It does get a lot of its morals from 1950s America, which in turn gets a lot of its morals from puritanical Christianity. The mythology of Scientology is a mix of pulp science fiction and an orientalist version of Buddhism though. Practically speaking, it's a vehicle for funneling money and slave labour to its upper echelons. Rhetorically, they bill themselves as a sort of self-help thing to begin with, and a lot of the initial ritual is "self-help".
It does get a lot of its morals from 1950s America, which in turn gets a lot of its morals from puritanical Christianity. The mythology of Scientology is a mix of pulp science fiction and an orientalist version of Buddhism though. Practically speaking, it's a vehicle for funneling money and slave labour to its upper echelons. Rhetorically, they bill themselves as a sort of self-help thing to begin with, and a lot of the initial ritual is "self-help".
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwZ2x35GrBCQBqFKAbDKjTunIH1aw7NEO
Will watch later. Video games with friends now
So functionally capitalist with spiritual aesthetics? I thought you said it wasn't Christianity based?? huehuehe
Hmm? I claimed it was.
Was paging @snackage
Nice joke man. Made me chuckle