Posted on 04/01/2015 7:33:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil DeGrasse Tyson is defending Scientology in light of HBO's highly critical documentary on the church.
HBO's documentary "Going Clear" did not show the church in an entirely positive light — Scientology has a built a reputation for tormenting members who leave it either by surveillance or harassment.
The film highlights the celebrities who made the religion intriguing to the world as well as the horrific stories of abuse from former members.
But Tyson, in an interview with The Daily Beast, declined to bash the controversial church, saying people are free to believe whatever they want.
"So, you have people who are certain that a man in a robe transforms a cracker into the literal body of Jesus saying that what goes on in Scientology is crazy? Let’s realize this. What matters is not who says who’s crazy, what matters is we live in a free country," Tyson, known for his skeptical views of Christianity, said. "You can believe whatever you want, otherwise it’s not a free country—it’s something else. If we start controlling what people think and why they think it, we have case studies where that became the norm. I don’t care what the tenets are of Scientology. They don’t distract me. I don’t judge them, and I don’t criticize them."
There is dispute, however, about whether or not Scientology is a legitimate religion.
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If one is either Christian or anti-Christ it seems to me the conclusion follows on its own. Let the author defend his own hooey.
Christians believe that without Christ one is lost. Most people of Jewish descent reject Christ, even though all of the first Christians were Jewish.
But is it “hatred” to tell a man he’s about to walk off a cliff?
This reminds me of that Glen Campbell song from the 1970s, Try a Little Kindness. Remember the part that goes,
“And if you see your sister falling by the way
Just stop and say “You’re going the wrong way””
Heh. I can just see what would happen today. You’d be told to mind your own business at best, get punched upside the head at worst.
All Christians are obliged to do is warn the lost.
If they choose to ignore the warning, that is their right.
One can only come to Christ in complete freedom. Anything is futile.
You are wrong. He’s not fat.
Greta Van Sustern of Fox news is a Scientologist
http://www.businessinsider.com/famous-church-of-scientology-members-2012-7?op=1#ixzz3PtmwTSg1
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