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Timesuck with Dan Cummins

BONUS 4 - Scientology

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.721.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Scientology. What do they believe? How did it begin? Who, exactly, was L Ron Hubbard? What appeal does it have for Tom Cruise? So much crazy revealed on this OT9, beyond clear, Sea Org edition of Timesuck.

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0:00.0

When researching Scientology this week, I came across an article explaining the difference

0:05.0

between a religion and a cult. It said, quote, a religion is an old cult. A cult is a new

0:10.4

religious movement. And I think there's some truth in that. When the world's religions

0:14.6

first came about, many people of the time, I'm sure saw them as cults. But that definition

0:20.7

doesn't begin to address how sinister I believe the cult of Scientology to be. Dictionary.com

0:26.7

Defines cult a little better, my opinion, calling it quote, a religion or sect considered

0:30.4

to be false, unorthodox or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society

0:36.9

under the direction of a charismatic leader. Google defines it a little better still.

0:43.6

Quote a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded

0:47.8

by others as strange or sinister. Strange and sinister. I think those adjectives are very

0:55.0

apt when you describe Scientology. To me, Scientology is like the neighborhood bed of file.

1:00.8

Not that every neighborhood has one, I hope. But you know, it's like, you know, it's going

1:05.1

to give you some ice cream. Let me watch some cool movies, talk about how great you are,

1:09.8

become your best, bestest friend in the whole world to you, how special you are. No one

1:13.6

else really understands it. And then one night, it's going to stick its creepy finger in

1:18.1

your brain hole. And pretty soon, it's telling you about all the bad things are going

1:21.2

to happen to you and your family if you try to make it go away. Yep. Just like a pedophile

1:26.2

will molest your body. A cult or Scientology is going to molest your mind. Harsh comparison?

1:32.9

Yeah, definitely well deserved. I think so. The more I research this episode, the more I felt

1:38.6

sure that was actually a very fair comparison. This shit to me is way darker than the average

1:44.1

religion. And you know how I feel about religion in general. Find out why I drop the fucking

1:49.3

time suck hammer on Elrond's twisted dream in this scathing, not brainwashed, not clear

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