What Are ‘Scientology Runs’ and Why Is Gen Z So Obsessed With Them?
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They all are though tbf
Well yes, especially given that the Catholic church is basically (for a given value of 'basically') a continuation of the Roman empire, a financial instrument clothed in religion. Same as Scientology.
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It's pretty well documented that L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology to serve as a financial tool. Hence the financial controversies and the IRS battles from the 70s-90s
I agree, but that doesn’t prevent a social club from being a religion, does it?
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It's absolutely a cult. Ex enforcer Mike Rinder himself called Scientology an intelligence gathering organisation.
Religion, cult, intelligence gathering… none mutually exclusive.
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Pretty sure they don’t do missions. They’re all about recruiting people for money, not righteousness.
Jehovah’s Witness are another that’s big on missions and door-to-door converting. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking of?
Jehova's Witness: "Hello, we'd like to talk to you about Jesus".
Bernard Black: "Oh, I'd love to talk about Jesus! What's he been up to lately?"
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In case you’re still lost as to what the heck is going on, a Scientology Run is when people film themselves charging into a Church of Scientology building to see how far they can get before being caught and booted out. It’s a notoriously secretive religion, so it turns the whole place into an action-movie set piece where the protagonist is trying to infiltrate a compound while fending off its legion of foot soldiers, clad in terrifying white button-ups with black vests.
I guess I'm fine with these stupid tiktok prank videos as long as everyone involved is an asshole!
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Jehova's Witness: "Hello, we'd like to talk to you about Jesus".
Bernard Black: "Oh, I'd love to talk about Jesus! What's he been up to lately?"
I still often say "Jesus" the way that actor delivered that line
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I agree, but that doesn’t prevent a social club from being a religion, does it?
There's a clear difference between an organisation intentionally created as a cult in living memory and one which, as far as we all know, arose organically from the sincere beliefs of people.
It doesn't make the beliefs of one more true or something, it's just a useful categorisation.
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I still often say "Jesus" the way that actor delivered that line
Jaee-zus
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I dunno. These are cracking me up for some reason and even though this article is a bit shallow, I think a decent point was made at the end: power charging religious buildings is kinda bad taste I think - even if Scientology is full of complete asshole weirdos.
On the other hand, all religions are complete weirdos and not a single one of them deserves special status or protections.
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In case you’re still lost as to what the heck is going on, a Scientology Run is when people film themselves charging into a Church of Scientology building to see how far they can get before being caught and booted out. It’s a notoriously secretive religion, so it turns the whole place into an action-movie set piece where the protagonist is trying to infiltrate a compound while fending off its legion of foot soldiers, clad in terrifying white button-ups with black vests.
Of all the brainrot fads I've seen come and go over the past few decades, I think this is the one I like the most. Anything that pisses off the CoS gets my seal of approval.
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It's absolutely a cult. Ex enforcer Mike Rinder himself called Scientology an intelligence gathering organisation.
Give it a few more generations, and it’ll look like Mormonism (originally an obviously scammy personality cult with a problematic founder, but now a respectable pillar of conservative society). Another century or two and it’ll be like Lutheranism or Episcopalianism: so much part of the background that people don’t even notice the weird stuff in its doctrines.
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In case you’re still lost as to what the heck is going on, a Scientology Run is when people film themselves charging into a Church of Scientology building to see how far they can get before being caught and booted out. It’s a notoriously secretive religion, so it turns the whole place into an action-movie set piece where the protagonist is trying to infiltrate a compound while fending off its legion of foot soldiers, clad in terrifying white button-ups with black vests.
full of energy and stupidity. no special reason.
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I dunno. These are cracking me up for some reason and even though this article is a bit shallow, I think a decent point was made at the end: power charging religious buildings is kinda bad taste I think - even if Scientology is full of complete asshole weirdos.
calling exploitative cult a religion is quite bad taste imo
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It's absolutely a cult. Ex enforcer Mike Rinder himself called Scientology an intelligence gathering organisation.
All religions are cults.
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I dunno. These are cracking me up for some reason and even though this article is a bit shallow, I think a decent point was made at the end: power charging religious buildings is kinda bad taste I think - even if Scientology is full of complete asshole weirdos.
charging religious buildings is kind do bad taste
Fuck em they're an organization built on kidnapping and abuse.
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They all are though tbf
There's different types of names for a group depending on certain variables. Not all cults are religions.
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calling exploitative cult a religion is quite bad taste imo
Which religion isn't though?
They're all exploitive and cult-like in my opinion.
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calling exploitative cult a religion is quite bad taste imo
There's a difference, aside from size and social recognition?
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There's a difference, aside from size and social recognition?
Control. Generally speaking a religion and a cult are differentiated by how much they demand or control in members lives. Scientology, Mormons, and even a lot of Southern Baptists are generally cults or really cult like. For comparison Anglicans, Quakers, and progressive Neo-Pagans are on average not cults even if they are insane and playing with the dynamics at times.
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In case you’re still lost as to what the heck is going on, a Scientology Run is when people film themselves charging into a Church of Scientology building to see how far they can get before being caught and booted out. It’s a notoriously secretive religion, so it turns the whole place into an action-movie set piece where the protagonist is trying to infiltrate a compound while fending off its legion of foot soldiers, clad in terrifying white button-ups with black vests.
it’s trespassing with the added benefit of a dice roll on the building security’s understanding of castle doctrine.
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