Happy Science - Japan's Answer to the Scientology Cult [1]

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New religious movements appeared after the Second World War and had gained prominence over the past few decades. There’s a good reason for their sudden rise in popularity and appeal. They meet a real psychological need for people who want purpose, meaning, and structure — things that these people otherwise wouldn’t be able to obtain in other places. As technological advancements made our world bigger by the day, new religious movements provided an illusion of comfort in people by giving them decisive answers in an ever-confusing world.

In this state of vulnerability, it's no wonder why most spiritual leaders took advantage of it for their benefit — some of which took this to the extreme. It’s the reason why the term “new religious movements” is widely considered as a euphemism for “cult” and is viewed with suspicion.

Even if most of these new religious movements aren’t violent, it doesn’t help that some of them are propagating dangerous ideas and conspiracy theories. Furthermore, when criticisms were raised against these new religious movements, some of them would do anything to suppress it. Scientology was guilty in the latter. However, there’s another religious organization out there that was known to do both of these actions. Not only that, but they’re also rich and influential — establishing their political party and group, as well as their anime films. All in the pursuit of their Utopia. This is the story of Happy Science.

• Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - Early Life of an Eventual Savior
05:23 - Thus Came the Revelation
08:59 - Ditching All Secular Pursuits
11:50 - Starting Small and Modest
15:04 - To The Major Leagues
18:15 - "Believe in the Eternal Buddha!"
22:47 - The Friday Affair
27:14 - Feud With a Death Cult
29:25 - Waning Frenzy of the Happies
33:51 - Branching Out To The World, With Hate
38:53 - Contemporary Nonsense
42:53 - They Don't Like You Talking
51:45 - A Message To The Lost Souls

• Special Thanks to Sarah Hightower, Fujikura Yoshiro, Shoko Egawa and Masaki Kito!
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• References
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• Music and sound effects provided by Epidemic Sound.
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• Additional video by Envato Elements.
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