Episode 742: Happy Science Cult: Neither Happy nor Scientific

Sofa King Podcast

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the largest cults in Japan—the Happy Science Cult. Yes, that’s really their name. They were founded by Ryuho Okawa who was the key rival to the Aum Shinriko cult (who tried to kill Okawa with poison gas in his car). The Happies believe that Okawa is the embodiment of the god El Cantare who was born on Venus millions of years ago. Their leader channels people like Jesus, Buddha, Socrates, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and even Michael Jackson to write books for him. They produce tons of horrible anime, try to influence elections, and of course take all the money they can. Why does Okawa’s son claim he is a fraud? How many books have they written? Why are they called Happy Science? Listen, laugh, learn. Visit Our Sources: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Happy_Science https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmvan4/my-afternoon-with-a-failed-japanese-cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Science https://theworld.org/stories/2022-11-30/japan-s-infamous-happy-cult-sets-sights-united-states https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230302-japan-happy-science-cult-leader-okawa-dies-media https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Death-of-the-founder-of-Happy-Science,-a-controversial-Japanese-religious-sect-57887.html https://gamerant.com/japanese-cult-happy-science-anime/

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0:00.0	We advise you to get off the streets as quickly as possible.
0:03.4	It'll soon be a war up there.
0:05.0	And we are as a people opposed to secret societies,
0:09.0	the secret oaths, and a secret proceedings.
0:12.3	Weapons of mass destruction destruction I take the threat very seriously
0:17.3	a new world order government thanks you for your participation
0:26.1	you are now listening to the world famous sofa king podcast. Please read from sheets. I am. I am. So for king. Now repeat all very fast please. I am.
0:40.0	So far. Faster. I am. Nour King faster. I am Sulfur.
0:44.0	No, not so fast.
0:45.0	You use this meaning.
0:47.0	I am so for King with retard air.
0:49.0	Oh, you say funny thing. I was just thinking like what if like in like 10 years it's like the like damn like the so fucking podcast is still going
1:06.9	what is happening right but it's it's it's Luke Maddox. Yeah, like they're just like they're on here. Yeah, they're just doing it like same Dick jokes like just you know
1:19.2	You know the same weird because Maddox is a little brant he's a little me we can assume
1:24.3	one's gonna be similar you know so yeah you know the old reclusive Dave there is you know
1:30.4	it'll just be it'll just be like a comic book so the X-Men are still
1:33.9	going it's just a whole new new X-Men yeah yeah the new X-Men yeah or the
1:39.5	uncanny X-Men or like whatever you know like so yeah it's I just thought about that I was like
1:44.8	looking at him and I'm like funny that would be funny just transition
1:49.4	straight into it yeah Yeah, I've got a L euketeco chiltein problem. Yeah. Yeah.
2:00.0	Yeah. I've been using that stuff to fishes made me a chilter peen dried grinder. I put that on stakes.
2:05.8	Yeah.
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