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Some ex-Scientologists and Indie Scientologists have debated and disagreed about:
As we can directly observe (above) the lying did not begin with DIANETICS, it came much later on the 4th word ("science").
However, there is another fascinating thing that also happened back then in 1950, in the Dianetic Garden of Eden when the original sin (i.e. calling it "science") was committed. Hubbard simultaneously took a second bite of the apple of the forbidden tree and revealed the original gimmick that was going to evermore be coupled with the original sin for the next 70 years.
Said marketing gimmick is revealed in an OPEN LETTER Hubbard wrote to readers of Astounding Science Fiction in August 1950 in response to that magazine publishing the article "Dianetics: The Evolution Of A Science".
Take a quick peek and you will soon begin to see a distinctive pattern (and patter) that was manifest in Hubbard's body of work for the next 36 years.
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Hubbard's Letter: (key lines bolded)
FULL LETTER AT CAROLINE LETKEMEN'S OUTSTANDING SITE
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Thus we can clearly see that Hubbard was not content with merely CLAIMING that his work was science. No. He was a shrewd enough con man too understand that lacking any scientific basis, clinical trials or even research, he had to commit the second sin of creating it.
This is precisely when the core hoax dynamics was first piloted. It was diabolically simple and required melding only two (2) different elements, much like water (H20).
Scientology's ocean of lies has an essential molecular structure that is likewise H20.
1 part "O"
(Original sin--claiming it's science)
2 parts "H"
(Hyperbole)
Hubbardian Hyperbole--like ice cream, comes in many flavors. All super sweet to the taste but instead of making gluttons fat, it makes status-starved-scientologists fatuous.
The main flavors which you will undoubtedly recognize are:
RECAP: The formula for Scientology is therefore TELL A BOLD LIE followed by HYPERBOLICALLY CLAIM EVIDENCE for the lie with unverifiable facts.
Hubbard quickly determined that the most effective hyperbole was to claim that people AGREED that his "science" worked. Thus, the frantic claims of tens of millions of members and the frenetic building of orgs around the world to service what he assured everyone was "overwhelming demand". It is not 70 years later and the cult's number one scam gimmick is building "IDEAL ORGS" that prove its popularity--and therefore effectiveness.
Hubbard was in fact so enamored with that trick ('Everyone Agrees!") that he even incorporated it into his church's sacred scripture as follows:
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Some ex-Scientologists and Indie Scientologists have debated and disagreed about:
WHEN EXACTLY DID L. RON HUBBARD
BEGIN LYING ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY TECH?
Faithful readers of "The Stupid Thread" may recall that I have gone on record with my opinion on the subject. Perhaps shockingly, I do not think Ron was lying from the very beginning.BEGIN LYING ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY TECH?
As we can directly observe (above) the lying did not begin with DIANETICS, it came much later on the 4th word ("science").
However, there is another fascinating thing that also happened back then in 1950, in the Dianetic Garden of Eden when the original sin (i.e. calling it "science") was committed. Hubbard simultaneously took a second bite of the apple of the forbidden tree and revealed the original gimmick that was going to evermore be coupled with the original sin for the next 70 years.
Said marketing gimmick is revealed in an OPEN LETTER Hubbard wrote to readers of Astounding Science Fiction in August 1950 in response to that magazine publishing the article "Dianetics: The Evolution Of A Science".
Take a quick peek and you will soon begin to see a distinctive pattern (and patter) that was manifest in Hubbard's body of work for the next 36 years.
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Hubbard's Letter: (key lines bolded)
Dear Readers:
I would like to express my deep appreciation for the magnificent response given to the article: “Dianetics: The Evolution Of A Science.”
