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Reverends in this religion take the title of “Shaper”, including one who used the alias Cory Duran (15[1])when living in the Georgetown squatter settlement. This religion’s first followers were often threatened by arsonists addicted to pyro, a drug that makes watching fire more pleasurable than sex. A community of this religion was turned into a reeducation camp by Jarret’s Crusaders, an extremist group from the dominant Church of Christian America. This faith’s verses were written in a notebook called The Book of the Living, named in opposition to the Egyptian and Tibetan Books of the Dead. Key tenets in this religion include “All that you touch you (*) Change”, “All that you Change Changes you”, and “God is Change.” This faith was founded by Lauren Olamina, a teenager afflicted with “hyperempathy” that made her mirror others’ emotions. For 10 points, the growth of what religion is likened to the Parable of the Sower? ■END■ (0[1])

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