<story><title>Half of Japan&apos;s LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification Church</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Unification-Church-and-politics/Half-of-Japan-s-LDP-lawmakers-had-ties-with-Unification-Church</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziftface</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a cult. I think it would be more akin to a large portion of American lawmakers being ties with Scientology.</text></item><item><author>maerF0x0</author><text>ELI5: wouldn&amp;#x27;t a large proportion of USA&amp;#x27;s lawmaker&amp;#x27;s have ties with a Christian church?&lt;p&gt;Sorry for being uninformed, but why is this an issue?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>YeahNO</author><text>One person&amp;#x27;s established religion is just someone else&amp;#x27;s cult. They all engage in indoctrination and belief in magical thinking with absolutely no proof in the existence of its deity or deities.</text></comment>
<story><title>Half of Japan&apos;s LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification Church</title><url>https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Unification-Church-and-politics/Half-of-Japan-s-LDP-lawmakers-had-ties-with-Unification-Church</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziftface</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a cult. I think it would be more akin to a large portion of American lawmakers being ties with Scientology.</text></item><item><author>maerF0x0</author><text>ELI5: wouldn&amp;#x27;t a large proportion of USA&amp;#x27;s lawmaker&amp;#x27;s have ties with a Christian church?&lt;p&gt;Sorry for being uninformed, but why is this an issue?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>castrodd</author><text>I agree with you. But all churches start as cults. Romans viewed Christians the same way most Americans view Scientologists. Actually, Romans killed Christians, so probably they viewed them a tad bit worse.</text></comment>