throughout history religion and drama
have gone hand in hand welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 religious
controversies for this list we’re
focusing on specific historical events
and religious concepts that have left
people confused disturbed and even
fearful number 10 Scientology
formed by author l ron Hubbard in 1954
this new religious movement has long
been cloaked in mystery
while celebrities like Tom Cruise have
discussed practices and techniques of
Scientology throughout the digital age
original controversy surrounding the
body of beliefs and practices centered
on the overt criminal behavior of
members in the 1970s the Church of
Scientology began operation snow-white
an espionage project set on purging
records and information that gave
negative impressions of the group
additional skepticism toward Scientology
has emerged through its seemingly
perpetual harassment of those who oppose
the church and what appears to be forced
behavior upon members as well as its on
and off status as a tax-exempt religious
organization do you sleep about an hour
two hours a night you were in such a
mental state that you’re very controlled
were very suggestible in 2015 Alex
Gibney’s HBO documentary going clear
offered a closer look at Scientology and
the consequences for those who choose to
separate themselves from the religion I
remember one time
Mike had done something or not done
something I don’t remember and I was
supposed to go beat him up number 9 the
Mountain Meadows Massacre by September
1857
the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day
saints was experiencing a serious
Reformation with hysteria over the Utah
war creating paranoia among the Mormon
community and the death of notable
leaders the stage was set for
confrontation with perceived enemies
when a party of emigrants from Arkansas
arrived in southern Utah Mountain
Meadows would become their final resting
place convinced that a group of the
settlers was responsible for the Haun’s
mill Massacre in which at least 17
Mormons were killed
and that they plan to eliminate the
Mormon people at large the Utah
territorial militia launched an attack
five days in under the guise of a truce
and intending to leave no witnesses John
Diehl II approached the remaining
emigrants and led them men women and
children over seven into an ambush in
all as many as 140 people were killed
with only a few young children surviving
number 8 the Church of the Flying
Spaghetti Monster by rejecting the more
previously accepted norms of creationism
the Church of the Flying Spaghetti
Monster has their own unique perspective
taking over the Internet in 2005 the
movement highlights the idea that an
origin story involving a Flying
Spaghetti Monster cannot be debunked
much like the concept of God central to
Christianity well what if I told you
there was a Flying Spaghetti Monster
would you believe it simply because it
can’t be disproven unsurprisingly this
fundamental ideology has often rubbed
people the wrong way the satirical
religion originally came about to
protest the teaching of intelligent
design over evolution in American public
schools while in theory revolutionising
how schools and people of free will
approach the concept of organized
religion creator Bobby Henderson was
only 24 years old when his church was
founded and the satirical ideals are
meant to distinguish between faith and
actual science hey professor I’m a
Flying Spaghetti Monster you seriously
believe I’m descended for some kind of
flightless manicotti yes oh please
number seven Islam the religion of peace
the great divine what is not between or
Islam and the rest
it’s rather between the fundamentalists
in the moderate in each faith the
history of Islam is vast and expansive
but 21st century terrorism has shone a
light on fanatics that stray from
peaceful ideals more than twenty years
before the twin towers were destroyed
the term Islamic fundamentalism spread
across the globe
most notably by way of the 1979 Iranian
Revolution and the subsequent hostage
crisis and despite the amount of
peaceful Muslims across the world
it’s the jihadist hijackers and other
extremists that
seemingly established a new normal thus
leading many rightly or wrongly to
question the religion the conversation
continues in society as the core ideas
of Islam are interpreted in different
ways leading some to peace and others to
violence how about more than a billion
people those are no statical who don’t
want to go to stores number six the end
of the world according to jehovah’s
witnesses established in 1870s America
Jehovah’s Witnesses have become known
for their unannounced visits throughout
the neighborhood and handing out
pamphlets Jehovah’s Witness know there
are approximately eight million members
throughout the world but what troubles
outsiders is that the religions
governing body opposes independent
