View Single Post
  (#20 (permalink)) Old
Union Of V Offline
Scepticism With A Tail
I've been here a while
********
 
Union Of V's Avatar
 
Name: Basil!!!
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Location: Cork, Ireland

Posts: 1,991
Points: 17,727, Level: 19
Points: 17,727, Level: 19 Points: 17,727, Level: 19 Points: 17,727, Level: 19
Blog Entries: 22
Join Date: January 31st 2009

Re: Scientology: Cult or Religion debate - July 2nd 2009, 08:20 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by YourNightmare View Post
It just came up, as in you mean to say it's recent? Time is of no factor for it to be "established".

If you mean it just randomly popped up out of the blue, then sorry to say but you can give the same argument for Christianity. A long, long time ago, someone or a group of someones created the idea of it, hence, it just came up also.
The usual take on this is that once the "cult-leader" has become a quasi-mythical figure the cult becomes a religion.