#Happy Science

[badoccultadvice]

Haven't we all, at one point in our lives, started a cult and then dramatically exaggerated its worshipper count for the purposes of tax fraud?

[perfecttenth]

why did such a SICK character design have to be wasted on an anime movie made by an actual cult?

[elioherondale]

[laboitediabolique]

Flyer for the Japanese cult Happy Science (Kofuku-no-Kagaku) anime film The Golden Laws (El Cantare's Historical View), 2003. Scanned from my personal collection.

[deffinitelynobody]

Crazy ass Cult makes anime. This shit is completely utterly nutterly butterly. Like, you don't realize how funny the line "No, this isn't hell, were still only in check in" is when it accurately describes someone's beliefs

[generallemarc]

In the only time I will ever say this, Mother’s Basement was 100% spot-on with just how horrible this guy is. For the sake of his soul I truly hope that in his final moments he repented of his blasphemy, massive manipulation of his followers, blatantly fleecing them for every last yen, and the generally horrible treatment of his first wife and son. But I doubt he did.

[creature-wizard]

Have you ever heard of Happy science? It's a new age cult with all the typical starseed reptilian bs except it's Japanese and has apparently quite a big following (for a cult) there are even Happy science schools.... they also made a bunch of anime (they largely copied other anime, including a yaoi which is pretty funny to me). The leader/founder also claims to be the reincarnation of a god who was also jesus and buddha or something. Wild stuff but sad also

I've heard of it, and I watched the Mother's Basement review of the anime. It sure is... something. I feel for the people who get caught up into it, because its beliefs are really fucked up.

[christadeguchi]

"i would know her by reformed body alone... i would know her in death"

also... there's official art

[bluestonewings]

ACES!!! Look at this Scientific American article!!! It makes me genuinely so happy to read. We’re making it!!!!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/

[maviyenot]

[thomasadventurestory]

It has been one whole year since the loss of Ryuho Okawa aka El Cantare the super space buddha.

(Though his cult was shit the anime that it put out is fun to make fun of.)

[katiajewelbox]

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Grow Your Garden Instagram page

[whatisonthemoon]

About 70 percent of religious corporations said legal changes to prevent them from conducting dubious donation collections were appropriate or somewhat appropriate, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

Even the Unification Church, formally called the Federation for World Peace and Unification, whose actions led to the legal revisions, said the changes were appropriate.

The penal provisions that went into effect from April ban the collection of donations from followers and others who are in a “state of confusion.”

The health ministry in December also approved guidelines on what constitutes abuse by parents who force their religious practices on their children.

The Asahi Shimbun sent out questionnaires to 63 religious corporations and received responses from 33.

Twenty-four, including the Unification Church, said the new ban on questionable donations was appropriate or somewhat appropriate.

Twenty-two religious corporations, including the Unification Church, said the health ministry guidelines were appropriate or somewhat appropriate.

One religious corporation said that children should decide--based on their free will--whether to base their actions on a religious belief. Words and deeds that are threatening or stimulate worries and could affect such decisions should be restrained, the group said.

Another religious corporation said the donation ban was appropriate because of the need to eliminate scams hidden behind the guise of religion. Another said all victims of such large donations should be provided help.

But some religious corporations said the definition in the new law about using spiritual sales and other practices to confuse believers was too vague and could be used by government authorities to arbitrarily target certain religious groups.

Three corporations said the legal changes were somewhat inappropriate, citing the difficulty of finding evidence to determine illegal donation practices and the lack of clear definitions of what actions are meant to confuse believers.

Happy Science was the only religious corporation to say the change was inappropriate because it violated the constitutional principle of separation of politics and religion.

The group said it was a “bad law” that placed religions under state control.

Two religious corporations said the health ministry guidelines about parental abuse were inappropriate, and one called them somewhat inappropriate.

The Chisan School of Shingon Buddhism said the guidelines were inappropriate because the offensive acts applied to all actions by parents regarding their children and should not have been limited to religious practices.

Jehovah’s Witness, which has been accused of abuse by second-generation believers and their lawyers, did not respond to the question about the health ministry guidelines, but said it did not condone child abuse.

(This article was written by Amane Shimazaki, Taishi Sasayama and Ryujiro Komatsu.)

Source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14926213

[laboitediabolique]

Alternate theatrical flyer for the third Japanese cult Happy Science (Kofuku-no-Kagaku) theatrical anime feature, The Golden Laws (El Cantare's Historical View), 2003. Scanned from my personal collection.

[strawlessandbraless]

Going into 2024 like… 🦀 🖤 😞