Court upholds Scientology fraud ruling in France
A French appeals court has upheld fraud charges and a €600,000 fine against the Church of Scientology for cajoling followers into paying large sums for bogus personality tests and cures.
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The only wrong thing reported in the article is the French parliamentary committee calling it “a dangerous cult, not a religion”, given the clear fact that nearly all organised religions are dangerous. The followers of Jesus were called “the cult of the Galilean” by the priests of Judaea.
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