Verily, in article <114uo80$2p8k4$1@dont-email.me>, did Your NameIt was derived from a science fiction novel which he wrote after which he and his publisher used ideas from that to come up with Dianetics which after it went bankrupt Hubbard decided to come up with Scientology as a derivative of it but copyright all of the literature and its derivative works and licence this alternative to psychiatry to others who wanted to practice it for a fee.
<YourName@YourISP.com> deliver unto us this message:>Didn't he originally do this as a bet or dare or something? Then it
On 8/5/2026 12:22 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:>>
L. Ron Hubbard said you don't get rich writing sci-fi
But Ron L. Hubbard was a looney ... he invented the ridiculous
Scientology 'religion'.
proved lucrative, and here we are.
That's the vague version I heard, at least. I never heard details or saw
evidence.
When it went foul of US laws which required medical claims to be scientifically proven after all the psychiatrists complained it was taking away all of their business, Hubbard turned it into a religion because as a religion its medical claims about mental health did not need any scientific proof since religion is based on faith. As an added benefit religious organisations were regarded as charities and didn't have to pay most taxes so Scientology made a huge profit and Hubbard was then chased around the world by the IRS for alleged tax evasion and died a fugitive.
All the stuff about aliens visiting Earth in the past had to be inserted into the teaching material for the benefit of the authorities so as to justify calling it a religion.
So basically Scientology flourished thanks to the US authorities trying to outlaw it
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