Most people outside of Scientology believe that it is more a cult than a religion. So my question is do you believe that Scientology will be a valid recognised religion in 1000 years and will it be as accepted as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and the countless other religions that are recognised today?
Thanks
2007-06-29 18:56:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Being that it's more of a business than anything else, it'll always remain on the fringe where it belongs.
I especially hope it doesn't gain popular support or adherence because of it's staunch opposition to psychopharmaseuticals.
The “church” has also taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry & psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life. They deny the reality of chemical imbalance & profound mental disturbance & accordingly do NOTHING to effectively stabilize the dangerously unstable.
I also worry about their petty and cruel litigiousness. Anyone, ANYONE, who speaks out against Scientology, rightly labeling it the cult and scam that it is, is met with a ferocious backlash of character assassination and legal bullying.
2007-06-29 20:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'm sure that if humans haven't destroyed ourselves by then, yes. All religions get accepted, it just takes time. I don't know much about them, except that they are growing. And I'm sure that all churches looked like cults when they first started.
I don't believe in organized religion, I think that everyone is different and therefor has different beliefs, even inside one single church. It's awesome for some people, others like me just can't do it.
2007-06-30 02:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Scientology is brainwashing in its purest form. It may be a religion by US legal definition, but it is the most absurd set of beliefs ever cobbled together. Some people will believe anything, like killing themselves to catch a ride on the Hale Bop comet 'mother ship'. I will not be around a thousand years from now, so why should I care if it is accepted?
2007-06-30 02:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by PilotGal 3 · 6⤊ 3⤋
No........at their base all the religions you listed are about a relationship with a higher power and the betterment of your life through being moral EXCEPT Scientology.
2007-06-30 02:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No.
We know better - the only people who get suckered in are people who don't know how to research anything even superficially; fortunately they're in the minority.
Of course, if christianity or islam had been founded in the age of the internet... their fate would be much the same.
2007-06-30 02:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You bet.
Overall there are 142 Scientology Churches in 28 countries established world wide. http://www.scientology.org/world/worldeng/global/earthc.htm
The Scientology Missions directory reports over 300 missions in 50 countries world wide.
http://www.churchofscientology.com/
There like 4 mission in india, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1162954.cms
a couple in Kazakhstan http://www.scientologytoday.org/press/611141555251_scn-smi.html
[Where is borat when you need him?]
even one in Nepal another in Taiwan. http://www.scientology.org.za/articles/609102325102.vm
Regarless of the bull in the western press http://www.bbcpanorama-exposed.org/watch-the-video-documentary.php
Scientology is doing ok. http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/18/Tampabay/Scientology_s_town.shtml
40 years the most. Scientology is the fasted growing NEW religion there is. That is only 50 years old give it another 50 years.
2007-06-30 07:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by bravehartbears 2 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Could be or just another fad
2007-06-30 02:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by Dark Angel 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no
If it is, chess club should be a religion too.
2007-06-30 01:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