Originally Posted by Vikingod

a wise man once said "the only difference between a cult and a religion is money".

And as far as political control goes, the christian churches have had political power for hundreds of years, as have the islamic and every other mainstream religion. What makes Scientology any worse? At least they haven't started a war or bombed a bus station.

Do I buy what their selling? No, of course not, I'm an educated man. But I don't buy what everyone else is selling either. I really don't see the core differences between any of them, other than time and history.