This illustrates, rather neatly, how religious ideas and practices can change over time.

"An interesting New Religious Movement, in France, of the late 18thC was that founded by the person known only as 'Le Frere de Aix' who was a member of a religious order suppressed during the Terror and who had come from a monastery in Aix en Provence.
His movement which was at first quite orthodox, changed after his death (something of a feature of NRMs) and when investigated by Rome,in 1860,had changed sufficiently to cause some concern. Although not condemned,its members were cautioned about some of their beliefs and practices.
By 1900 the movement had spread throughout France.In the 1930s they adopted the name 'Les Freres de la Compagnie de Aix en Provence'(The Brothers of the Company of ---).This name was found to be a bit top-heavy and was shortened to 'Les Freres de Cie.Aix'(Cie. being the abbreviation of Compagnie and 'en Provence' was dropped as superfluous. The recording of this name changing, though tedious, has an important bearing on the outcome.
Trouble was brewing on another front and after lengthy discussions with the Vatican over concerns about Gnostic teachings that some members were propounding, a number of such members, who refused to conform, were expelled. These moved, as a group, to French North Africa in 1938 and little was heard of them till after the war(other non-religious events had been more in the news).
In 1946 they had strayed far from the original teachings and had become somewhat sexually orientated in both teachings and religious practice; this led to another name change and this group became known as the Afro de Cie Aix

I'd like to see superstition consigned to the history books.
There should be a superstition tax & a fine everytime someone mentions religion.
This is 2014 not the dark ages if I'm not mistaken although we do seem to be approaching new dark ages in mentality.

Quite right too Individual !

Is Mise, I wouldn't call that 'movement' a progression at all.
Regression springs to mind first.

It reminded me of Scientology actually.
Although believing that beings from outer space populated the earth is no more crazy than the teachings of other religions I guess.

'I'd like to see superstition consigned to the history books.
There should be a superstition tax & a fine everytime someone mentions religion. '

yep good old stalinist philosophy Individual. No amount of denial by god deniers can hide the obvious. Murder will be murder, adultery adultry, fornication fornication. Frothing at the mouth, covering ones eyes and waving puny fists at God is idiotic at best.

Is Mise,
Why copy the lot from http://svc203.wic019v.server-web.com/ethics_forum/printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=3389? Why not just give the link for those interested? It would have probably saved you the predictable reactions.

runner,
Up to about your usual standard.

You always overlook that the Christian religion brought us the Dark and nearly dark Middle Ages starting with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria and the brutal murder of Hypatia simply because she believed in the power of philosophy (clear thinking).

You also are capable of turning a blind eye to the execution of whole societies that didn't toe the religious crap line of whatever nut cases were leading the various "churches" in each era.

You claim Christianity leads to decent morals. Where were those right to life morals when three young men lost there lives being bled out in an effort to save the life of pope Innocent VIII, reputedly the father of 16 illegitimate children and one of the more evil men of all time.