of information), Scientology is relegated to the fringe of NRMs.

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Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 10:06 pm on Feb. 8, 2010


What is their to discuss? I hear Tom Cruise likes it.
Most obviously, Religion or Cult?

Same thing really...

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Quote: from Wilder at 6:00 pm on Feb. 9, 2010

One of the grad students in a seminar class I was in last semester did a pretty interesting research paper on Scientology and how it being labeled "fringe" is primarily a result in shifting social trends. Basically she argued that Scientology was the quintessentially American religion in the 1950s, which included a huge emphasis on secrecy, loyalty, and conspiracy thanks to prevailing Cold War sentiments. Now that mainstream American culture has shifted radically from this (particularly in the emphasis of freedom of information), Scientology is relegated to the fringe of NRMs.

The CIA received many complaints about Scientology during the cold war that they were communists.


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Quote: from static nightmare at 9:36 pm on Feb. 9, 2010

Quote: from Wilder at 6:00 pm on Feb. 9, 2010

One of the grad students in a seminar class I was in last semester did a pretty interesting research paper on Scientology and how it being labeled "fringe" is primarily a result in shifting social trends. Basically she argued that Scientology was the quintessentially American religion in the 1950s, which included a huge emphasis on secrecy, loyalty, and conspiracy thanks to prevailing Cold War sentiments. Now that mainstream American culture has shifted radically from this (particularly in the emphasis of freedom of information), Scientology is relegated to the fringe of NRMs.

The CIA received many complaints about Scientology during the cold war that they were communists.


Ron Hubbard repeatedly gave the government lists of suspected communists within and outside of his organization and tried to cooperated with the government, but they rejected the group as a cult and potential threat. Hubbard's response was pretty hardcore.

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