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People who trash Scientologists are sort of avoiding reality

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calochortus5/03/2011 7:53:24 pm PDT

re: #5 marjoriemoon

As a non-believer I’d like to clarify my belief, I may be misinterpreting what you said, but for me (raised in a totally non-religious home, never believed) there is a great deal more nuance than ‘its a fairy tale’.
No, I don’t believe in a god or gods or anything supernatural. I do make a distinction between types of faith.

There are people who practice their faith as part of the greater society without trying to impose their beliefs on others. Presumably it enriches their lives and I respect that. I don’t share their beliefs, but it is a choice they have made, and I don’t think they are delusional.

Then there are the folks who either want to completely separate themselves from world completely or to remake the world in the image of their religious beliefs. In my opinion, these people are more likely to be a problem, and are often what I would consider delusional, in that they are less in touch with critical thought and objective reality.

Both Scientologists and the religious right fall into the latter category, but I agree with WUB that Scientology is not likely to gain much political power, and the religious right obviously has quite a bit.