October 28, 2009
Inside Scientology
“Technology,” or “tech,” is what Scientologists call the theories, methods and principles espoused by L. Ron Hubbard — “LRH,” as Natalie calls him. To the devout, he is part prophet, part teacher, part savior — some Scientologists rank Hubbard’s importance as greater than Christ’s — and Hubbard’s word is considered the word. Hubbard was a prolific writer all his life; there are millions of words credited to him, roughly a quarter-million of them contained within Dianetics, the best-selling quasiscientific self-help book that is the most famous Scientology text.
It’s long; it’s bat-shit crazy; it’s fucking fascinating: anyone interested in the capacity for humans to manufacture meaning should appreciate it.
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Wait: I thought Elron Hubbard was the lost Jetson son.
LRH was at first greedy and power hungry. Then he started to believe his own lies and went as crazy as a shit house rat. He had an ass full of anti-psychotics in his system when he died. Whether it was natural or murder has never been established