It attempts to be that, yeah

A lot of celebrities are scientologist

It's got a significant presence in Hollywood

Most notably, the actor Tom Cruise is a scientologist

Kek
You know I would not be surprised if people start following it just because their favorite celebrities do

Whenever someone speaks ill of the church in the media, the church likes to sue

The especially like to try suing former members who speak out against the church

The Church's income was one of the reasons Marx shamed it so much

Well the church I'm referring to wasn't around when Marx was

I'm still referring to the church of scientology

But yeah

Marx had a point

Ohhh
I thought you were referring to the Christian church

The whole income thing is partly why the protestant reformation occurred

Nah, the Christians don't sue when you speak ill of Christianity

Yeah but their income comes from charity, doesn't it?

Which income

Scientology or Christianity

Christianity

I have no idea how scientology makes money

In Marx's time, the churches expected adherents to donate 10% of their income

I think

10%

Don't quote me on that

Basically they say the Bible says you should give a certian amount to the church

It's called a tithe

Unspecified amount?

I don't know

I don't know enough

I know the Mormon church says 10%, but only voluntarily

And the Mormon church does actually use a lot of that money for charity

10% they're heading towards socialism

Well it can be argued that Christianity promotes socialism

Give according to your means so the church can give charity

I can't comment cause I don't know enough

There's a story

It is only 2.5% for us, according to Muhammad
But I don't believe in a lot of his quotes cause they weren't recorded till 300 years after his death

One of the disciples was with Jesus

And they saw a rich man donate a decent sum of money to the temple

And saw a poor peasant woman donate a tiny amount

(I forget how it goes exactly , but I'm doing my best)