Echos of Jewish Persecution in Germany

[Steve]

---  "Miles" <miles at ...> wrote:
>
> Steve wrote:
> > .. the German government ... seem hell-bend on ridding 
> > Germany of the Church of Scientology, saying that it is
> > a threat to the Constitution of Germany and it is 
> > attempting to "...abolishing the free democratic basic 
> > order".
> >
> > Seems a little extreme when you consider that Scientology
> > only has about 6,000 members in a country of 82.4 million.
> >
> > ...
> 
> Miles:
> Well, first: Scientology *is* an anti-democratic ideology. ..
> 

bboyminn:

So...the Catholic Church is a democracy is it? And the Catholic
Church is not equally bend on controlling the live of not only
its member, but of everyone in the world...if they had their
way that is.

So, in what way is Scientology any more or less a theocracy 
than any other religion?

> Miles continues:
>
> So, to compare the issue with the Jewish Persecution is not
> only extremely distasteful, it's historically the wrong side
> of the story. ...

bboyminn:

Sorry if that offends you, it wasn't intended. That was a
very limited analogy and was also eluded to in the news story
which you may have noticed was from TIME magazine.

The only parallel drawn is that in the past Germany seemed
to single out one religion as the 'enemy', and now they 
have singled out another religion as the 'enemy'. I don't
claim, and neither does TIME, that the analogy carries 
through down to the last detail. 

So, my question to you is, how is Scientology any more or
less democratic than any other religion, and how would
democracy be destroyed any more by the total take over of
the Catholics (or any other religion) than by the take over
of Scientology? 

The key doesn't seem to be to deny them, but to insure they
never gain enough political power to take over. Religion 
combined with politics is always a volatile combination,
and uniformly has resulted in disaster. Best to allow them
not to mix.

I'm not being sarcastic, that's a serious question.

Steve/bboyminn