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Question: Who is your favorite founding figure?
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Jesus (Christianity)
 
#2
Mohammed (Islam)
 
#3
Moses (Judaism)
 
#4
Joseph Smith (LDS)
 
#5
K'ung-fu-tzu (Confucianism)
 
#6
Laozi (Daoism)
 
#7
L. Ron Hubbard (Scientology)
 
#8
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddhism)
 
#9
Zarathrusta (Zorastrianism)
 
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« on: February 20, 2009, 07:38:15 PM »

Obviously not a comprehensive list.
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 08:14:25 PM »

Obviously Jesus. Scientology is crazy and a threat to mankind.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 08:27:04 PM »

Obviously Jesus Moses. Scientology is crazy and a threat to mankind.
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 08:59:55 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 10:04:23 PM »

Eh, just to be a pain, I think Abraham is the real founder of Judaism but apparently enough people think Moses gets that title.
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 11:47:34 PM »

Hubbard, for showing how absolutely insane religion is. Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2009, 08:30:41 AM »

Other - Bobby Henderson. Grin
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2009, 12:11:38 PM »

Um, Abraham founded Judaism?
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2009, 12:21:49 PM »


Uh...why does that sound ridiculous?
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2009, 01:21:18 PM »

Umm....why does L. Ron Hubbard have more votes than the Buddha?
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2009, 02:30:36 PM »

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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2009, 04:13:26 PM »

Voted for Gautama. Otherwise would have gone for Laozi. None of the others count in my book (especially Ron Hubbard).
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2009, 06:20:03 PM »

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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2009, 11:10:22 PM »

I voted for K'ung fu Tzu (Confucius).  I think the Buddha was incredibly insightful about human egoism and suffering, but his solution of giving up desirous attachments altogether is unrealistic.  Lao Tzu was also a great inspiration (though Chinese textual historians now tend to doubt whether there was a person named Lao Tzu), but he was a little bit too much of an anti-humanist for my taste.  Confucius had the most profound way for accounting for the significance of human relationships and what it means to be human than these other philosophers, so he got my vote.
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2009, 12:51:43 AM »

zarathustra because it is the final boss in one of my favorite video games
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2009, 10:12:23 PM »


I guess if you really wanted to be technical, you would say that Yahweh or El was the founder of Judaism.
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« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2009, 07:48:35 PM »

Battle of the founders... An idea for a new Teken??

Could that guys fight together?? The more they would do is to punish Ron Hubbard and make him shameful for what he has done, and maybe Joseph Smith too...
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« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2009, 02:19:07 AM »

Gautama Buddha seems to have fewer pathologies than the others.

ESPECIALLY L. RON HUBBARD!
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« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2009, 09:14:57 AM »

I just hope the 3 votes for Hubbard are some jokes.
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« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2009, 06:29:08 PM »

I don't know; do $cientologists do anything except with deadly seriousness?

They have a well-known tendency to spam Forums in efforts to praise L. Ron Prophet and get people to take the pseudo-scientific  "personality tests" that tell people that they are in dire need of what $cientology purports to offer.
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« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2009, 09:33:46 AM »

I don't know; do $cientologists do anything except with deadly seriousness?

They have a well-known tendency to spam Forums in efforts to praise L. Ron Prophet and get people to take the pseudo-scientific  "personality tests" that tell people that they are in dire need of what $cientology purports to offer.

Well, if here their efforts to spread is summed up by that 3 votes, it would mean they would be very tired. What would be a good news.
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