Thread: Scientology: What Do You Think?

Originally Posted by Hominus

I didnt know you were atheist!!!!!
[/b]

Of course I am... for god-or-lack-thereof's sake, I live in a country where the Prime Minister is an admitted agnostic bordering on atheism. NZ is a very secular society.

Originally Posted by Hominus

We are always fighting about this and that, but we must unite!!!!!!!!
[/b]

No.

Originally Posted by Hominus

Although i would say religion as a whole has screwed up our planet more than anything else (global warming? ), it has done SOME good. Like.....well........art?
[/b]

I'd say exclusive monotheism, not neccesarily "religion", has fucked up out planet. I have no problem with malleable polytheist religions, such as the greeco-roman pantheon, and pre-christian "pagan" religions, or for that matter, non-theistic forms of spirituality such as Buddhism. Hinduism sits on the line, for me... it is polytheistic, but on the other hand, it has an exclusive pantheon - which means, it can't "mesh" with other cultures in the same way that the Greek, Roman, and Egyptian panthoens "mixed".

EDIT: Though, I'm not completely sure of the exclusivity of the Hindu pantheon - Unfortunately, I have little more than a cursory knowledge of the Hindu religion.