thinking and discourages from individual
Bible study more worrisome however is
the religions anticipation of Armageddon
a state of readiness that creates
endless controversy it’s everyday you go
to bed at like 5:00 and if the Sun sets
really red you’re like is this the day
false predictions in 1914 1925 and 1975
have led to revisions of doctrines and
even new interpretations of the Bible
number five met zetsubou pay in the
Jewish faith the circumcision ritual is
known as breat Mila while the removal of
the foreskin is called madessa but
there’s another step that is sometimes
still performed as well a more
controversial method that involves the
oral suction of a wound by a moil or
circumciser
of course one of the main problems with
such an ancient practice is the physical
transfer of modern disease in 2005 three
New York babies acquired herpes
reportedly through the ritual of meds
itza poppy one specific procedure that’s
performed as part of some circumcisions
what we’re calling direct oral suction
can be transmitting infections to
infants incidentally new laws and
regulations have emerged in which
parents must provide consent and some
have suggested that glass tubes could
replace the oral contact you can
continue this custom by using a sterile
tube a gauze pad and the rest of the
bris is fine
number four more
and the Book of Abraham in 1835 the
ancient Egyptian writings of Abraham
were supposedly discovered by none other
than Joseph Smith the founder of
Mormonism there goes that kooky Joseph
Smith you know he claims he spoke with
God in Jesus well how do you know he did
dum dum dum dum dum Smith may have
genuinely believed the papyri to be
authentic but a later examination by
Egyptologist Thea dueled of area opposed
the findings it was originally believed
that the historical documents were once
lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
but pieces emerged at New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1966
adding additional doubts to Smith’s
claims are numerous subsequent
examinations that proved the so-called
Book of Abraham was actually Egyptian
funerary documents number three the
Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal in
Boston at the outset I apologize once
again to all those who have been
sexually abused as minors by priests as
depicted in the 2015 Academy
award-winning film spotlight in 2002 the
Boston Globe revealed a sexual abuse
cover-up within the Catholic Church
which are you telling me that the
Catholic Church removed legal documents
from that courthouse
sadly the scandal directly connected
Roman Catholic priests to the systematic
abuse of young children but the
investigation by the spotlight team
allowed for other victims to come
forward both within the community of
Boston and beyond
now that globe investigation into court
documents revealed that the church knew
a great deal about Gagan and his
offenses in with payouts reaching 100
million dollars the financial woes paled
in comparison to the damaged reputation
of the accused and certainly for the
Catholic Church in general but above all
the scandal revealed the existence of a
troubling conspiracy that was organized
by the people preaching the Word of God
number two Martin Luther’s on the Jews
and their lies
in 1543 a notable man of God published a
65,000 word document in the name of
anti-semitism his name was Martin Luther
a
you’re head of the Protestant
Reformation at first
Luther tried to convert Jews to
Christianity as his steadfast view was
that Jesus who was born a Jew was in
fact the son of God but the German
failed to sway faithful Jews which led
him to write something called on the
Jews and their lives within three years
Luther was dead but approximately 400
years later the Third Reich openly
embraced his ideologies which influenced
the systematic execution of millions of
Jews number one the Inquisition in the
12th century it was not okay to oppose
the Catholic Church this became evident
with the emergence of the medieval
Inquisition originally led by the
Dominican Order torture and executions
became commonplace to diminish
opposition which were a most violent
turn from the usual jail sentence of
years past these events preceded
large-scale grand inquisitions along
with the witch trials of the Renaissance
era and beyond in retrospect it doesn’t
seem far-fetched to think that the
original Inquisition set the precedent
for the Catholic Church to use violent
force to manipulate free-thinking Minds
leading to the trials of Galileo and
Joan of Arc as well as centuries upon
centuries of death in the name of a
higher being do you agree with our list
what do you think is the biggest
religious controversy for more
thought-provoking top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com Bryan’s gonna give you
your personality test and then let you
know some things about Scientology good
times good times
you
