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Its a basic problem with people from western society. Here marriage tends to be tied almost directly into some sort of basic right to have sex. Other parts of the world tend to separate them. Interestingly, many of the loudest are from Christian backgrounds and dont know that the scholars give...

How do I know there is a God? My initial response, as it is to many religious questions, would be "compared to what?" How do I know there are microwaves? How do I know there is a sun? How do I know that there is oxygen? A) initially because I was told there was, what to call it, and what...

What I mean is.... Intelligent Design covers more than just creation by God. I hate it when an Intelligent Design discussion is argued as if it was a Creationists argument. Thats like arguing a subject of "fruit" using "apples" as your basis. Personally Im all for Evolution. "Fight the Design...

Something interesting I saw on TV was about lettuce. Instead of picking the whole lettuce you can just peal off the outer leaves for your meal. It will continue growing inner leaves continually to replace those you take. So one lettuce in a pot in or near the kitchen would be a garden unto...

Because it makes sense to me. I was born into a major religion, and have tried others. But basically, when I really thought about it, I just couldnt quite accept the belief that God would operate that way. Its not like I expect to understand everything God does. But some of the extensive...

Because both declare the arguments of the other to be worthless. A logician considers the opinions of the crowd to be a fallacy. A diplomacist considers logic arguments a fallacy when it doesnt change the opinions of the crowd. Well at least you have met some in real life. Its not worth much...

Scientology is more into mental health than physical health. Plus in the 1950s Im not sure if it was considered a bad thing. Amazing enough that they condemned many common practices that later were also condemned by others but I guess they didnt catch them all. :)

Well it was a rather crude author, and in the 1950's.

I cant seem to run the creator. I get the "Direct X is Unavailable" error that others are getting.

I suppose that comparisons with things outside of scientology are out of the question?

As a diplomacist I so hate debates with logicists. The courses I took were excellent. The scientologists I have met seem to reflect that their courses were also excellent. So I am taking for granted that the courses are excellent. Havent the scientologists you met seem happy, focused, clear...

Compared to what? People attend colleges and say "the courses are excellent" without taking ALL of the courses offered. So I say the courses are great and you would put it down if I didnt become a professor? Do you have a link on this? Doesnt Xenu.net maintain a status page listing the different...

heehee. Obviously thats not meant as a real question. I only tend to make statements based on my own experiences. I did say that most of the posts were crap IMHO (that means In My Humble Opinion). What would those be? I only know of France. Germany considers it a business. And China only...

Here are some comments from an EX-Scientologist. There are plenty of reasons to choose not to do scientology. On the other hand, most of the reasons commonly posted to forums are garbage IMHO. Its amazing to me how often I end up against my wishes defending scientology because of the crap that...

I have a problem here. Has "Intelligent Design" thru this whole conversation been in line with the original posters definition that God directed Evolution? Im afraid that is not correct. Intelligent Design is simply that. Design by Intelligence. It includes a number of (fairly equally extreme)...

A slight misconception there. The reasons you listed werent the reasons I left Scientology. They were the reasons I left the Baptists. I had less trouble with the Scientologists on those points. :) But since questions are preferred, how is money handled in the Baha'i faith? Tithing? Passing...

Ive always loved fractal art and fractal music. There are some great programs now that let you "fly thru" a fractal image. It makes me wish holodecks were finished. And fractal music makes me wish I had a totally top-line surround sound.

Any religion which has non-confrontation rules tends to become the target of some of the most surprising confrontations. Especially when people throw some of the most extreme "truths and facts" at them without listening to the responses. Even worse when people are obviously testing the...

That sounds workable. Becoming a scientologist is free, attending services is free. The self-help courses are separate and are at a flat rates. Rather like services by many other churches (marriage, funerals, conversions, counseling, etc). Altho people tend to treat anyone taking courses as a...

Interesting. I thought that Baha'i was fairly universal. Since Scientology is non-denominational (you can be any faith) I would think they were fairly compatible since they both willing to recognize the same messengers. Most of the messages certainly seem similar. I guess its like most of the...