Scientology's Nut Job Founder

The Smoking Gun ^ | June 24, 2005

[monkapotamus]

Scientology's Nut Job Founder

Cruise a kook? Check out these gems from L. Ron's FBI file

JUNE 24--As Tom Cruise and his Scientology cohorts show Katie Holmes the religion's ropes, they surely won't be spending any time focusing on L. Ron Hubbard's wonderfully entertaining FBI file. Which, of course, is TSG's job. This Hubbard guy, the bureau documents reveal, was quite a raving lunatic (who could have imagined?). When he wasn't diming out a supposed Nazi, beefing about his wife, or complaining about being harassed by Cuban commies, Hubbard wrote to the FBI about a bizarre home invasion. Hubbard, the guiding light to nitwits like Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, and Lisa Marie Presley, told agents in a May 1951 letter about being attacked in his crib. After being knocked out by the intruder(s), the science fiction author claimed, a needle was "thrust into his heart to produce a coronary thrombosis and he was given an electric shock." Little wonder Cruise & Co. are so down on electro convulsive therapy considering what happened to this poor mother Hubbard, who died in 1986 at age 74. Here are some excerpts from L. Ron's FBI file, which we obtained via a Freedom of Information request:

Blowing The Whistle On A Supposed Nazi (1 page)

A Plea For Red Protection (1 page)

Recalling A Heart Attack (3 pages)

FBI Reviews Bankruptcy Filing (2 pages)

L. Ron's Rap Sheet (1 page)

Hubbard: No Tricky Dick Fan (5 pages)

[NRA2BFree]

Scientology was invented so the Jehovah's Witnesses would have someone to laugh at.

LOL!

[kms61]

Mimi Rogers? The last time I saw her was in a recurring role on the X-Files.

BTW, "Tom Cruise," and "nutjob" turns up 961 hits on Google.

[bluepistolero]

Yes, but the books keep coming. lol.

[kenth]

Heh, didn't stop him for the first couple of years after his demise.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I heard it started as a bet between Hubbard and Robert Heinlien over whether Hubbard could start a new religion. But I think that's a myth.

[Happygal]

Now THAT's FUNNY! :-)

[ppaul]

Is elron still writing books?

Nope.
He became worm chow long ago, along with Buddha, Mohammed, Russell, et al.
Jesus is the only founder of a religion who resurrected from the dead.
That's why, outside Christian circles, just the mention of his name raises hackles.
Try this: Go to a party and you can talk about any religion or founders of a religion. But then mention that you are a disciple of Jesus. That's the end of the party.

[oceanperch]

Yes that's her Mimi Rogers.

She has played some strange roles.

I liked the movie where she became A Born Again Christian but with a kook mode. The (false) Mesiah was a kid and it was all cult like.

I don't normally judge an actor on their personal life as their job is entertaining. However I refuse to watch anything connected to Woody Allen due to his running off with his adopted barely legal daughter.

[bluepistolero]

Actually, it was started with a rocket scientist who was a practicing satanist.

[flashbunny]

from the story I read, it was heinlein telling hubbard he was such a crappy writer that he couldn't even start a religion.

amazing that so many celebrities will fall for a whacky, made up religion started by a hack of a scifi writer. And then some of these same people think they know enough to tell the rest of the country how to vote.

[DUH]

The following is a fictitious ... yet, accurate account of the typical scientologist meeting.

Barney : is the scientologist

Andy: is an average guy

_____________________________________________________

Andy : Hey Barney, you need to pray for my dad, he's sick.

Barney : No Andy, your dad just thinks he's sick.

one week later

Andy : Hey Barney, you need to pray for my dad, he's in the hospital, sick.

Barney : No Andy, your dad just thinks he's sick and in no need of a hospital.

one week later

Andy: Hey Barney, you need to pray for my dad ... he thinks he's dead

Barney : (busted ... walks away)

note from duh: I do not know who created this ... but, I agree with the concept.

[need_a_screen_name]

Worth reading:

Readers Digest - Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening Cult

[Californiajones]

Scientology and Christian Science are both cults but this joke sounds more like a stab at Christian Scientists who don't believe evil or disease actually exist.

[Tom_Busch]

Allegedly Hubbard was on Psych meds. Do a search on L. Ron Hubbard and Vistaril.

[Manic_Episode]

One of my favorite books of all time.

[kcvl]

Thanks!

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In THE LATE 1940s, pulp writer L. Ron Hubbard declared, "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."

Hubbard did start his own religion, calling it the "Church of Scientology," and it has grown into an enterprise today grossing an estimated $100 million a year worldwide. His churches have paid him a percentage of their gross, usually ten percent, and stashed untold riches away in bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere under his and his wife's control. Surrounded by aides who cater to his every whim, he reportedly lives on church-owned property, formerly a resort, in Southern California.

Scientology is one of the oldest, wealthiest-and most dangerous-of the major "new religions" or cults operating in America today. Some of its fanatic operatives have engaged in burglary, espionage, kidnapping and smear campaigns to further their goals. Says Assistant US. Attorney Raymond Banoun, who directed a massive investigation that resulted in conspiracy or theft convictions of nine top Scientology officials in Washington, D.C., last October "The evidence presented to the court shows brazen criminal campaigns against private and public organizations and individuals. The Scientology officials hid behind claims of religious liberty while inflicting injuries upon every element of society."

[KittyKares]

I know someone who was in Scientology and got out when she realized they want you to believe weirder and weirder things. It is very difficult to get out of it, though. First they try to talk sense into you, and when that fails, all your Scientology friends turn their backs on you and treat you like an enemy. She was officially declared a "Suppressive Person". You can't just be friends who have different religious points of view. This is one of those cults you want to avoid. Even writing negative things about them is dangerous because they will sue anyone who speaks against them.

[Treader]

Are you sure it wasn't a rocket surgeon, who was practicing superego bs-llistics?

[qam1]

Jesus is the only founder of a religion who resurrected from the dead.

uuumm no, Attis, Dionysus, Osiris, Mithra and Horus to name a few were all resurrected from the dead.

And they were also all crucified, turned water into wine, had 12 disciples and were born of virgins on Dec. 25

Not Jesus

Try this: Go to a party and you can talk about any religion or founders of a religion. But then mention that you are a disciple of Jesus. That's the end of the party.

Gee I wonder why

[bluepistolero]

I think he worked at JPL. Name was Jack Parsons. In the end, the devil got him.