"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"