Scientology is the WMMA of the religious world.
the catholic church is an international powerhouse. scientology is the WEC of religions.
Scientology is the Michael Jordan of Brazilian jiu jitsu.
According to BBC, there are 1.2 Roman Catholics in the world.
According to an ARIS (american religious identification survey) there are 25,000 Scientologists in the U.S.
Catholicism using the term "Catholic Church" originated in the early 100s CE/AD.
Scientology originated in 1953.
I can't believe I'm responding to this ridiculous thread.
Islam was literally founded by a pedophile who married a 6 year old girl and performed sexual acts with her short of intercourse for 3 years until she was 9, which was when he had full sexual intercourse with her. She was also tasked with cleaning the cum stains out of his clothes. The world's 2nd biggest religion after Christianity, even bigger than Catholicism by itself.The catholic church is still going strong despite all the molestation scandals. What other institution could do that? Scientology is small potatoes comparatively.
Are you kidding? Of the two, which actually has its own city in its own sovereign nation.