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Stephen Severino is a poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the originator of Antisystematicism, the belief that man is bigger than the systems he creates, even systems of thought. His writing invokes discomfort in readers, forcing them to examine the filters they use to make sense of the world in hopes that such filters will be discarded in favor of a more intuitive sense.

Stephen resides in New Jersey, teaching literature and writing to urban youth.

Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Scientology: Religion or cult?

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The word cult frequently comes up in relation to Scientology. And it seems quite a bit of effort has been made to convince people that Scientology is a cult, not a religion. So what's the big deal? If you look up the word cult on dictionary.com, you will see that the first definition listed is "a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies." This is not such a horrible thing to say about Scientology, except that it does not apply. There is no worship or deification in Scientology. There are no mystic rites or strange practices. By the above defin...

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