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'Lost African tribe' set up home in Scots woodlands as locals left baffled (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

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Looks like a cult, tbh.

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, if they're lying to perpetuate fraud.

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Isn't that every religion?

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.

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