Who Actually Wrote Scientology?
We have mentioned many times that Hubbard “borrowed” extensively from earlier sources to create Scientology and in this clip I go into some details about… Read More »Who Actually Wrote Scientology?
Madame Blavatsky
Scientology vs. Christian Science
In this very short clip, I talk briefly about whether Hubbard “borrowed” any material from Mary Baker Eddy’s spiritual religion, Christian Science, a group often… Read More »Scientology vs. Christian Science
Deconstructing Scientology: Chapter 11
Hey everyone, we are picking back up on our reading and deconstruction of this book, Scientology, edited by James R. Lewis and featuring essays from a number of different academics and religious scholars on the subject of Scientology. We’ve covered the first 10 chapters and so far it’s been a slugfest of Scientology apologetics to one degree or another, with these scholars almost one-for-one refusing to take a critical view of the subject and many of them simply repeating the content of Scientology’s own promotional materials or Hubbard’s words verbatim and calling it religious scholarship. But this week, we finally have something new.Read More »Deconstructing Scientology: Chapter 11