Steve Sloan II wrote:
>
> > I heard that Hubberd made up Scientology as a scam to make
> > lots of money, and didn't really believe at all. Does anyone
> > know how accurate/inaccurate this is?
>
> I remember reading somewhere that Hubbard made a bet with another
> SF writer about it. He bet that he could create a false religion
> to make money, "like psychology", not long before Scientology
> started. I wish I knew where I read it, though.
>
It doesn't make sense: if he believed that the new scam would
make him rich, there was no need to bet - unless he did
sometime make public that the whole thing was a scam.

Alberto Monteiro

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