[grammymoon]

Brainwashed cult of morons who need someone else to tell the how to think.

Nothing is their fault, it's all someone else's,fault that the inductee is unhappy.

For 40K they will "clear" you of all the negativity inflicted up[on you.

Their founder wrote science fiction (poor science fiction, at that) before the "founding" of Scientology.

Then he just "disappeared", probably back to the Mother ship.
Idiots!

[memsahib]

Actually, he was in hiding the last years of his life because the U.S. government and the IRS had taken a keen interest in him. When he died, an (partial?) autopsy was done on him before Scientology moved in to stop the proceedings. It was found that he had multiple needle marks in his buttocks and had Vistiril, an anti-psychotic drug, in his blood.

The theories are that he had become mentally incompetent (despite his claims of Dianetic healing and Scientology spiritual technology) and the people closest to him thought it best to keep him quiet. Dead quiet.

The official version as I heard it in January 1986 at the Hollywood Palladium was that Hubbard had outgrown his body and had moved on to new levels of research. Standing ovation and "Hip-hip-hooray" for 15 minutes.

Control was turned over to Pat and Annie Broeker whom Hubbard named "Loyal Officers" at that event. Within days, David Miscavige pulled a coup by announcing that the Broekers were "suppressive persons," had them "ex communicated" and wrested the reigns of power.

From then on, everything went downhill fast.