Posted by Smalls at syr-24-24-14-133.twcny.rr.com on March 29, 2003 at 16:11:16:
In Reply to: Smalls for censorship??? posted by Mxyztplk on March 29, 2003 at 15:57:29:
But Scientology, as controversial as it is, has proven to be something of an exception... it's not a matter of "censorship" but because views on that particular faith are so polarized that it might end up pushing away some really great contributors to the board.
And, just for the record, I'm not against individual faith in a higher power... I'm against having any sort of structure to that faith because structure creates a cleric class which is fundamentally corrupted by the existence of a merchant class... and brings only inequity to the world.
There's nothing wrong with Jesus or Buddha or Mohammed or... I'm not particularly sure who the equivalent for Scientology would be... rather, whenever you're in a situation where someone is put forth as a better arbiter between you and Deity than you?
The generals and the sellers and the priests are going to use you in a power play of some kind that has nothing to do with your Deity. It's just that simple.
Look at the world today for your example.
Mike