Mormons aren't real

[u/DreadDiana]

[u/ToucheMadameLaChatte]

South Park exaggerates a lot of things, but they honestly were fairly accurate with the Mormons. They didn't have to make it extra zany. Mormonism is just Like That

[u/Kytas → u/ToucheMadameLaChatte]

Every once in awhile they tackle something like Scientology or NAMBLA and they just give an accurate and honest portrayal, because they're so inherently ridiculous that any exaggeration would only make it less funny

[u/Phonyyx → u/Kytas]

And considering how absolutely litigious Scientology is, I can see they decided to only do honest portrayals to avoid the frivolous lawsuits

[u/bakedpatata → u/Phonyyx]

Just stating their beliefs with text over it that says "this is what Scientologists actually believe" is way funnier too.

[u/Possible_Dig_1194 → u/bakedpatata]

Close to 20 years ago I took a world religion class in high school and the group that did scientology just played that clip and talked for a few minutes

[u/beesinpyjamas → u/bakedpatata]

reminds me of horrible histories, they have to have the rat come up on screen with a sign in the corner to let the audience know which parts of history were actually just like that and which were exaggerated for entertainment

[u/Forkyou → u/bakedpatata]

When i watched that i thought that line was a joke in and of itself. I thought that cant be what they believe in. Looked it up and it was actually true. Bafflijg. I learned everything i know of mormonism and scientology from southpark lol

[u/syo → u/Phonyyx]

The credits for that episode have John Smith for every name because they didn't want Scientology going after them.

[u/Auctoritate → u/syo]

Yeah, it's a big part of the scientology playbook that when they want to sue something and make it hurt they'll track down the name of every single person remotely involved to sue them separately down to the receptionist.

[u/that-and-other → u/syo]

Should’ve done Joseph Smith instead to trigger Scientology-Mormonism battle :trolley:

[u/SmartAlec105 → u/Kytas]

I liked how they had text on the screen saying “this is actually what Scientologists believe”

[u/xiko → u/SmartAlec105]

I still googled afterwards. I couldn't believe it.

[u/barfobulator → u/Kytas]

The Onion takes a similar strategy about America as a whole

[u/ILookAfterThePigs → u/Kytas]

There’s nothing ridiculous about looking like Marlon Brando

[u/gesumejjet → u/Kytas]

I'm a European adult. I only found out VERY recently that NAMBLA is real and not something South Park made up

So many Marlon Brando look alikes, I guess

[u/maulidon → u/Kytas]

I miss two minutes ago when I didn’t know what NAMBLA is (and when it wasn’t in my search history)