The Fraud of Religion

A French court has convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud. Unlike the US, France has always refused to recognize Scientology as a religion, arguing that it is a purely commercial operation designed to make as much money as it can at the expense of often vulnerable victims.

Giving money to religion is antithetical to God and bad for creation. Rashi, the famous Torah commentary from 1000 years ago comments that loving God with all your might means using your money to support the poor, the widowed and the orphans–there was no religion to give to in those times.

Money is considered in the Torah to be the accumulated wealth of a person’s endeavors made from the totality of their abilities–therefore giving money to help the poor is a complete giving, called The Mitzvah/Commandment. Religion has exploited that commandment for their business.

The Talmud–Book of Law says the greatest charity is to make the poor self-sufficient; religion is the opposite, making people reliant on the religion like a required crutch. All religion are purely commercial operations designed to make as much money as they can at the expense of often vulnerable victims.

The Torah exclaims that the teachings will make you free; the Midrash-Book of Metaphor adds don’t read Cheresh/Free buy Choresh/Engraved–these words and concepts were meant to be engraved within the human to make right our actions–none of these words mean religion.