▲ 1442 ▼ What a difference a decade can make (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by Stamets@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Woah, what's the second one from? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Quran. Although I think Scientology is by far still the most fucked up story: Possessed by aliens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Possessed by very confused alien souls that got here because an intergalactic alien warlord named Xenu wanted to do a genocide so he rounded up a bunch of other aliens, tied them to volcanoes on Earth, bombed those volcanoes with hydrogen bombs, captured their souls and made them go to therapy. (For those who may have missed that south park episode) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean, that is the crux of the OTs. There's a reason they tell members that it's dangerous knowledge that will literally kill anyone who sees or hears it before they've been prepared by scientology. Anyone who claims to know and isn't an OT is clearly lying because they are alive, so the silly alien soul story is clearly a lie until you've been brainwashed enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought the silly alien story came out because their higher OT handbooks were admitted as evidence in a case and became part of public record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Quran. Although I think Scientology is by far still the most fucked up story: Possessed by aliens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Possessed by very confused alien souls that got here because an intergalactic alien warlord named Xenu wanted to do a genocide so he rounded up a bunch of other aliens, tied them to volcanoes on Earth, bombed those volcanoes with hydrogen bombs, captured their souls and made them go to therapy. (For those who may have missed that south park episode) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean, that is the crux of the OTs. There's a reason they tell members that it's dangerous knowledge that will literally kill anyone who sees or hears it before they've been prepared by scientology. Anyone who claims to know and isn't an OT is clearly lying because they are alive, so the silly alien soul story is clearly a lie until you've been brainwashed enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought the silly alien story came out because their higher OT handbooks were admitted as evidence in a case and became part of public record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Possessed by very confused alien souls that got here because an intergalactic alien warlord named Xenu wanted to do a genocide so he rounded up a bunch of other aliens, tied them to volcanoes on Earth, bombed those volcanoes with hydrogen bombs, captured their souls and made them go to therapy. (For those who may have missed that south park episode) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean, that is the crux of the OTs. There's a reason they tell members that it's dangerous knowledge that will literally kill anyone who sees or hears it before they've been prepared by scientology. Anyone who claims to know and isn't an OT is clearly lying because they are alive, so the silly alien soul story is clearly a lie until you've been brainwashed enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought the silly alien story came out because their higher OT handbooks were admitted as evidence in a case and became part of public record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I mean, that is the crux of the OTs. There's a reason they tell members that it's dangerous knowledge that will literally kill anyone who sees or hears it before they've been prepared by scientology. Anyone who claims to know and isn't an OT is clearly lying because they are alive, so the silly alien soul story is clearly a lie until you've been brainwashed enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought the silly alien story came out because their higher OT handbooks were admitted as evidence in a case and became part of public record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought the silly alien story came out because their higher OT handbooks were admitted as evidence in a case and became part of public record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago It did. But most members aren't going to be handed court transcripts, they're going to be exposed to people trying to explain it to them. Who are clearly lying because they're claiming to know the OT documents, aren't OTs, and haven't gone mad or died. permalink fedilink source parent
