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Plus, when Hubbard acted looney, my justification was the William James' writing titled "The Varieties of Religious Experience" where James notes loads of loonies were religious leaders.

So looney delusional megalomania goals of Hubbard, fine, in context.

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Chuck, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive! (Shakespeare)

I was walking around with a copy of Isaac Asimov's "Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology", reading about the alchemical works of Isaac Newton and Cavendish's misogyny. You could make a decent rationalization that Hubbard was a kook but so was Giordano Bruno.

An inspired weirdo or a weird inspiration? Does wisdom fall from the mouths of fools or, as they say, in vino veritas? (In the wine we find the truth, or get them drunk to make them talk truly).

The ultimate test, no matter who came up with the idea, is does it work? In Scientology's case the answer is a resounding NO!

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Scientology gets the big no!

I love the "No OTs" song, for it just pulls the rug out from Scientology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyigdRxPOR4

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