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Scientology is a cult.
submitted 4 years ago by Linuxuser from self.AskSaidIt
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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (20 children)
Don't they have to have a charismatic leader to be a cult? Their leader is an asshole who slaps people around. I think they're a real estate investing fraud scheme.
Anyway, maybe Mormonism.
[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (19 children)
Cult is a weird word for a definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult
But yeah, most Mormon communities are cults to me.
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[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (17 children)
No, why?
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[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (15 children)
Ah well, I did listen to the 6-part podcast series of The Last Podcast On The Left the last couple of weeks about Mormonism and although they have different branches with different beliefs and calling each-other 'worse than heresy' the main points of a cult are still checked. But that's the most deepest dive I've ever done into it.
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[–]Mnemonic 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (13 children)
It certainly beats Scientology and the Mormon story is somehow more believable, no sarcasm.
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[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (11 children)
:D The Moonies, we got those in the news last week: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/father-family-dutch-farmhouse-cult-moonies
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