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Hundreds of youths descend on Vancouver's Scientology building as part of speedrunning trend (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by beep@piefed.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted, via Offbeat News.

How the viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend got started and why young people keep doing it.

1 teen arrested during ‘Scientology speedrunning’ event that got its beginnings on social media

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl -2 points 2 weeks ago

Cults blackmail, torture, and murder.

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

But religions extort, torment, and kill.

See it's completely different.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl -3 points 2 weeks ago

Some cults call themselves religion. There are definitely many religions that have never extored nor tormented nor killed.

[-] Yggnar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Such as?

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Name one

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't make the claim but would Jainism meet your criteria?

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Every religion on on day 0 was just a new cult that someone started

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was gonna say that most religions do as well, but honestly the overlap is almost concentric circles

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you make the circles the size of their members, yes.

But if you make the circles all the same diameter, then no.

Usually the big ones have a history of some abuse.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Concentric, so the former. Likewise there are non religious cults

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