Please do attempt to point out to me how Scientology is actually worse than any other major religion. And please don't bother if you're going to claim that it isn't a religion under your own personal and highly selective "definition." It walks like a Church and quacks like a Church. It's a Church.
You want me to concede the point that Scientology is evil. OK: like all organized religion, it's evil. That still makes it relatively harmless compared to most causes that Tom Cruise could be contributing to. World Wild Life is one of the outfits Hollywood libtards love. It's one of the leading advocates for AGW, a cause which has already cost hundreds of billions of dollars in the developed world, and will be responsible for even more mischief in years to come.
My point stands. When you have some facts and logic, come back. Otherwise stop wasting my time.
No, it's your post:
"Until Reform Christianity made its debut -- fifteen centuries into the process, no less -- the Roman Church routinely tortured and murdered people in the name of God. Even so, it took another two hundred years..."
I think this is the core problem, the difference is striking, chilling and overwhelming. The information has been reported on for decades in publications, criminal and civil trials, in forums and well-documented websites.
I'm confident that if you become informed, you'll understand - and agree with - my position.