From an often-quoted article by L. Ron Hubbard: THE TRUE STORY of Scientology is simple, concise and direct. It is quickly told: 1. A philosopher developed a philosophy about life and death. 2. People find it interesting. 3. People find it works. 4. People pass it along to others. 5. It grows. When we examine this extremely accurate and very brief account, we see that there must be in our civilization some very disturbing elements for anything else to be believed about … [Read more...] about Article: The True Story of Scientology (2007)
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Letter: Senator Styles Bridges to Louis B. Nichols, Assistant to the Director Federal Bureau of Investigation (February 22, 1957)
File/Ref. No.: 62-94080
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I do not know how much there is to the enclosed letter but I thought it was something which might bear looking into. You undoubtedly know all about this cult and I would appreciate getting a report from you at your convenience which I could pass along to the writer of this letter. … [Read more...] about Letter: Senator Styles Bridges to Louis B. Nichols, Assistant to the Director Federal Bureau of Investigation (February 22, 1957)
Book: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (6) (1950)
Absolutism is a fine road to stagnation and I do not think Spencer meant to be so entirely absolute about his Knowable and Unknowable. SURVIVE! is the demarcation point between those things which can be experienced by the senses (our old friends Hume and Locke) and those things which cannot necessarily be known through the senses, but which possibly may be known, but which one does not necessarily need to solve the problem. Among those things which one did not necessarily need to know (the … [Read more...] about Book: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (6) (1950)