BIKERS CLUB OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE | Page 27

"Some people, well, if they don't like Scientology, well, then, fuck you. Really. Fuck you. Period." - Tom Cruise community led him to adapt his thinking into a self-help religious philosophy. He had this idea that religion, particularly a cult, is where the money was. Hubbard said: You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion. I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is ! So started one, he did the Church of Scientology, or what might rightly be called Hubbardism (as it is purely the invention of Hubbard). It was an interesting mixture between modern secular humanism, self-help psychology, and Eastern thought with a little science fiction thrown in. And the money came in for him. Was Hubbard worried about his venture? Not at all. He openly wrote, "The only way you can control people is to lie to them. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them." The religion was meant as a money maker, and it succeeded with its ups and downs throughout Scientology's early years. This chapter is a Christian response to scientology, as Christians have seen it as a challenge to Christianity and want to have a response. "If you can achieve action, You will achieve happiness"