They defined Scientology as a pyramid scheme (rightly) because of its “pay for revelation” business model.
Probably not the most meaningful example as Scientology had to be pretty egregious to get disqualified.
Probably not the most meaningful example as Scientology had to be pretty egregious to get disqualified.
but "pay for indulgences" is fine?
Apparently members have stronger restrictions than those applied to persons who express extreme right views:
"Scientologists in Germany face specific political and economic restrictions. They are barred from membership in some major political parties, and businesses and other employers use so-called "sect filters" to expose a prospective business partner's or employee's association with the organization."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_in_Germany
I am just trying to check who are the committees who define what is an acceptable religion, how and under what legal framework.
(No major party allows membership in another party, except european sister parties in other countries, but it's possible, and some smaller parties allow it)
"In 2019, the Munich Labor court sided with the director of personnel of Haus der Kunst, a well-known artistic museum. He had been removed from his position after working for 22 years because it was discovered that he was a Scientologist. The case was settled and the director of personnel was paid 110,000 euro as severance and received a full pension. Many Germany courts also ruled the legitimacy of Scientology as a religion. In 2019, Ahmed Shaheed and Fernand de Varennes who were UN Special Rapporteurs on freedom of religion and on minority issues wrote to Germany that, "discriminating against those who profess a certain belief is illegal under international human rights law, irrespective of whether the belief is religious or merely philosophical or cultural."