People will find their own origin stories true, and will find their own facts to prove them and disprove others. It's just part of faith, regardless if you find yourself religious or not you know? But I think people find Scientology more of a cult due to its high profile followers (celebrities and whatnot), its reliance on monetary factors and unnatural origin story. But all religions, and even atheism rely on these things, so I don't understand the problem about Scientology. Every religion has its starting point; Scientology was far more recent than others, and appeared in a shaky time for religion in general. I understand people's wariness towards it, but I think they need to also look at how other religions and beliefs are organized before judging it, I guess.