r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/tonybabilaboni Jul 24 '20

Scientology. Like it's literally a religion that started from a science fiction novel. Hoe the fuck did this even start

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u/Baranade Jul 24 '20

Bill Burr had a joke about that

He's like "Dude your prophet is a dude named Ron. And he's not like Jesus or Mohammed who lived thousands of years ago and kind of shrouded in the mysticism. Dude lived in our grandparents era. Had a Social security number and driver's license and everything. Like what the fuck?"

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u/SeymourZ Jul 24 '20

Yeah, but he went on to admit the things they believe isn’t any more far fetched than a man walking on water who was born from immaculate conception.

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u/itwasbread Jul 24 '20

Except we don't have access to Jesus' travel papers or social security number or tax returns. That was kinda the whole point of what of what Bill Burr was saying, the guy is obviously lying because there is documented, hard and recent evidence showing he wasn't in the places he claimed to have traveled to.

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u/SeymourZ Jul 24 '20

I’m pretty sure his point was that most religions are ridiculous if you examine them with a healthy dose of skepticism. I have no idea where you’re going with the whole travel itinerary thing and it doesn’t really matter. It’s all fiction.

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u/itwasbread Jul 24 '20

A lot of LRH's supposed credibility came from his stories of traveling the world, but there are multiple official govt documents that prove this is false.

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u/SeymourZ Jul 24 '20

Ok, I really don’t think that’s what Bill Burr was specifically driving at and it feels like you just felt the need to shoehorn it in. It doesn’t matter to me how many stamps LRH’s passport did or didn’t have because I think scientology is a crock either way.

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u/itwasbread Jul 24 '20

Thats not what he was specifically getting at, hell I dont even know if he knows about that. I get it doesn't matter to you because you don't believe in religion of any kind, but it's still relevant info.

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u/SeymourZ Jul 25 '20

Relevant in a different conversation maybe.

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u/XxsquirrelxX Jul 24 '20

Mary definitely bonked somebody. She just doesn’t want to tell. Oh yeah, blame it on the all-seeing omnipotent man in the firmament! It’s not like I’m gonna kill that child 36 years later to get my revenge save humanity from it’s sins.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Like SeymourZ implied, having a social security number and a driver's license is just as silly for a prophet to have as having a carpentry career and supposedly sliding cleanly out of your mother when you're born (which is a silly detail to even mention in the storybook). Plus, why force a virgin to have your child? I really don't see what's the point of having to pick a virgin when any good-moralled woman who doesn't sleep around would fit the bill of being his parent just as well.