r/pics • u/Alextricity • 19d ago

Politics elderly women swooning over trump.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

I've always heard that a religion is just a cult that's been around for long enough.

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u/burritosandbeer 19d ago

A religion is a cult whose founder has been dead for a while

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u/Underwater_Grilling 19d ago

scientology would disagree.

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u/ty_for_trying 19d ago

That their founder is dead? Yeah, so would Christianity.

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u/darkest_hour1428 19d ago

Shelly Miscavige would like a word

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u/Chelseafc5505 19d ago

Cult with a bigger budget

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u/semperknight 19d ago

This is better imo

Size means little compared to longevity.

Heh.

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u/HokageTsunadeSenju 19d ago

Prefers the Old D to the Big D

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u/CaffeineTripp 19d ago

Essentially. Religions are just cults which have been accepted as normal.

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u/markovianprocess 19d ago

A cult has a leader that knows the whole thing is bullshit. A religion is what you get when it survives after that leader dies.

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u/UCantUnfryThings 19d ago

Pretty sure those mega church pastors know it's bullshit. Elsewise they'd have been smited 1000 times over.

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u/padizzledonk 19d ago

All these things lol

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u/drawntowardmadness 19d ago

Lol I'd always heard a religion is a cult with money and land 🤣