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If a religion is a cult where the leadership has forgotten that it's all supposed to be a scam, that's something that just might turn Scientology into an actual religion.
Give it a century, and if it survives, it’ll be like Mormonism (which was obviously a scam when Smith started it, but is now solidly respectable). A millennium or two, and it’s as unimpeachable as Christianity.
I'd debate Mormonism being respectable but I'd also debate it for all Christians so it is what it is