How did Reckless Ben use the Church of Scientology Sucks to fight a lawsuit?

Reckless Ben said Scientology threatened to sue him for about $1 million over his first documentary, made while he was homeless and had no lawyer. He argued that Scientology avoids false-advertising claims over its courses by invoking religious protection, so he registered his own religion with the IRS, the Church of Scientology Sucks. He said suing him would then mean discriminating against his beliefs, and that the matter was decided in his favor.

• Ben said his method is to find the loophole a bad company relies on and use the same loophole against it.
• Ben said Twelve Tribes is the only target that never sued him, because members believe God, not the law, will punish him.

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“I made my own religion. We call it the Church of Scientology Sucks. It got approved.” Reckless Ben · at 1:27:05 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on The Shawn Ryan Show (2026-11-05). Read the whole episode summary →

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