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yurbud

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7. You're digging a hole for yourself. Scientology has made up beliefs too and it more systematically

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:14 AM

Apr 2013

abuses people than any church I ever attended (and I don't believe in any of that stuff any more).

You can go to most churches for quite a while without being hit up for money, and even then, you don't have to give to continue to participate.

You know that is not the case with scientology.

Likewise, most churches don't hound those who decide it's not their cup of tea anymore.

You know that is not the case with scientology.

I'm sure David Koresh or Jim Jones could come up with a non-religious pedagogy too, but it would be fruit of a poison tree, and prime kids and teachers to think positively about an organization that is very dangerous to its members.

I would prefer not to have any religions designing public school curriculum, but allowing scientology to do so shows a reckless disregard for students, teachers, and taxpayers.

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Scientology taught at public funded charter school [View all] yurbud Mar 2013 OP

But the students don't learn about Xenu until graduation. longship Mar 2013 #1

K&R and I thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous than is already was... idwiyo Mar 2013 #2

This is excellent. We need to get other publicly funded schools to teach BlueStreak Mar 2013 #3

let's get christians out of education before we worry about AS.... mike_c Mar 2013 #4

scientology has a well-earned bad reputation as an abusive cult/scam yurbud Mar 2013 #5

and christianity doesn't? mike_c Apr 2013 #6

You're digging a hole for yourself. Scientology has made up beliefs too and it more systematically yurbud Apr 2013 #7

nonetheless, the fact remains that AS is NOT scientology.... mike_c Apr 2013 #8