It's more of a play on televangelists (much like Slayer's "Jesus Saves"). While it's true this song came out around the same time Scientology was taking off, it was also shortly after Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were found to be total fakes (hence near the end of the song). My parents even thought it was funny when they heard me listening to it (they're almost 60 now).
It's more of a play on televangelists (much like Slayer's "Jesus Saves"). While it's true this song came out around the same time Scientology was taking off, it was also shortly after Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were found to be total fakes (hence near the end of the song). My parents even thought it was funny when they heard me listening to it (they're almost 60 now).