Scientology not in danger in France, apparently
The French branch of the Church of Scientology might not be fighting for survival, after all, Reuters is reporting.
French prosecutors had recommended the government dissolve the church, which has been charged with fraud after former members said they gave it huge sums for spiritual classes and “purification packs.” The church denies fraud.
From Reuters:
Whatever the ruling, under a legislative reform passed just before the start of the trial in May, it is no longer possible to punish a fraudulent organisation with dissolution.The legal snag was discovered by the Inter-ministerial Unit to Monitor and Fight Cults. Georges Fenech, head of the unit, demanded on Monday that the legal power to dissolve an organisation be reinstated.
"Faced with organisations of a sectarian nature, which present a real danger to public order and public health, the law must always have such a measure at its disposal," he said in a statement.
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But Scientology also does plenty of excellent things. No, That's not me the next poster-boy for that bunch. I left the group practically three decades ago. What Scientology does do is assist improve awareness, especially spiritual awareness. To me, that benefit helped me in school, immensely. For an artist friend, it helped him generate paintings in hours for what might have taken weeks. Prior to Scientology, conceptually I had often thought of myself as a spiritual being in a temporary body. With Scientology counseling, that reality became vividly clear. Exterior with full notion. Performing miracles with the magnitude of those performed by Moses. And most interestingly, I discovered I understood Christianity far a lot more entirely than I ever had.
Posted by: Devin85Weiss | April 7, 2010 1:12 PM