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Re: [Marxism] scientology

C W Sedley wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Einde O'Callaghan<eindeoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> But, Shane, for an atheist all religions are involved in extracting
>> money under false pretences. What exactly makes Scientologydiferent?
>
> The Church of Scientology considers the content of its sacred texts to
> be a trade secret, and attempts to legally suppress any public
> reporting of church doctrine. That's quite a big difference. I'm not
> aware of any Christian sect that attempts to use trade and copyright
> law to prevent widespread reading of the Bible, for example.
>
So what? It sounds to me like it is a thoroughly capitalist religion
right down to being an advocate of intellectual property rights.

Einde O'Callaghan

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