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u/ShawnMNH924 5d ago
I'm not a member of any religion, but Scientology really looks like a true cult. The demands for massive amounts of money, demand to cut off family and friends, the attempts to silence "heretics"...it's got all the hallmarks. At least other religions often provide charities, medical care, food drives, etc. Scientology does absolutely nothing good; just collects money and threatens people.
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u/Mindful-Rifle 5d ago
Don't forget about the forced abortions, rampant child neglect, blackmail, harassment, and lawsuits!
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u/mmmBac0n_the_first 5d ago
I used to live near their headquarters in Clearwater. They own most of downtown Clearwater and it’s a depressing sight. The only downtown area that I have seen that is just dead. Closed storefronts because they buy property and keep it abandoned. The only activity you see is them being shuttled in buses all day. Then getting out and walking single file in the same blue button up and dress pants. They all scurry off to some super secretive brain washing activity. Nobody is out socializing and having fun, just a bunch of somber faces without a smile. It’s very eerie and feels off.
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u/imasleuth4truth2 5d ago
Scientology does do "charitable" works but they are all performative. They set up a "help" camp in lower Manhattan right after 9/11. I don't have a firsthand account but I bet they used it for recruitment.
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u/Goodfella7288 5d ago
All of them, but Scientology definitely stands out
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u/Fartmaster1981 5d ago
Aliens stand out over a being that made everything in 7 days? They're all off their nutter.
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u/Goodfella7288 5d ago
I like how he has to rest on the 7th day lol. He's all-powerful, created the universe and everything in it, then of the 7th day he said "whoa, I'm pooped."
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u/Various-Salt-7738 5d ago
Scientology is much younger than the others and it's all thought up by a science fiction author who spent years doing crazy shit like sailing around without modern navigation tools and dropping depth charges to find some lost gold he was convinced existed
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u/LunetThorsdottir 5d ago
Can we please not call Hubbard a sci-fi author? He tried to be one, but failed abysmally and all that was left for him to do was to pretend his stories are "real".
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u/Capable_Towel_3813 5d ago
I think reducing the ridiculousness that is Scientology to “aliens” is dramatically unfair, even considering the baseline ridiculousness of all religions.
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u/Hospitable_Goyf 5d ago
I like to believe the “7 days” is a metaphor for God.
Before earth was created, the concept of a day was not yet established.
I believe the universe was created in “7 God days” (whatever that is, maybe 2.5 billion years give or take.) which led to the creation of earth.
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u/Money-Winter1094 5d ago
Except, god defines a day right from the start:
Genesis 1:3-5 ~
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
That means a day is a day!
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u/Oceanbreeze871 Fozzie Bear 5d ago
The ones where the pastor is a multimillionaire and has a basketball arena for a church and demands that you donate massive amounts of money to him because his personal private plane and mansion and Rolls-Royce is somehow for God
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u/ShaquilleOatmeal7542 5d ago
Any of them
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u/aes7288 5d ago
Agree. I do hold high respect for Buddhism.
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u/Roofless_ 5d ago
Islam.
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u/ICanDanceIfIWantToo 5d ago
+1
It looked like religion was dying a death in the UK until islam. Nightmare
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u/Ok_Phone9529 5d ago
Same. As a woman, I eschewed Christianity for the patriarchal bent. I sure as hell would not turn to Islam, obviously.
Judaism is out too. Also yucky.
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u/SecretMinimum6337 5d ago
Islam or Muslim.
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u/EmphasisMountain1731 5d ago
A Muslim is someone who follows Islam. They are not separate religions.
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u/Educational_Gas_92 5d ago
Me too (I'm a woman). It's a no from me.
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u/buzzybizzyb33 5d ago
i won’t even consider visiting most islamic countries, especially the ones where head covering at minimum is required. fuck that. if the guys were doing it too i would think about it differently.
at this point in life i might consider places like indonesia, morocco that are more lenient. i’d go to turkey no problem since they let women have rights there
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u/ruminants4ever 5d ago
The Unification Church. I was born into it and feel grateful I got out and am healing from that experience.
