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Old 05-05-2007, 03:04 AM
 
Location: The Silver State (from the UK)
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Just curious what you think about Scientology as a religion. Not what they believe but how it came about. L. Ron Hubbard was a popular science fiction writer, turned self help guru. Then all of a sudden he's the founder of a religion whose "doctrine" (for lack of a better word) was written as a self help guide. So what do you think? Have any other religions started this way?
L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer, who actually ended up in a psychiatric institution... sounds like the perfect foundation for a religion

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