Episode Synopsis: James Spader's character Alan Shore is defending the owner of a law firm who fired one of its attorney's for being a out-spoken Scientology fanatic.
Watch this snippet from the 2006 episode "Whose God Is It Anyway?"
After watching the video, there were a couple of observations that I made. While the lady attorney does make some valid points about freedom of religion, one statement that she makes regarding Muslims is not the whole truth. She lists several religions that do "wacky things" such as Christian Scientists don't go to the doctor; Jehovah's Witnesses won't buy Girl Scout cookies; and that "radical Muslims blow themselves up to meet virgins in heaven." This last statement is added so nonchalantly, but she's leaving out one vital part. Muslims do suicide bombings with the intent of killing infidels (i.e. non-Islamic people). If Muslims just had to commit suicide to get to heaven, I doubt there would be a single Muslim left on the planet. I was rather shocked to hear her include that with the implication that we should be tolerant and accepting of people who believe and do that sort of thing. So, in essence, she is saying the the tragedy of 9-11 shouldn't be condemned because the radical Muslims were just doing what their religion told them was ok.
Not only that, but her comment about Christian Scientists not going to doctors has resulted in countless deaths of children and adults who have died needlessly from illnesses that could have been easily treated with a simple antibiotic or saved by a blood-transfusion.
I don't know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching James Spader's character explain Scientology! Even though his presentation was dripping with sarcasm, it didn't need much. The truth about Scientology is so ridiculous; any rational person can clearly see that it was created by a science-fiction-writer-turned-cult-guru with a very overact imagination and big dollar signs in his eyes. I also think that the character's closing remarks are brilliantly penned:
"How about we scale back on the Freedom of Religion dogma exalting it as all get-out?.... Now [your client] is trying to cloak himself in an amendment that is as overplayed as it is misapplied.... The founding fathers of this country set out to prevent persecution, not to license it."
I have to applaud the writers for making that statement!
Hopefully, more people will become aware of what Scientology teaches; so we as believers can be better equipped to help show them the truth and encourage them to leave the science fiction on the shelf.
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