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

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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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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe one day someone will get me to understand the difference between religion and cult.

Cult: a small unpopular religion.

Religion: a large popular cult.

Or, if you prefer:

"the only difference between a religion and a cult is the amount of real estate they own"

-Frank Zappa

Though that kinda falls apart in the Scientologist's case. They have acquired a lot of real estate since Zappa first made that statement.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Iirc Frank clarified this as how many locations the cult has, not actual land ownership totals

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

Iirc Frank clarified this

Not surprised that he would update it as things changed.