Based on what Hubbard himself said; "You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.".
And what he wrote that is included in OTIII about the history and story of Xenu.... How could anyone not see the dichotomy of Scientology and its origin and then take that stuff seriously and sign on?
Or is the whole thing made for people who never read any of that and never were exposed to it until they were WELL within the program?
Yes. OT-III and above material is NEVER discussed with anyone who hasn’t actually done the level.
Scientology dogma says that prematurely exposing someone to these materials before they’ve been ‘toughened up’ by doing the lower levels first can have lethal consequences.
By the time one gets to this level one has invested so much time, effort, money and devotion, one is not apt to repudiate all that.
This is a very human reaction, as the saying goes, science advances one funeral at a time...
No one on the lower levels knows anything about OTIII.
By the time one gets to OTIII they have so much invested, and not just in money!, and they have bought in to so many slightly more and more odd stuff, it’s easy to keep going along with the program.