[lbo-talk] Scientology: the beliefs

wrobert at uci.edu wrobert at uci.edu
Fri Jan 18 14:07:55 PST 2008


Historically, Christianity has produced its Thomas Munzers, John Browns, and Gerald Winstanleys as well. I suppose you can say that like any ideological system, it has it's spaces for social transformation as well as conformity. (Not that I feel any desire to revisit the system....) robert wood


> Those are my thoughts. Most xtians believe most of the bible is true.
> You have to believe the whole god impregnated a virgin nonsense to even
> be a xtian.
> Doug isn't generally one to give xtians a pass but he seems to be
> veering that way with respect to scientologists.
> One reason I dislike this supernatural crap was brought home today in a
> radio interview I heard with a laid-off worker.
> She wasn't angry because she believed god had a plan and would do
> whatever was needed. She put her faith in god when she needs to put her
> faith in others to get anything meaningful accomplished.
> As long as the ruling class has this for people to fall back on the job
> of consciousness raising will be made just that much harder.
> Supernatural beliefs are an obstacle to change in spite of the fact that
> some religious people do good work.
>
> John Thornton
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