Purple Rain
Crusader
But you are too often, in my opinion, reading 'promotion of Scientology' into things that are in no way intended to promote Scientology.
My posts in that thread, as I stated many times in that thread, were not about Scientology - they were about protecting other non-theistic religions from an overly-broad ruling on Scientology. If they want to declare Scientology not a religion based on its abuses that is fine with me - I _don't_ want them to declare it not a religion because there is no deity worship because that has legal implications for too many other religions.
I consider it a religion and I don't care if other people do. I will point out the reasons I believe it to be a religion but you and Anonycat have both attacked me for simply stating that belief. I am always fine with agreeing to disagree but you are not even fine with that it seems, you want me to believe what you believe and will attack me if I do not.
And my point is that is dangerous because this approach has the potential to inadvertently create more Scientologists and make the existing ones even more fervent believers.
You have a tendency to pick and choose the things I say and pick out the ones which could in some potential interpretation be construed as being pro-Scientology and then exaggerate what I was saying and read things into it that I was not in any way saying. You have gotten to the point where you are not arguing against the words I type, you are arguing against your idea of who you think I am.
Well quit attacking _me_ like I am the one who did it.
Attacking you? Like, um, talking? I am a critic of Scientology. Quit praising it and I'll quit criticising your praise.
Edit: And actually I just asked you a question "Who is doing this?" - as you seemed to be positioning my fellow critics in a quite negative light - unfoundedly so I thought - which once again fits the idea of an agenda - like, why would you want to do that?
YOU then chose to "lol" at my post instead of answering the question. So who was attacking who? I then called you out on the "moderate" line which I think is your strategy. I've seen lots of shills on other boards - often with a political agenda in that case - and I just can't respect it. Scientologists like Tory Christman or Claire Swazey who were upfront about who and what they were - who came to a board to defend their religion are one thing. People could have an honest dialogue with them. But people who are covert I cannot respect.