Amish RakeFight
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...and Amish Rake, L Ron's zombies are a cult, no matter how you try to spin it.
Scientology is a very, very, new modern-day religion. If you're familiar enough with the various existing religions and what they've proclaimed and related as factual is no less bizarre or different than what Hubbard states. The established religions have had so much time to age between them that it has been accepted as a reputable religion. Keep in mind that year and years ago when these formal religions first surfaced, religious recruitment was in an entirely different atmosphere and time. Society was different and less knowledgeable. This earlier period of time allowed religions to be more easily accepted than one trying to get its foot in the door today. Our world is different today. We have large established religions that people have trusted for many years. Perhaps in many hundreds of years Scientology will be a more legitamized religion.
..and if you're wondering, I'm not a scientology member. Just giving an overview of religion and its function in our society.