Posted by SLS on July 16, 2005, at 14:00:10
In reply to Re: Please don't call me creepy, posted by so on July 16, 2005, at 13:07:12
> Yes, Scientologists fought long in court to have their faith recognized as a religion. Scientologists have also realized considerable success in court combatting libels against their faith.
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> Scientology generally holds that the practice of psyhchiatry requires faith, and as such is a state religion. To test the proposed list of statements as they might be tested in a libel trial, we can simply reverse them, replacing the faith-system of Scientology with the faith-system of psychiatry. Would the campus psychiatrist who operates this site deem them "civil" according to his unique system of civility if they were presented as
below?I believe he would. That is exactly my point. The way Dr. Bob attempts to enforce his guidelines of civility is with logic regardless of content. I am glad you chose to simply substitute "Scientology" with "psychiatry". The resulting statements are no more and no less civil than the originals. You should hang-out here for a little while to see the board in action. It usually, but not always, works.
> > 1. I don't agree with psychiatry.
> > 2. The beliefs of psychiatry are in conflict with mine.
> > 3. The beliefs of psychiatry are in conflict with those of modern science, and the following in an example: (yada yada yada)
> > 4. I believe that for many people, indoctrination into psychiatry includes methods of brainwashing, and the following are anecdotes as reported by following people whom have experienced this: (yada yada yada)
> > 5. I agree that the faithful practice of psychiatry can be dangerous, and the following are examples of this: (yada yada yada)
> > 6. I believe the media reports describing the deaths of children forced to undergo medical procedures by parents whose faith in psychiatry requires such practices.
I do not agree with the above statements, and here is why: (yada yada yada)BTW, if it means anything to you, I went out of my way to capitalize the word "Scientology" in my posts.
- Scott
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