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Should we have the right to mock religion? Can the actions of those who defile the Koran possibly be justified? And if they are not justified, can they at least be understood?
In this part I argue that we should have the freedom to mock and even insult religion. In the next two parts I will examine why I think CaptainOAwesome and Fakesagan are defiling the Koran.
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Scientology is considered a scam by many and a religion by some. It was created by science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard who once said: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion""
South Park did an episode mocking them called "Trapped in the Closet"
scientomogy.com/southpark_scientology.php
Here is Scientology's Home page:
scientology.org
And here is a website highly critical of Scientology:
xenu.net
And this is the story of Xenu: the evil alien galactic ruler whose story is allegedly at the core belief system of Scientology. Practitioners of Scientology have to reach the upper levels of the organization (which entails spending tens of thousands of dollars) before they learn of the story of Xenu.
xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
More on Xenu:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu
Should we have the right to mock religion? Can the actions of those who defile the Koran possibly be justified? And if they are not justified, can they at least be understood?
In this part I argue that we should have the freedom to mock and even insult religion. In the next two parts I will examine why I think CaptainOAwesome and Fakesagan are defiling the Koran.
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Scientology is considered a scam by many and a religion by some. It was created by science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard who once said: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion""
South Park did an episode mocking them called "Trapped in the Closet"
scientomogy.com/southpark_scientology.php
Here is Scientology's Home page:
scientology.org
And here is a website highly critical of Scientology:
xenu.net
And this is the story of Xenu: the evil alien galactic ruler whose story is allegedly at the core belief system of Scientology. Practitioners of Scientology have to reach the upper levels of the organization (which entails spending tens of thousands of dollars) before they learn of the story of Xenu.
xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
More on Xenu:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu
