Reply #21: Basically if they say it is a religion it is a religion.

[Warren Stupidity]

Just because you don't like this or that religion, and prefer to call it a scam or a cult or whatever derogative phrase you choose to label it with, does not make your despised religion not a religion.

Making money and having as a primary objective making money characterizes many of the major religious organizations operating in this country. In particular the whole fundaloon set of crackpot religious organizations are full of tv-evangelists and megachurch scam artists who rake in the cash working people's fear of enternal damnation. Obviously this is not a disqualifying characteristic for an organization that claims to be a religion.

Illegal activities? Catholic church? Which reminds me, what the heck is the difference between 'confession' and 'auditing' other than 2000 years of one and only 60 years of the other?

I ain't a fan of religion at all but as far as most religious organizations go, Scientology's only major difference is age.

So where exactly is this evidence that the Travolta's did something wrong regarding their son's medical treatment?

I guess we are just supposed to take that part on faith.