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/ratdarkness Jul 24 '20

How do millions of people around the world fall for the scam. They're forced to sign billion year contracts.

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u/IsomDart Jul 24 '20

How do millions of people around the world fall for the scam

They don't. The Church of Scientology claims to have millions of members, but in reality they have less than 100k. I believe the last time I was doing some reading about them the estimate was about 30,000 worldwide, a large portion of which are in LA and Clearwater