have gone hand in hand welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 religious
controversies for this list we’re
focusing on specific historical events
and religious concepts that have left
people confused disturbed and even
fearful number 10 Scientology
formed by author l ron Hubbard in 1954
this new religious movement has long
been cloaked in mystery
while celebrities like Tom Cruise have
discussed practices and techniques of
Scientology throughout the digital age
original controversy surrounding the
body of beliefs and practices centered
on the overt criminal behavior of
members in the 1970s the Church of
Scientology began operation snow-white
an espionage project set on purging
records and information that gave
negative impressions of the group
additional skepticism toward Scientology
has emerged through its seemingly
perpetual harassment of those who oppose
the church and what appears to be forced
behavior upon members as well as its on
and off status as a tax-exempt religious
organization do you sleep about an hour
two hours a night you were in such a
mental state that you’re very controlled
were very suggestible in 2015 Alex
Gibney’s HBO documentary going clear
offered a closer look at Scientology and
the consequences for those who choose to
separate themselves from the religion I
remember one time
Mike had done something or not done
something I don’t remember and I was
supposed to go beat him up number 9 the
Mountain Meadows Massacre by September
1857
the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day
saints was experiencing a serious
Reformation with hysteria over the Utah
war creating paranoia among the Mormon
community and the death of notable
leaders the stage was set for
confrontation with perceived enemies
when a party of emigrants from Arkansas
arrived in southern Utah Mountain
Meadows would become their final resting
place convinced that a group of the
settlers was responsible for the Haun’s
mill Massacre in which at least 17
Mormons were killed
and that they plan to eliminate the
Mormon people at large the Utah
territorial militia launched an attack
five days in under the guise of a truce
and intending to leave no witnesses John
Diehl II approached the remaining
emigrants and led them men women and
children over seven into an ambush in
all as many as 140 people were killed
with only a few young children surviving
number 8 the Church of the Flying
Spaghetti Monster by rejecting the more
previously accepted norms of creationism
the Church of the Flying Spaghetti
Monster has their own unique perspective
taking over the Internet in 2005 the
movement highlights the idea that an
origin story involving a Flying
Spaghetti Monster cannot be debunked
much like the concept of God central to
Christianity well what if I told you
there was a Flying Spaghetti Monster
would you believe it simply because it
can’t be disproven unsurprisingly this
fundamental ideology has often rubbed
people the wrong way the satirical
religion originally came about to
protest the teaching of intelligent
design over evolution in American public
schools while in theory revolutionising
how schools and people of free will
approach the concept of organized
religion creator Bobby Henderson was
only 24 years old when his church was
founded and the satirical ideals are
meant to distinguish between faith and
actual science hey professor I’m a
Flying Spaghetti Monster you seriously
believe I’m descended for some kind of
flightless manicotti yes oh please
number seven Islam the religion of peace
the great divine what is not between or
Islam and the rest
it’s rather between the fundamentalists
in the moderate in each faith the
history of Islam is vast and expansive
but 21st century terrorism has shone a
light on fanatics that stray from
peaceful ideals more than twenty years
before the twin towers were destroyed
the term Islamic fundamentalism spread
across the globe
most notably by way of the 1979 Iranian
Revolution and the subsequent hostage
crisis and despite the amount of
peaceful Muslims across the world
it’s the jihadist hijackers and other
extremists that
seemingly established a new normal thus
leading many rightly or wrongly to
question the religion the conversation
continues in society as the core ideas
of Islam are interpreted in different
ways leading some to peace and others to
violence how about more than a billion
people those are no statical who don’t
want to go to stores number six the end
of the world according to jehovah’s
witnesses established in 1870s America
Jehovah’s Witnesses have become known
for their unannounced visits throughout
the neighborhood and handing out
pamphlets Jehovah’s Witness know there
are approximately eight million members
throughout the world but what troubles
outsiders is that the religions
governing body opposes independent
thinking and discourages from individual
