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Reverends in this religion take the title of “Shaper”, including one who used the alias Cory Duran 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 (15[1])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■ (10[1]0[6])

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