People need to stop hating Scientology.

I think I understand: Scientology is no different than any other fairy tale religion, so why does it get so much more criticism than any of those other religions? I would like a real life example of what you mean by "horrid treatment. " Are you referring to mockery, or something more serious? I haven't heard of stonings or burnings of Scientologists, but I do know that much more than mere mockery has been committed against members of the other religions you mentioned. . http://www.biblebelievers.com... . http://www.ushmm.org... 10 Policies towards Muslims All the religions you cited claim to be founded upon ancient, spiritual truths that were written down in ancient times, and are claimed to be consistent throughout history. The claims of the religion are supported by the antiquity of the documents they are drawn from. This antiquity makes them more believable as first-hand accounts of an original, underlying truth. Such as: God created everything for his own purposes, and therefore is sovereign, worthy of praise, and he determines morality, etc. If a religion is connected to the ultimate truth it is ultimately true, and therefore the True Religion. If it seems that the religion is not connected to the ultimate truth, and is a later fabrication, it is in conflict to the real truth, and therefore, a lie. People who believe lies do things out of line with reality. If you think you can charge everything to your credit card and never pay more than the minimum monthly payment, you are believing a mathematical lie, and you will be financially hurt. If you proselytize your mathematical fallacy, you are hurting anyone you convince, and should be stopped. Many religious people believe the same thing about spiritual matters. Now, to tie it all together: The ancient texts that underlie Judaism are Genesis to Malachi: the Tanakh. Genesis starts with the pre-universe existence of God, who then creates the universe, all life, and everything else spirit and material. The history is passed down through generations, through the Flood of Noah, and from his son, Jephthah on down to Abraham (who WAS most likely literate considering his wealthy cosmopolitan origins in ancient Mesopotamia), and on down through his descendant Moses, who did the final composition. An account of original truth must be one that can be connected to the original event. The truths presented are supported by a lineage of prophets who consistently presented more truth that didn't contradict the earlier underlying truths. (That was one of the Litmus tests of a prophet. Deuteronomy 13:2) Christianity shares all those texts and beliefs about the beginning, and the main difference, as you noted, is that it claims the fulfillment of certain critical prophesies. Islam claims connection with the truths in both prior religions, connecting itself with original truth: Sura 5:68 (Al-Maida) - "Say: 'People of the Book, you stand for nothing until you observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord. " However, Mohammed claimed other truths that are contrary to truths claimed in "the Book," and made his claims 500 years after Christianity established it's books. (Matthew-Revelation) When someone claims to be historically accurate, but he contradicts claims made in texts he claims support him, (Christ is merely a human prophet, and Ishmael was actually the chosen son), that causes people who are familiar with the earlier history to perceive this Johnny-come-lately prophet as a fraud. He is seen as a liar, and therefore harmful to people who he convinces, since now their actions will be contrary to reality. Scientology has a similar, but much more severe lack of credibility over even Islam to those who believe the former religions, since L. Ron Hubbard prophesied previously unheard of things in the mid-1900's, with no connection to a previous written claim to truth. Hubbard also claims to know of events through spiritual means that happened Even if one views those more ancient religions with the highest skepticism, at the very least, they go back farther toward a connection with original truth than Scientology. All three of the religions you compared it to have a literary claim on history going back more than a millennium, while Scientology's first prophet only started writing a few decades ago. Hubbard also claims to know of events through a different life that supposedly happened millions of years ago. In contrast, Christianity and Judaism's prophets claim to know things through events that happened during their actual known lives. . http://web.archive.org... (see “space opera”) Scientology leads people away from God and to eternal death according to those religions. Most people, religious or not, hold that misleading a person to their death is a heinous and hateable offense. My opponent's premise is that a particular religion does not deserve to be singled out and picked on, and queries why they would. Yet at the end, he singles out a particular religion for extra persecution: “I do not mean to offend anyone. Except for the Christians. They deserve it. ” By his own unbacked assertion, he invalidates his confidence in his own resolution.