What Are ‘Scientology Runs’ and Why Is Gen Z So Obsessed With Them?

but also maybe we shouldn’t turn running full speed into a house of religion, no matter how hokey that religion may be, into a trend?

No. The whole thing was started by a bad sci-fi author who felt he could make a lot of money by inventing a fake religion. It's just a scam to rip off gullible people. Hopefully, enough mockery will make prospective joiners think twice before they get taken for all their money.

"You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.'" - L Ron Hubbard

Scientology is not a religion

Reminder: all religions are made up and mental illness adajcent.

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.

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.

Yeah sorry this one is actually a cult and not a religion.

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.

Fuck all religions/cults.

So christianity was more of a cult in medieval times?

What's the difference between a religion and a cult? Its size and follower numbers?

There's different types of names for a group depending on certain variables. Not all cults are religions.

It's absolutely a cult. Ex enforcer Mike Rinder himself called Scientology an intelligence gathering organisation.

I mean, I get that but isn't LDS considered still a cult? It certainly fits a lot of the criteria.

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.

By who? Other Christian’s or religious people? Typical of them to accuse everyone else of being a cult.

Legally, no.

If you ask anyone sane, all religion is a cult.

On the one hand, this is very funny. On the other hand, however, it’s still very funny, but also maybe we shouldn’t turn running full speed into a house of religion, no matter how hokey that religion may be, into a trend? Yes, the whole enterprise is shady at best, and they believe in some weird space alien magic. They also have a history of harassing former members and anyone who dares to pull back the veil on the secretive organization’s scare tactics.

Fuck off with this whitewashing. Scientology isn't "hokey" or "shady". It's outright evil.

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 didn't say that though did I? I said all religions are cults.

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.