[extropy-chat] Engineered Religion (was Atheism in decline)

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lorrey

> > I don't have any first-hand knowledge of it, but wouldn't Scientology
> > fall into this category? How has it strayed from L. Mother Hubbard's
> > original vision?
> 
> Yes, and the seventh day adventists also fall into this category, as
> they have an organization specifically in charge of editing their
> version of the bible to reflect changes in organization orthodoxy. They
> are clearly engaged in long term social engineering.

Mike refers to the controversial Clear Word bible, which
is a paraphrase written to be easier to prove peculiar
SDA doctrines.  There was much debate on the propriety
of rewriting scripture back in the 1990s.  I don't see
why the not rewrite the bible to fit one's views: Joe
Smith did it, he wrote his own.  L Mother did it starting
from scratch.

In the end, the Clear Word bible was never accepted.  I
have never seen one actually in use.

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