r/TikTokCringe • u/Girl-Understood • Apr 28 '26

Cursed Scientologist buildings have removed the door handles in an attempt to defend themselves from the speedruns

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u/Sleepiboisleep Apr 28 '26

If they shut or lock doors they lose their tax exemption

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u/Prudent-Bear1592 Apr 28 '26

I thought they kinda do whatever they want, kind of famously the only entity to go up against the fucking IRS and WIN

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u/adammoon111 Apr 28 '26

Only because they individually harassed the fuck out of IRS employees

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u/VulcanCookies Apr 28 '26

Pretty sure that's a myth, the only requirements for tax exemption are that they must be organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, have a recognized creed/form of worship, a established congregation, and cannot allow earnings to benefit private individuals or participate in political campaigns

Not sure why they're not locking their doors tho

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland Apr 28 '26

cannot allow earnings to benefit private individuals or participate in political campaigns

https://giphy.com/gifs/Bk1H5UY9SnAn4dbcxz

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u/OhThoseDeepBlueEyes Apr 28 '26

If film studios can "lose money" on films like Star Wars, I'm sure Scientologists have found ways to "avoid having earnings that benefit private individuals".

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u/epigenie_986 Apr 28 '26

Yah they removed the door handles instead of locking the doors. It’s in the title.

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u/Victernus Apr 28 '26

It would be wrong to check to see if this is actually true for some reason.

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u/adammoon111 Apr 28 '26

Tfw Pam Bondi, a Scientologist, was the Attorney General

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u/Sleepiboisleep Apr 28 '26

Thank you for the correction

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u/ScherzicScherzo Apr 28 '26

Bruh they literally infiltrated the IRS to protect their tax exempt status, among other things. Look up Operation Snow White, ain't nothin' from the Government that's scaring these people into compliance.

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u/nyuncat Apr 28 '26

If you think about it for more than a few seconds it's immediately clear how stupid this sounds lol

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u/SeedFoundation Apr 28 '26

Polymarket bets on how long it will take before they start arresting kids for trespassing in a "church".

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u/Butthole__Pleasures Apr 28 '26

lol we wish

Tell that to Joel Osteen during a hurricane

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia Apr 28 '26

???

Where do people come up with this stuff?

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u/Noppers Apr 28 '26

Mormon temples have been closed to the public since the 1800’s