[laserdisque]

Thanks for the pm Happy. Just been so busy lately. I am interested to see what the history of scientology in Omaha is after finding only one obscure article on the web. I did not want this thread to turn into a bunch of grade school flames.

[mattpoulsen]

Originally Posted by dsrich98

Did you get any response to this? Doesn't seem like this forum is visited by anyone other than the standard Evangelical Protestant types...

Dsrich,

YOU were the one who started judging and stereotyping here. So be for judging everyone else for being close minded you might want to look in the mirror.

Further, Scientology was founded in the 20th century by a SCIENCE FICTION writer!! Do you really truly think that someone born in Tilden, NE possesses the path to enlightenment? The guy was a science fiction writer. He developed a belief system suggesting that the souls of aliens came to Earth. He made millions and millions by developing this "belief system" and his theories were for the most part held from public scrutiny, as the general tenants were not revealed to "followers" until they had invested large amounts of time and money. You don't see a problem with this???

Rather, instead of applying Occam's Razor and recognizing that L. Ron Hubbard is one of the biggest fraud's in recent history, you seem to think it incorrect for people to cast suspicion on this cult.

As a disclaimer: I'm agnostic. So you can can the "everyone else religion is crazy" rhetoric.

[dsrich98]

Originally Posted by mattpoulsen

Dsrich,

YOU were the one who started judging and stereotyping here. So be for judging everyone else for being close minded you might want to look in the mirror.

Further, Scientology was founded in the 20th century by a SCIENCE FICTION writer!! Do you really truly think that someone born in Tilden, NE possesses the path to enlightenment? The guy was a science fiction writer. He developed a belief system suggesting that the souls of aliens came to Earth. He made millions and millions by developing this "belief system" and his theories were for the most part held from public scrutiny, as the general tenants were not revealed to "followers" until they had invested large amounts of time and money. You don't see a problem with this???

Rather, instead of applying Occam's Razor and recognizing that L. Ron Hubbard is one of the biggest fraud's in recent history, you seem to think it incorrect for people to cast suspicion on this cult.

As a disclaimer: I'm agnostic. So you can can the "everyone else religion is crazy" rhetoric.

Ok, sorry for being such a jerk, I was trying to poke the bear to see what kind of reaction I would get. I admit it and sorry for acting like a troll.

Here's my disclaimer:

I am a former Christian. I spent the first 23 or so years of my life attending Church, believeing in prayer, heaven and hell, and so on. About 6 years ago through a series of realizations and thoughtful contemplation I decided to reject the idea of *God*, adn became an Atheist. While I am happy for this change it has left me bitter about the time, emotion, and energy I dedicated to what I now feel is a farce. It is very difficult for me to talk religion. What I should do is just stay away from these conversations, they only get me into trouble. But I'm drawn to them, I just can't help but stir the pot. I'm trying to do a better job of respecting others religious views since I'm told that's the right thing to do.

So I apologize for doing a hit and run job on the good people of faith on this forum. At the end of the day I will just have to accept you're all well-meaning, if not mis-guided. (IMO)

I'll refrain from any further postings in this thread out of an attempt to respect ya'll.

[aerahrtlu]

L. Ron Hubbard actually said "Want to get rich? Create a religion!" And *sigh* people are STILL stupid enough to believe in it.
That makes me facepalm.
I'm annoyed by it. This bothers me: if your family denounces the religion but you don't, you cannot speak to them ever. And many many other things..... I'll just stop now.

[HappyAtCCC]

Originally Posted by laserdisque

Thanks for the pm Happy. Just been so busy lately. I am interested to see what the history of scientology in Omaha is after finding only one obscure article on the web. I did not want this thread to turn into a bunch of grade school flames.

No problem. Try this google search for more Omaha info.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=church+of+scientology+oma ha+mission&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

I hope I did that link right!

Personally, I prefer www.xenu.net myself. Feel free to pm me if you want anymore information.