I hate this double-standard about Scientology. It's a crazy religion/cult (which is a meaningless distinction anyway - a religion is just a more accepted, mass cult), but no more or less valid than any other religion. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Scientology. Brainwashing? Check. Indoctrination? Check. Dubious fund-raising? Check.

Scientology seems preferable because it contains cool stuff about aliens, it's far more tolerant on social issues, and ultimately the beliefs seem more sensible (relatively!) than the shit the major religions teach. But when it comes down to it I don't see much difference between a crazed fundamentalist Scientologist and a mild-mannered Christian in terms of their beliefs. They're all fucking morons.

If people are going to protest, they should stop picking on one specific religion. In the case of Scientologists it's just because it's not generally accepted as a world religion. In the case of Islam there's all the tricky connotations of colonialism and racism. Just protest religion itself!