In case you’re still lost as to what the heck is going on, a Scientology Run is when people film themselves charging into a Church of Scientology building to see how far they can get before being caught and booted out. It’s a notoriously secretive religion, so it turns the whole place into an action-movie set piece where the protagonist is trying to infiltrate a compound while fending off its legion of foot soldiers, clad in terrifying white button-ups with black vests.

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[–] 171 points 6 months ago (11 children)

On the one hand, this is very funny. On the other hand, however, it’s still very funny, but also maybe we shouldn’t turn running full speed into a house of religion, no matter how hokey that religion may be, into a trend? Yes, the whole enterprise is shady at best, and they believe in some weird space alien magic. They also have a history of harassing former members and anyone who dares to pull back the veil on the secretive organization’s scare tactics.

Fuck off with this whitewashing. Scientology isn't "hokey" or "shady". It's outright evil.

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  • [–] 58 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    and its not a religion.

    It only has tax exempt status due to one of the largest infiltration and attacks against the US government in the entire history of America.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It only has tax exempt status due to one of the largest infiltration and attacks against the US government in the entire history of America.

    Do tell.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_status_of_Scientology_in_the_United_States

    both are long reads, but well worth it to just get started in understanding just how fucking vile and criminal scientology is, especially when it comes to getting what it wants.

    and thats before you even get into the harassment, blackmail, torture, human rights abuses, kidnapping, robbing members of their life savings and even homes and property, etc, etc, etc.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    This reads like a guy afraid of getting sued

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    It reads like someone who accepts that religion/storytelling/folktales always have and always will have a place in our society.

    Scientology really does try to push that concept far past its breaking point though. In my opinion, its a money and blackmail type situation, where dumb famous/rich people are taken advantage of.

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