The show has been great but I couldn't help but laugh when in the final episode of Season One Leah visits St Patrick's to light a candle and as she's sitting in a pew her VO says she can't stand by and let the CoS continue to take people's money in meantime in background you can see people feeding dollars into a machine inside St Patrick's.....
shareHer Italian side took over.
shareYou're right. There is irony there. St. Patrick's is one hell of an edifice. And it is only one of many around the world. It symbolizes a church that has billions and billions in assets--all of which came from parishioners.
shareI thought the same thing. I also found it almost hypocritical - and even disrespectful - that she lit a candle and sat in the pew as if she was praying (and then her VO had her cussing). She is not Catholic, so why try to act like one at that moment. That is worse than C&E Catholics.
shareShe is not Catholic, so why try to act like one at that moment. That is worse than C&E Catholics.
She is not Catholic, so why try to act like one at that moment.
her VO says she can't stand by and let the CoS continue to take people's money in meantime in background you can see people feeding dollars into a machine inside St Patrick's.....
The love of money is the root of all evil.
I'd have respect for Mr. Osteen if he lived in a regular home and had given millions to help the homeless, or to build homes for the needy, or any other area where a function has been dumped on the government with a resulting high cost to provide the service.
Donating is voluntary.
To me a decent religion should be accepting of all people regardless of their faith. Scientologist doesn't seem to very accepting at al.
I agree. They are especially bad when someone questions their beliefs.
I've never liked people who claim to be religious/have faith who become belligerent when asked a legitimate question about their faith. It seems like if you can't handle an honest question then you have issues with your faith.
At the same time, I don't like pricks who get off on being pricks to people who have faith.
I've been obsessing over those vending machines ever since I saw them. Obviously they don't sell Pepsi, but what do they sell?
shareEh, I'm not mad about it, I couldn't imagine going from believing that you have all of the answers to life to realizing that you have none of them. Personally I'd rather face that unknown, but I've never been a Scientologist so I can't imagine a life of that kind of certainty.
Also I think there's a comfort to the ritual of it, sort of like meditation. If it makes her feel better who am I to judge? She's not constantly touting how amazing it is and trying to push it on others.
For one thing one is a religion, the other is a cult. The Catholic Church, despite its faults, actually has many charities and gives to many charities. Churches are not funded by Government, so they depend on parishioners for alms for upkeep of churches, for charities and helping the less fortunate.
Scientology just takes money to build bigger and more facilities and to keep the celebs happy. Everyone knows Scientology is a cult and Hubbard started it just to make money with no societal benefit beyond that unless it is for Scientologists only.
((Damn the remakes, Save the originals.))
Churches are not funded by Government, so they depend on parishioners for alms for upkeep of churches, for charities and helping the less fortunate.
they can't deny someone if they aren't Catholic, otherwise they probably would.