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minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean, Scientology is doing pretty well since the death of L Ron Hubbard.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoAnd Mormonism, The Children of God/The Family, Aleph/Aum Shinrikyo, etc.
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoHell, Christianity pretty much started as a Roman era cult around Jesus.
minus-squarewaddle_dee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoThese are just taking in the cults that have succeeded. It’s survivorship bias. There’s countless more cults that have died out, or faded away time, and time again.
I mean, Scientology is doing pretty well since the death of L Ron Hubbard.
And Mormonism, The Children of God/The Family, Aleph/Aum Shinrikyo, etc.
Hell, Christianity pretty much started as a Roman era cult around Jesus.
These are just taking in the cults that have succeeded. It’s survivorship bias. There’s countless more cults that have died out, or faded away time, and time again.