Japan's Strangest Cult? | False Gods
March 28, 2021
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as posted by the channelFrom Margaret Thatcher seances to promising to eliminate North Korea, Happy Science is a controversial new religious movement with over 12 million members in 90 countries.
Led by its charismatic leader, Ryuho Okawa, the group’s followers believe he is a divine being, but others have accused him of leading a cult.
We hear from journalists who have been investigating the group to try and get to the bottom of it.
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