Church of Scientology Exposed

The Church of Scientology was founded by Science Fiction Author and con-man extraordinaire, L. Ron Hubbard in 1953. According to Sam Moskowitz, a reporter and writer, Hubbard said: "You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion." It certainly worked for him, according to Forbes, he was worth over $200M when he died in 1986. The Church has grown dramatically since that time and today has holdings that no doubt exceed $1B. All of it in the US, is of course, tax free.

Here is a sample of what Scientologists actually believe (here is the entire South Park episode):




Many celebrities including Tom Cruise, Kirsti Alley, and John Travolta are scientologists. The church has enormous power in the entertainment field. It is known for its heavy handed intimidation of any who oppose it. According to Penn Jillette, Showtime will not allow him to expose Scientology on his program Bullshit. He says:

We haven't tackled Scientology because Showtime doesn't want us to. Maybe they have deals with individual Scientologists —- I'm not sure. And we haven't tackled Islam because we have families.

Below is a recent Documentary on the Church of Scientology by  BBC reporter John Sweeney. You may wonder why I would put something about scientology on my blog, since my purpose is to explain why I de-converted from Evangelical Christianity. It is to show that religion, no matter how bizarre, can find devout followers and can hold enormous sway over people's lives.