Bible study more worrisome however is
the religions anticipation of Armageddon
a state of readiness that creates
endless controversy it’s everyday you go
to bed at like 5:00 and if the Sun sets
really red you’re like is this the day
false predictions in 1914 1925 and 1975
have led to revisions of doctrines and
even new interpretations of the Bible
number five met zetsubou pay in the
Jewish faith the circumcision ritual is
known as breat Mila while the removal of
the foreskin is called madessa but
there’s another step that is sometimes
still performed as well a more
controversial method that involves the
oral suction of a wound by a moil or
circumciser
of course one of the main problems with
such an ancient practice is the physical
transfer of modern disease in 2005 three
New York babies acquired herpes
reportedly through the ritual of meds
itza poppy one specific procedure that’s
performed as part of some circumcisions
what we’re calling direct oral suction
can be transmitting infections to
infants incidentally new laws and
regulations have emerged in which
parents must provide consent and some
have suggested that glass tubes could
replace the oral contact you can
continue this custom by using a sterile
tube a gauze pad and the rest of the
bris is fine
number four more
and the Book of Abraham in 1835 the
ancient Egyptian writings of Abraham
were supposedly discovered by none other
than Joseph Smith the founder of
Mormonism there goes that kooky Joseph
Smith you know he claims he spoke with
God in Jesus well how do you know he did
dum dum dum dum dum Smith may have
genuinely believed the papyri to be
authentic but a later examination by
Egyptologist Thea dueled of area opposed
the findings it was originally believed
that the historical documents were once
lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
but pieces emerged at New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1966
adding additional doubts to Smith’s
claims are numerous subsequent
examinations that proved the so-called
Book of Abraham was actually Egyptian
funerary documents number three the
Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal in
Boston at the outset I apologize once
again to all those who have been
sexually abused as minors by priests as
depicted in the 2015 Academy
award-winning film spotlight in 2002 the
Boston Globe revealed a sexual abuse
cover-up within the Catholic Church
which are you telling me that the
Catholic Church removed legal documents
from that courthouse
sadly the scandal directly connected
Roman Catholic priests to the systematic
abuse of young children but the
investigation by the spotlight team
allowed for other victims to come
forward both within the community of
Boston and beyond
now that globe investigation into court
documents revealed that the church knew
a great deal about Gagan and his
offenses in with payouts reaching 100
million dollars the financial woes paled
in comparison to the damaged reputation
of the accused and certainly for the
Catholic Church in general but above all
the scandal revealed the existence of a
troubling conspiracy that was organized
by the people preaching the Word of God
number two Martin Luther’s on the Jews
and their lies
in 1543 a notable man of God published a
65,000 word document in the name of
anti-semitism his name was Martin Luther
a
you’re head of the Protestant
Reformation at first
Luther tried to convert Jews to
Christianity as his steadfast view was
that Jesus who was born a Jew was in
fact the son of God but the German
failed to sway faithful Jews which led
him to write something called on the
Jews and their lives within three years
Luther was dead but approximately 400
years later the Third Reich openly
embraced his ideologies which influenced
the systematic execution of millions of
Jews number one the Inquisition in the
12th century it was not okay to oppose
the Catholic Church this became evident
with the emergence of the medieval
Inquisition originally led by the
Dominican Order torture and executions
became commonplace to diminish
opposition which were a most violent
turn from the usual jail sentence of
years past these events preceded
large-scale grand inquisitions along
with the witch trials of the Renaissance
era and beyond in retrospect it doesn’t
seem far-fetched to think that the
original Inquisition set the precedent
for the Catholic Church to use violent
force to manipulate free-thinking Minds
leading to the trials of Galileo and
Joan of Arc as well as centuries upon
centuries of death in the name of a
higher being do you agree with our list
what do you think is the biggest
religious controversy for more
thought-provoking top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com Bryan’s gonna give you
your personality test and then let you
know some things about Scientology good
times good times
you
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