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For those protesting scientology, some good news...

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  • #32
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    conorhal wrote: »
    There is no compulsory membership fee you re a Catholic, or a Buddhist or a Jew. Scientology does not do anything for free, with the exception of a cod ‘personality test’ after which they will offer you a chance to give them all your money but taking expensive course after expensive course. It’s a profit making business, plain and simple

    Aye, except a dirty look from some of the aul' ones if I pass the collection basket on and put nothing in it. ;_;


  • #33
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,807 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    conorhal wrote: »
    There is no compulsory membership fee you re a Catholic, or a Buddhist or a Jew. Scientology does not do anything for free, with the exception of a cod ‘personality test’ after which they will offer you a chance to give them all your money but taking expensive course after expensive course. It’s a profit making business, plain and simple
    So draw the line where exactly? What if Scientology was all voluntary donations, but that you couldn't go past a certain level without a donation of a certain amount? Is that sufficient? The only way to differentiate between the religions is to decide that one is somehow 'more right' than another, which is inherently ridiculous. It has to be either all of them or none of them

    Oh, and in Germany, there is a compulsory membership fee for Christians, Jews and other religions

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  • #34
    ElaElaElano
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    Whynop wrote: »
    I don't see why the new age of atheists and secularists shouldn't fund their ideology.

    It's not an ideology. It's common sense.


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    28064212 wrote: »

    Oh, and in Germany, there is a compulsory membership fee for Christians, Jews and other religions

    You can opt out of that


  • #36
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,807 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You can opt out of that
    By opting out of the religion, which is what I meant by compulsory membership fee i.e., you have to pay it if you're a member

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  • #37
    raah!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭raah!


    Wouldn't members of the public who are also scientologists consider it to be serving them?

    Elsewise I don't imagine they would be apart of it.


  • #38
    Brien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭Brien


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You can opt out of that

    You have to pay a percentage of your wages at the end of the year in austria, or no weddings, baptisms, or funerals for you. They are kind enough to let the unemployed away with it though


  • #39
    RolandIRL
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    Brien wrote: »
    You have to pay a percentage of your wages at the end of the year in austria, or no weddings, baptisms, or funerals for you. They are kind enough to let the unemployed away with it though
    as well as in switzerland. you pay so much to your religion via your wage. an atheist gets out of it but no church for you, mr dawkins :P


    is anyone else thinking of that south park episode, where they take the piss out of Scientology? :D class episode


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