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What even is Scientology?

Saw some videos on YouTube. I want to know more
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Pfuzylogic · M
Hubbard the founder was a science fiction writer and wrote about creating a Religon.
Their test is pathetic and for the gullible.
I looked at the tester straight in the eye and said “really”? He confessed he joined because of a girl he was following.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@Pfuzylogic And he wasn't even that good as a science fiction writer.
Pfuzylogic · M
@Bushranger
I never completed one of his SF novels.
They had two tin cans they called an electropsychometer which they had me hold to measure if I was lying. It wasn’t even close to measuring anything like the current polygraph tests.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@Pfuzylogic Yeah, galvanic skin response on such rough equipment ain't gonna tell you anything lol. I've read a couple of his books,don't ask what they were, too long ago now but I do recall they weren't all that good. I've been a science fiction fan pretty much all my life, but just couldn't get into his work.
Pfuzylogic · M
@Bushranger
I remember one being “Dianetics” but I couldn’t get past two pages before nodding off.
I didn’t think it made good fiction.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@Pfuzylogic I've not read any of his books specifically about Scientology or Dianetics, only his earlier sci fi stuff. Just couldn't force myself to read his later bullshit lol.
Pfuzylogic · M
@Bushranger
That does violate a person’s common sense!