I looked up scientology on the web. It appears to be based in part on Freuds theory of the Id and Ego. It seems to get into trouble when dealing with people who see visions, hear voices, can't function in normal society (schizophrenics). Several schizophrenics under the "care" of scientology have committed murder.
Wikipedia has a pretty thorough article on Hubbard and Scientology. This about Hubbards early years is interesting: "L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) was the only child of Harry Ross Hubbard, a United States Navy officer, and his wife Ledora. Hubbard spent three semesters at George Washington University but was placed on probation in September 1931. He failed to return for the fall 1932 semester.[27] In July 1941, Hubbard was commissioned as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Naval Reserve. On May 18, 1943, his subchaser left Portland. That night, Hubbard ordered his crew to fire 35 depth charges and a number of gun rounds at what he believed were Japanese submarines.[28] His ship sustained minor damage and three crew were injured. Having run out of depth charges and with the presence of a submarine still unconfirmed by other ships, Hubbard's ship was ordered back to port. The navy report concludes that "there was no submarine in the area." A decade later, Hubbard claimed he had sunk a Japanese submarine in his Scientology lectures. On June 28, 1941, Hubbard ordered his crew to fire on the Coronado Islands. Hubbard apparently did not realize that the islands belonged to US-allied Mexico, nor that he had taken his vessel into Mexican territorial waters.[30] He was reprimanded and removed from command on July 7.[30] After reassignment to a naval facility in Monterey, California, Hubbard became depressed and fell ill. Reporting stomach pains in April 1945, he spent the remainder of the war as a patient in Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California...snip Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Yeah that was some pretty funny stuff. Didn't Elron's wife or > girlfriend kill him out in the desert and they never found his body? > > I have this friend (or used to, haven't seen him in ages) who knew both > of those characters somewhat peripherally based on some interesting > background. He was good friends with Jerry Pournelle and I guess all > these guys used to hang around together at various times. They were all > pretty weird but quite smart too. I met one of them once, a somewhat > marginal SF writer, I forget which one, at one of his weddings. I > remember talking to my friend about this scientologist thing way back > when, he thought it was the funniest damn thing he ever saw -- some hack > by Elron got turned into something for reals and those idiots started > making big money off it. Wonders never cease. > > I had this other friend, another MIT guy, who had a very serious plan to > create a "religion" and start it up. He had most of the details worked > out to be internally consistent, but of course the whole thing was > complete BS nonsense which was part of the fun for him. I think at the > time his main interests in doing it were to 1) just do it, 2) see if he > could get people to actually get involved with it, and 3) women. It of > course had him as the Grand Poobah or something, to whom all the women > would have to submit, and the guys would do the work and bring in > money. No xenus or anything like that, it was just some feel-good kind > of thing (mostly for him) and a way to fund whatever other interests he > might have (along with the women aspect). As far as I know he never > moved forward with it but he was more than half-serious about it. He > was quite successful in the women aspect even without the religion due > to his rather winning personality, so that motivation factor kinda faded > away. > > --FT > > > On 5/8/17 8:17 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:14 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> What was the motive of the science fiction writer who created this > >> "religion" or whatever it is; and why did it become so popular with so many > >> people? > >> > > Would you believe a bar bet between L. Ron Hubbard and Robert Heinlein? > > > > Hubbard founded Scientology, and Heinlein wrote "Stranger In A Strange > > Land," so who did the better job is up for debate... :D > > > > -MMM- > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
