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* '''[[Church of Happyology|Scientology]]''' is a... [[Internet Backdraft|highly controversial religious movement]] founded in the United States. They claim to have over three million members in America, but most estimates put their numbers at below 100,000. They have lots of missionaries giving "Free Stress Tests" or the like, and many are attracted from the "Free" offer. However, most "converts" leave soon after they find out about the exorbitant prices one must pay to continue on the Bridge, as well as the practice of shunning non-members or "SPs". They are extremely well-represented in Hollywood, due to their practice of proselytizing toward celebrities (who are usually rich enough to afford the thousands of dollars that their programs cost) in order to use them as spokespeople to gain further converts. They also have a strong presence in Clearwater, Florida, often called "Scientology's Town", where they have their headquarters.
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai_Faith Baha'i]''' is a monotheistic religion with millions of followers around the world. Baha'i in America are divided among Persians, many of whom fled the Islamic Revolution in 1979 (which, to say the least, did not like them) and the sort of [[New Age Retro Hippie]]-types who might have become Buddhist but preferred something more Abrahamic. The most notable Baha'i in America is none other than Rainn Wilson, AKA [[The Office|Dwight Schute]], whose parents were of the second category and raised him in the faith while living in a houseboat off the coast of Washington State.
* '''The Church of [[Satan]]''' was founded in [[The Sixties]] by Anton LaVey in [[San Francisco]]. Sources state that there are about 10-20,000 official members of the Church of Satan in the United States, and there are possibly tens of thousands more who adhere to the philosophy or one of its offshoots. Despite their name and reputation, they [[Non
** '''The Worldwide Satanic Church of Evil''', which is ''not'' a real church -- although that hasn't stopped thousands of [[Urban Legends]]. Since time immemorial, many religious groups have claimed that there is an evil [[Cult]] that performs occult rituals, [[Human Sacrifice]], and other evil acts. <ref>The Church of Satan actually did perform Black Masses during their heyday, but they were purely for show and to spark controversy.</ref> Fear of Satanism turned into [[The New Rock and Roll|a moral panic]] back in [[The Eighties]] following the publication of ''Michelle Remembers'', a book [[Based
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