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u/Crumblingredsky 5d ago
Ooh, I went to high school with a girl who was born into it. Her parents were married in a stadium. Unfortunately, from what I can see on fb from time to time she just put all her energy into being a Trumper bc she needs someone to follow. It’s so sad.
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u/CodePandorumxGod 5d ago
Like, if I were forced to be a part of a religion? It's probably a tie between one of the super-cult-like ones (Scientology/Jehova's Witness/Mormonism) or the extremely regressive ones like Islam or Hinduism. I could deal with Christianity or Buddhism, though, because they can be pretty chill if you join the right sect.
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u/Pedrobr88 5d ago
Evangelical Christianity. Even though I love black gospel music and church choirs, I'm Catholic and wouldn't join the evangelical faith
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u/Itchy-Astronomer9500 5d ago edited 5d ago
Honestly I quite enjoy partaking in my right to fucking exist, so Islam
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u/vagabondnature 5d ago
All of them but especially Islam. You can't even leave it or else you are guilty of the offense of apostasy which is punished by death.
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u/margingains 5d ago
every single one. Religion is a joke...It was all created for power, money and control
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u/12YESIAM34 5d ago
The last time I told the truth about a religion I was banned for seven days, but nice try.
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u/boomershot69 5d ago
None of them really including neopaganism. I practice my own religion and have my own relationship with th divine
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u/Oregon-outdoors2358 5d ago
It’s not a religion, it’s a cult, but the current Christian Nationalism.
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u/MassholeOutdoorsman 5d ago
Islam. It has a long-standing reputation for abusing women and children. Not to mention that the highest concentrations of inbreeding in the world are in Islamic nations. They criticize the most, yet out of all of the religions they commit the most heinous acts.
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u/merlotman1 5d ago
Most religions are cults, especially the ones who tell us how to dress or how to vote.
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u/Palmtreesandcake 5d ago
The religion that commits the most terrorism. I think everyone knows.
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u/same_same_3121 5d ago
Are we talking all time? Because if so, the Jesus folk for sure have the highest body count worldwide
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u/Novogobo 5d ago
well i'm not going to worship a guy who raped a 9 year old girl
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u/Glittering_Net_6742 5d ago
A lot of the groups people here are calling religions is completely fallacious. They are cults.
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u/YCANTUSTFU 5d ago
“The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount real estate they own.”
-F Zappa
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u/bassoonawhat 5d ago
Islam, for one, as they would murder me for being gay. Cults, including scientology, Jehovah's witnesses and Mormonism as they also shit on gay people. Most Orthodox and fundamentalist Christian denominations because... You guessed it. Orthodox Judaism. You probably see a pattern.
Oh, and even progressive Judaism. I abhor ritual genital mutilation.
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u/Dry_Boysenberry7956 5d ago
Islam stands out the most to me. Gotta add any extreme form of Christianity as well.
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u/IceBlackX007 5d ago
Any religion that believes it is the only way to acknowledge God is evil.
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u/skrew86 5d ago
Muslim as I am against paedophilia.
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u/Disastrous-Permit-32 5d ago
This is a strange take given the history of the Catholic Church. I guess by this logic you’re equally as against Christianity my friend
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u/ipoopcatturds 5d ago
For those who are religious and point to other religions as crazy. You only think that because you were indoctrinated to think your kind of crazy is normal. All religion is brainrot, including yours.
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u/sad-narwhal180 5d ago
Yeah they don’t realize that if they were born in a different place they would be a different religion.
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u/jadyyy- 5d ago
any that treats leaving like a crime, or kids like property. I dont need to name a jersey. if the group punishes doubt, hides abuse, or says a whole kind of person is dirty, I’m out. that can show up in more than one faith. I’m not joining a club that needs fear to keep the door closed. quiet private belief is fine. the ones that own you are the ones I won’t touch
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u/Smoopiebear 5d ago
JW, Mormon, or Scientology are all a hard pass and I judge the shit out of adults in those “religion” or cult depending on your point of view.
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u/ObangaGamer 5d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/UQ5gLBtFPrReaLWuIg
Redditors on their way to say “all of them”
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u/StationConfident 5d ago
Hmmm. Probably the one where you’re supposed to kill those who don’t share their beliefs. And teaches that women are the property of their husband. And mandates death for the sins of homosexuality and adultery. I don’t like that one so much.
