tax churches. they’d all die off
All religions are cult, the verbage just depends on the number of members.
Not how BITE typology works
Yeah look at the shit Scientology is actively pulling
These speedruns are my fave social media trend. It’s so ridiculous and the energy is great
I’m happy to see the kids carrying on the ancient traditions, I look forward to your Occupy Wall Street.
It’s punching up.
Rude? To a religion that physically and/or emotionally traps people? Traps them in those specific labyrinthine buildings shown in the speedruns? In out of the way rooms occasionally shown in these speedruns? No, not rude.
My only worry is that Scientology will pull itself out of its own ass and twist the narrative to use this as advertising. Or that some kid will do this alone and never return.
It’s doubtful any kind of increased attention on Scientology will benefit the cult. Too much is already known about them for anyone to take them seriously. In the past, they relied on the public’s lack of knowledge of their inner workings to recruit new members. Today, a quick google will bring up Xenu, Sea Org, harassment campaigns, slavery, the Miscaviges, and South Park. Scientology hasn’t faired well in the Information Age.
You’d think conservative values would lapse in the same way, but they have only been invigorated in the minds of current day youth. Sense and reason can be completely overtaken by emotion. Particularly against an “aggrieved” party like these slimy fucks.
sure, it won’t help them recruit, but it will help them hold their existing members. when they have evidence of the “persecution” they face it makes it easier for them to discredit the negative info online.
i know for certain that this is at least the Mormon playbook.
It took Jews 3000 years to commit a genocide. Laughing at them is only step 1. They only become a respectable religion once they commit their own genocide.
What the fuck?
If there’s a question, you’d have to be more specific.
Scientology is a grift, do not feel sad for the grifters.
Finally putting their efforts towards noble causes. I support them.
out-of-control cultists
That’s what I call most religious people.
Lemmy users are so one-dimensional.
Those “out of control” people are using religion because it’s a powerful tool. They are not “cultists”, odds are they don’t even believe in it. Blame the killer, not the knife.
Hey there, you. Yes, you. Fuck you
Hey, fuck you too buddy. Your religion is evil and so are its devout rubes.
I’m neither religious nor spiritual myself and I’m not trying to defend any religion.
My point is that treating religious people as an outgroup is deeply problematic as you’re denying one of the basic behavioral patterns in humanity and in yourself.
Cultists generally get mad when called a culstist, especially when you point out that the only difference between a cult and a religion is size and age.
The cult of Christianity has poisoned the world with its mythos, and is worse off for it.
- signed, a reformed cultist
Oh, you’re a reformed cultist? That’d give in some REALLY interesting stories. Try opening an AMA or telling about it on PeerTube, maybe?
I thought I would grow out of that edgy take but what can I say, it stuck.
Scientologists are shit, and they DO destroy lives, but at least they didn’t hijack the US government to age-gate the internet and funnel tax dollars directly into unconditional support for Israel.
So yes, at least in the case of Christians, “most religious people are out of control cultists” or at least “most religious people belong to organizations that directly feed out of control cultists” is accurate enough to be fair.
Scientology actually did infiltrate and hijack parts of the US government in Operation Snow White.
You are the problem of the US. Not the maga, not scientologists, not even evangelical christians. These groups are just trying to seize power through people like you. People who are on the edge to hate.
Genuinely fuck you too.
You are the problem of the US. Not the maga, not scientologists, not even evangelical christians. These groups are just trying to seize power through people like you. People who are on the edge to hate.
LOL, someone must feel seen if they think calling out religious people is worse than the goddamned fascists killing people.
Maybe try directing your impotent rage at the people actively fucking up the country?
if they think calling out religious people is worse than the goddamned fascists killing people.
Tomato, tomato.
And a very happy May the 4th to you too, buddy.
You’re not gonna start burning books about them, are you?
There will always be “people on the edge” for evangelical Christians to hate, no matter how much we coddle them.
MAGA, Zionists, Islamists, Scientologists. It’s impossible to tell who you are referring to.
Someone needs to inform these kids about the Clam Engram, and how to restimulate it with a simple hand gesture.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing this.
Unfortunately, all this speedrun publicity appears to be accelerating membership for scientology
Cults don’t necessarily work like we expect them to
2026 is all about cat grooming videos.
Next do the Granite Mountain Records Vault!
out-of-control kids
