Scientology: Wackier than Christianity
According to Last Week's Poll
First of all, I'd just like to say that, since I created this poll, a week or so ago, I see someone else had a similar idea. Or, at the very least, was thinking along the same lines as I was thinking. Not that I'm accusing anyone of stealing my ideas or anything. I'm just saying.
If anything, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one with some sense around here. When I saw that leaked video the other day with Tom Cruise talking about himself being a Scientologist and what have you, it occurred to me: OK, so Tom Cruise is clearly batshit, but is Scientology really so much wackier than Christianity?
Hence last week's poll.
The results:
Wackier religion?
- Scientology (236 votes)
- Christianity (87 votes)
Damn it if this isn't yet another case of most people disagreeing with me. It makes me wonder whether I'm the one who's crazy, or if it's everyone else. Of course I'm gonna have to assume the latter.
Wacky though it may be, at least we know where Scientology came from. If Tom Cruise wants to believe in a religion created by some nutjob science fiction writer, why shouldn't he be able to? That reeks of religious intolerance to me. I thought religious people were supposed to be against religious intolerance. Or is that only intolerance against your own particular religion?
Meanwhile, we don't really have any way of knowing where Christianity came from - except what God has told the president, with whom he supposedly has a personal relationship. However, we do know that the BS story in the Bible bears a strikingly resemblance to any number of other, earlier BS stories. Which would suggest that Christianity is just a BS story ripped off from a bunch of other BS stories that people came up with back before they knew any better.
So in that sense, Christianity isn't even altogether different from Scientology. If you want to get into the actual text of either of these religions and try to compare the two that way... well, it would be difficult for me to say, since I can't claim to have read either the Bible or Dianetics, or whatever the main book of Scientology is. I will say this though: If I absolutely had to read one or the other, I'd probably go with the Scientology book. It seems like it would be the more interesting read.
Leaked Christianity Video