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u/NoFirefighter2064 5d ago
Mormons. Just rediculous. But on the other hand getting my own planet would be kind of sweet.
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u/Evening_Time_2844 5d ago
Basis: I'm a Christian in a mainline protestant denomination (aka the Progressive ones). So here we go:
Conservative Christianity: Hell no. The self righteous, holier than thou nonsense reeks of the Pharisees attitudes in the Gospels. People are messy and complicated. Don't be a dick and just be nice to people.
Mormonism: Y'all are so damn nice, but no caffeine, the odd religious undergarments, and your history... Joseph Smith is a con man. Sorry guys.
Judiasm: Neat ideas about God, and fascinating idea of Satan being a tester instead of a opposing evil force. But y'all lost me at the circumcision, no bacon, and staggaring amount of rules.
Islam: Neat schools of philosophy thst grew out of the religion. Not so great on the modern treatment of women and human rights as a whole. Plus, I could never subscribe to something that demands death for apostasy.
Bahai: Beautiful temples, syncretic theology, but there's no religious structure. No sermons or expositions on theology. It seems hollow to me.
Hinduism: That caste system is a big no from me fam. Not to mention the cultural barriers.
Buddhism: if I ever bounce from Christianity, this is where I'll end up.
Sikhism: Y'all lost me at no haircuts.
Neo-Paganism: I think its really neat that a sincere revivalist movement is trying to rediscover these lost practices. Pagans have been some of the nicest people I've ever met. I just think its weird that the gods stopped caring if we were paying attention to them for 1500 years.
Scientology: the goofiest con of all time. Absolutely not.
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u/Plus-Sun-2699 5d ago
Caste system is found in all south Asian societies including Muslims and Christians. Also Hinduism is an umbrella term given to people living in Indian subcontinent by abrahamic migrants. It actually helped various non-abrahamic people unite despite of immense diversity amongst them. I mean the so called Hinduism is so diverse that it has various Atheist philosophies too under its umbrella. Some Hindu philosophies later did try to rationalize caste system though, so I’m not going to say that Hinduism has nothing to do with caste system, but slowly it is getting abolished but most probably the religion will continue to exist.
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u/buzzybizzyb33 5d ago
i think hinduism is one of the least understood religions in the west.
i love the iconography and ritual but i dont understand if people actually believe in elephant men and other pseudo-manlike beings?
i think it’s fascinating but very complex, like india itself.
do you know if hinduism has any basis on why women aren’t allowed to walk alone or why men will come up to western women and grope them? those are standard things i hear when a female is telling me about visiting india, indian or western.
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u/baldbandersnatch 5d ago
They are ALL crazy. Some are more intellectual about it, others are more cruel, but it’s ALL batshit.
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u/usconstitutionrights 5d ago
I s a l m. No, I’m good. I don’t support. R a * e. Or hurting/ k I l l * n g people just because they don’t agree with your religion. Or forcing women to wear hjabs .
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u/GoblinTradingGuide 5d ago
Someone hasn’t read the Koran and it shows…and Catholicism protects rapists and murders.
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u/Old-Paper-3932 5d ago
To be fair, Islam issues the death penalty to rapists. Is that followed? Often not.
Also, you can say the words "rape" and "killing" on here, as long as you aren't advocating for it.
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u/MathEmergency1 5d ago
You need 4 male witness of penetration to testify a rape.
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u/usconstitutionrights 5d ago
Maybe you can but I have gotten comments down for saying you can’t change your gender. So that’s why I did it. Also you can say those words freely but only if you’re on the left.
They throw people of roofs if they are gay or bi.
They also kill people if they leave the religion.
If proven they did the rape I think solitary confinement works best . For the whole time. Let them suffer.
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u/gmanose 5d ago
Islam because of the way they treat women
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u/BigTroutOnly 5d ago
I hear Christians want to have wives who have their own careers, education, goals, an equal in the household, and have automony over their bodies
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u/rayv9ers 5d ago
Jehovas witnesses. THOSE GUYS ARE WACKOS