Any of you people Scientologists?

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

Yes I said YOU PEOPLE!

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[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

God willing!!!!!!

 

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

I heard their koolaid has an aquired flavor, too sweet for my tastes.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

can I haz god? Or will he crash into me?

 

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

can I haz god? Or will he crash into me?

You'll have to pay a small fortune to get part of that question answered, and even more money to some more of it answered each time.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Actually, im more of an FLDS fan.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

What do you mean "you people"?

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Scientology is so funny. hard to take a religion serious that was written by a science fiction writer.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

If you are, you're going to hell.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

H.G. Wells is their god.

 

[l7runner 10+ year member]

only rich famous people are scientologists.

therefore there are none to be found here

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Scientology is so funny. hard to take a religion serious that was written by a science fiction writer.

So what shall we say about the writers of the bible? The parts for which we're reasonably certain of authorship were written by credulous bronze age intellectual-infants. Of the New Testament (undoubtedly the most important part of the bible to Christians), we are only certain of the authorship for five books written by Paul the Apostle; everything else is open to very extensive debate. For all we know, they were written by a mythological fiction writer.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

The Bible can be verified by history. Whether you believe it or not the fact is it can be verified. hell even Islam has history to back it up. Try to prove anything that is written in the book of Scientology?

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

aliens and shyt...

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

The Bible can be verified by history. Whether you believe it or not the fact is it can be verified. hell even Islam has history to back it up. Try to prove anything that is written in the book of Scientology?

So, now it is not appropriate to assess the veracity of a claim by assessing the background of the writer. You see how this differs from your original opinion.

Now, the question is: what exactly do you mean by "verified by history?" If you mean that there are some (not all) verified historical figures, locations, or events included within the text, then certainly there is some truth to Scientology. Personally, I don't find cherry-picking the truthful instances to be a good way of assessing how true the remaining text is, though.