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Gina Szanboti
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Actually some influential Greeks thought Hermes and Thoth were the same god, so it's not that outlandish. ;) At least no more so than any other religious mythologies. |
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Spastic Minnow
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Considering that the flower is already picked, my response is... You have something in common with this Flower... 
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nobahn
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v1cious
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Yet another reason why Cowboy Bebop is one of the anime of all time. "Brain Scratch" was a brilliant satire of this nonsense.
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dm
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Talking about Aum Shinrkyo, events in Mawaru Penguindrum were thinly-veiled references to the sarin gas incident and the pivotal role that incident had in some of the characters' lives. Though Penguindrum was the opposite of a cult-recruitment film.
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whiskeyii
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I just read a collection of memoirs about this incident (it's called Underground), and I'm pretty sure the sarin gas was punctured on the train in plastic bags, and later scooped into trash bins by well-intentioned railway workers, which obviously didn't help things. Also Mike Toole, you might want to double check your facts: Shoko Asahara was executed this past July, so he's dead and gone (though his cult is still alive and kicking). |
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Souther
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Whiskey, the article was written in 2015.
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chao8971
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This article is over three years old. His facts were right when the article was written. This got republished on the front page next to their ad of the new Happy Science movie. |
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DeTroyes
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Actually, Shoko Asahara and 12 of his followers were executed by Japan last summer for their roles in the sarin gas attacks. The first time Japan has executed more than one person at once since the 1960s. And for those who are interested, there are actually a number of connections between several anime shows and Aum Shinrikyo. The sarin gas attack the cult perpetrated is used as the backdrop for the anime series Mawaru Penguindrum; several of the people involved in the attack did in fact go underground and were not caught until years later (ironically, the last at-large fugitives were caught soon after Penguindrum was broadcast, tho I doubt the series played any role in their capture). Also, while not explicitly stated in the anime, the cult that Hitagi Senjougahara's mother (Bakemonogatari) was a member of is almost certainly Aum Shinrikyo or one of its off-shoots; much of the iconography flashed on the screen during her confrontation with the Crab entity was taken directly from Aum Shinrikyo propaganda. |
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KabaKabaFruit
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When you consider that material like this is purely grounded in beliefs based on circumstantial evidence, anecdotes and good old fashioned hyperbole, of course you're bound to pull in the more vulnerable.
Heck, the church of Scientology is still around today because of these reasons.
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Ashabel
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Somehow this article popping up today in the exact same spot that contained a paid advertisement for The Laws of the Universe Part 0 yesterday really made my day. :')
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Sahmbahdeh
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In any case, I feel like this article doesn't really do Aum Shinrikyo justice (and by that I mean how scary they were). They had over $1.5 billion in assets at their height, and were actively engaged in acquiring nuclear weapons, even engaging in talks with Russian suppliers. They were arguably the closest any non-state actor has come to getting nukes (and with the intent and argubaly the ability to use them, no less). If it hadn't been for Asahara's arrest in the 90s they very well may have been successful, considering how tenacious he was. Thankfully, now that he's dead, the organization pretty much is too. So, there's that.
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Zalis116
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Please keep discussion to the topic of the article, not religion in general.
There is some speculation that Aum Shinrikyo isn't quite extinguished yet, as a truck attack was possibly carried out as revenge for the cult leaders' execution. |
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DeTroyes
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After Shoko Asahara's arrest and trial, Aum Shinrikyo split into several subsequent groups. All of them publicly denounced Asahara's actions in regards to the Sarin gas attacks, but yet they all retained his basic teachings and in private many of the offshoot cults still revere him. And has the New Years terror attack showed, Asahara still has some influence over the world even after his death. |
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Hellsoldier
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I think this article was revived because the folks at ANN felt they couldn't leave that ad alone and be in good conscience. With me having close-but-unwanted relations with both the Latter-Day Saints (AKA: Mormons) and the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, I much appreciate this article still to this day.
I still think She Sells Sanctuary is the best The Cult song, and Love is their best album, although Electric is also cool. |
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