User talk:Joeletaylor

Hey, in the final paragraph of the first section says that Scientology is not an exclusive religion, or at least doesn't bill itself as one -- though this is the official position of the church, as mentioned earlier in the paragraph, Scientology is not combatible with other religions, at least not Western religions. Anyway, the statement regarding Scientology's non-exclusivity may be misleading -- in practice, you cannot be a Christian and Scientologist at once -- Scientology holds Jesus is merely a "R6 implant," not the son of God. Further, the belief in the Christian or Islamic afterlife is supplanted by the afterlife story supplied by Scientology; namely, the thetan attaches itself to a new host after the body dies -- it does not ascend to heaven or descend to hell. Perhaps the paragraph should be amended? Or change the language to emphasize that it is merely a "claim" of CoS that Scientology is compatible with other religions?

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