Over two thousand letters arrived in the offices of this magazine and Hermitage House in New York, the publishers of the handbook. As the letters are still arriving, as this is written, at the rate of more than two hundred per day, I cannot say with accuracy what the total response will be. Less than fifteen of these letters were adversely critical and only three were thoroughly “agin” dianetics; in that one of the three was from a young gentleman who was on the verge of receiving his master’s degree in psychology, the bitterness of the letter is easy to understand and one is rather moved to feel sympathy with the writer. A score of two thousand in favor to three against rather tends to swallow up the opposition and to carry out a principle I have often noted, that the wild protests against dianetics forecast by some of its supporters fails to materialize as soon as an accurate knowledge of it is communicated
The publication of the article seems to have saved several lives. And it has gained very considerable report for the new science. Over fifty medical doctors and psychiatrists wrote letters couched in terms of high approval. Not one single individual whose profession was intimately connected with mental work and who was experienced with it found fault with dianetics; indeed, it seems that those who best understand through professional work the problems of the mind are those who most readily grasp and accept dianetics. The roll call of professionals intensely interested in dianetics now contains some of the most prominent authorities on the mind in the United States. The enthusiasm of response has been most gratifying. Dianetics seems to have taken off like several V -2 rockets in a bundle but, we hope, with a more constructive purpose.
It would be quite beyond me as a matter of sheer labor to answer the many queries on specific points which were contained in some of the letters. No point advanced in any of these letters is not covered in the handbook. The article was, of necessity, brief and sketchy in spots. In the 180,000 words of the handbook adequate coverage is given to all points. Of course some of the letters were answered because they had an emergency status. Example : I am contemplating suicide, can dianetics help me? Example: I have for some time considered the commission of a murder, what can dianetics do for me that will make it unnecessary? Example: my baby is about to be born, what can I do to make the birth easier? Dianetics can help in each case, certainly.
--- snipped for brevity---FULL LETTER AT CAROLINE LETKEMEN'S OUTSTANDING SITE
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Thus we can clearly see that Hubbard was not content with merely CLAIMING that his work was science. No. He was a shrewd enough con man too understand that lacking any scientific basis, clinical trials or even research, he had to commit the second sin of creating it.
This is precisely when the core hoax dynamics was first piloted. It was diabolically simple and required melding only two (2) different elements, much like water (H20).
Scientology's ocean of lies has an essential molecular structure that is likewise H20.
1 part "O"
(Original sin--claiming it's science)
2 parts "H"
(Hyperbole)
Hubbardian Hyperbole--like ice cream, comes in many flavors. All super sweet to the taste but instead of making gluttons fat, it makes status-starved-scientologists fatuous.
The main flavors which you will undoubtedly recognize are:
- - MASSIVE NUMBERS AGREE! (that grew from Hubbard's original claim of "2000" fan letters, to modern day Scientology's claim of 20,000,000 Scientologists.
- - PEOPLE LOVE OUR TECHNOLOGY! (see our glowing success stories to prove it, but please don't look at our files which reveal that 98% of the miracle recipients blew Scientology because it didn't work)
- - EXPERTS AGREE! Famous people are Scientologists (originally rocket scientists but more lately movie actors)
- - MIRACLES! So many people around the world experienced authentic miracles. (But unfortunately our corporate policies do not allow anyone to demonstrate any evidence any of said miracles, because that would be a disreputable "parlor trick". And our integrity is such that we'd much rather let cancer patients die than pull a cheap stunt like curing them where people can observe it.)
RECAP: The formula for Scientology is therefore TELL A BOLD LIE followed by HYPERBOLICALLY CLAIM EVIDENCE for the lie with unverifiable facts.
Hubbard quickly determined that the most effective hyperbole was to claim that people AGREED that his "science" worked. Thus, the frantic claims of tens of millions of members and the frenetic building of orgs around the world to service what he assured everyone was "overwhelming demand". It is not 70 years later and the cult's number one scam gimmick is building "IDEAL ORGS" that prove its popularity--and therefore effectiveness.
Hubbard was in fact so enamored with that trick ('Everyone Agrees!") that he even incorporated it into his church's sacred scripture as follows:
"REALITY IS AGREEMENT"
Two roads diverged in a SciFi story
Science & Fiction
Scientologists took the road less real
And that has made all the difference
Two roads diverged in a SciFi story
Science & Fiction
Scientologists took the road less real
And that has made all the difference
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