I am continually amazed at the similarity between S-tology and satanism/occultism.
(I'm amazed at the similarity between it and the shallow unimaginative plot lines from the rest of Hubbards silly books)
Founded by two satanists, Hubbard and Jack Parsons, followers of Crowley
Thetan (say it with a lisp)
Scientology is a total weirdo cult. Satanists are just militant atheists. They don't worship ANYTHING (except maybe the freedom to be who they want to be). They enjoy ticking Christians off by revelling in their atheism and holding fake "Satanic rituals" that are specifically designed to go against the grain of Christianity. That's all there is to it. Heck, even the Satanism name is used because of the negative effect it has on Christians.
I was amazed by the Satanic Bible. I thought it was gonna be weird and cultish, too, but it turned out to be VERY conservative and preached self reliance and freedom above everyting else.