Post #2634291
2026-04-30 16:04 UTC
Replies (3)
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@Jesus_666@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 17:13
And on the diagram it only has "influenced by" lines going to it. There's no contradiction here.
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@Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-01 13:52
Yeaaaaahhh Hubbard was incredible. Not a pedophile, too! Ultra low bar for a cult leader, but almost no cult leaders pass that one. He was still an intense conman and sex pest in other ways, but he might be the most interesting cult leader I’ve ever read into. Edit: I do disagree that it has no roots, it was for sure influenced by several religions and tons of science fiction. He was a grifter with some original (and some very stupid) ideas, but he also took ideas from a ton of other stuff and religions. The fact that he made a religion so ridiculous and opaque as a “make me rich” scheme and still got enough people to follow it is WILD
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@Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 16:46
Who tf said anything about scientology? You live in a weird world, dude. I'm just the leader of a sex cult based in occult means to achieve ecstatic gnosis.