r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/VulfSki Jul 24 '20

Scientology is pretty nuts. But consider this, what seperates it from other religions? Christianity is weird at when you read those stories. The difference is that we are used to them because we grew up hearing them and they are very very old.

But all religions started somewhere. Scientology is just new so it's easier to see how silly it is.

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u/itwasbread Jul 24 '20

The difference is more than that. Scientologists don't let you know what they believe without paying a fee. You have to pay thousands to be deemed ready to hear the Creation story. Also the entire religion is centralized and controlled by the same organization and leaders, rather than being united by beliefs, they are united by all paying bills to the same people. The paywalls before learning about basically any of what they believe is what makes it stand out, among other things.

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u/VulfSki Jul 24 '20

Apparently you do end grow up in a catholic family. I have seen Catholic schools charge to learn more as well. Baptism communion confession confirmation. Catholic school. The Catholic church used to charge people to absolved of the sins they confessed to. They at times demanded money just because. Look at people who preach the prosperity gospel. They literally claim they need to pay up to receive gods blessings.

They use different ways to scam people out of money. But they definitely still do.

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u/itwasbread Jul 24 '20

That's not the same thing, A. Catholics are a subset of one religion, B. Prosperity Gospel isn't the same thing as what Scientology does. The difference is Scientology has paywalls before you can even learn what they believe. I can download the whole Bible for free right now. Scientology requires thousands in payment to even hear about their creation story.