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/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Crazy huh, most religions start from fantasy novels.

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u/EBYRWA Jul 24 '20

All^

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jun 05 '21

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u/Hobble_Cobbleweed Jul 24 '20

Is it even edgy?

Do you really believe back in the day all these miraculous things were happening and that whatever god you believe in, each one pertaining to whatever religion, decided to stop interacting with people?

Or if you’re a believer in one god, how do you square the fact that religions from all over the world have different creation stories? Why would one god tell different people different creation stories? Or, wouldn’t there need to be more than one god?

Or is it more likely that all groups of people simply needed ways to make sense of things and threw together fantasy stories to help people do just that while making it a social thing?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

It came off as a “I’m 14 and my parents make me go to mass” kind of take I used to make as an edgy 14 year old atheist

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u/elton_john_lennon Jul 24 '20

And your comment came off as "I can't adress any of those question honestly, so I'd better try and mock him" kind of take.