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Okay, since it's in the news, Scientology is on my mind. A visit to their website at http://www.scientologyreligion.org announces a number of explanations of why Scientology is a religion. Obviously they've been criticized by a lot of people and are feeling they have to defend the charge that they're not a "real" religion. I'm sure they're real, and they're a religion. There's religions everywhere. Whatever.
No, my complaint this morning is their symbols. When did Scientology start using a fucking CROSS? I'm sorry, but if your god (L. Ron Hubbard) gets to say there is no Christ, you don't get to use the cross. Perhaps the volcano was too scary for people or something? Well, the cross is not exactly an antiseptic symbol designed to put the old adam at ease. (yes yes christians use gold shiny crosses too. these annoy me sometimes. but they always refer to Jesus). This really takes the cakes. The cross is not our sign, like a Holiday Inn/Golden Arches/bp kind of thing that says "religion here, free parking, vacancies." It means "this building houses a bunch of broken fuckups who believe a really cool man got himself killed so that we don't have to be broken fuckups anymore come on in and die with us." Roughly. I mean, at least goths, for example, understand the crucifix has a connection to someone being brutally tortured and killed. So even if they might wear cross jewelry, it's somewhat ironically or at least without a sense that "this is MY religious symbol and it signifies I am a religious person."
Whatever. The point is, Scientology uses a cross and that's a) fucking stupid and b) fucking cheap and c) did I mention fucking stupid? Make your own damn symbols that have a relationship to your theology or something you lazy fuckwads! If I see a known scientologist sporting a cross, I'ma get all upons!
Oh yes. And this: HEY you fucking quacks! While you're in there rinsing out her brain, do you think you can get Katie Holmes to stop talking out of the side of her mouth like that? It was totally distracting in what was otherwise the greatest Batman movie ever made.
No, my complaint this morning is their symbols. When did Scientology start using a fucking CROSS? I'm sorry, but if your god (L. Ron Hubbard) gets to say there is no Christ, you don't get to use the cross. Perhaps the volcano was too scary for people or something? Well, the cross is not exactly an antiseptic symbol designed to put the old adam at ease. (yes yes christians use gold shiny crosses too. these annoy me sometimes. but they always refer to Jesus). This really takes the cakes. The cross is not our sign, like a Holiday Inn/Golden Arches/bp kind of thing that says "religion here, free parking, vacancies." It means "this building houses a bunch of broken fuckups who believe a really cool man got himself killed so that we don't have to be broken fuckups anymore come on in and die with us." Roughly. I mean, at least goths, for example, understand the crucifix has a connection to someone being brutally tortured and killed. So even if they might wear cross jewelry, it's somewhat ironically or at least without a sense that "this is MY religious symbol and it signifies I am a religious person."
Whatever. The point is, Scientology uses a cross and that's a) fucking stupid and b) fucking cheap and c) did I mention fucking stupid? Make your own damn symbols that have a relationship to your theology or something you lazy fuckwads! If I see a known scientologist sporting a cross, I'ma get all upons!
Oh yes. And this: HEY you fucking quacks! While you're in there rinsing out her brain, do you think you can get Katie Holmes to stop talking out of the side of her mouth like that? It was totally distracting in what was otherwise the greatest Batman movie ever made.