1. Many people first joined because they thought it was good to have superpower
2.They're oftentimes good-hearted people, idealistic, but full of a kind of crushing certainty that eliminate doubt
3. To understand this religion, you must first understand its founder.
write pulp fiction. He found his true metier (work you have the ability to do well) in science fiction. A lot of what scientology is, he had previously written about in the form of his science fiction. He had the ability to fabricate ( Fabrication) these tales (story), and he transported (move to) those imaginary stories into his theology (theology).
He said many times that the only way to make any real money was to have a religion, that's essentially what he was trying to do with "Dianetics". Get a religion where he could have an income, and the government wouldn't take away from him in the form of taxes.
4. It was part of the mind control, the cultic (cultcult) manipulation.
dangerous and deeply paranoid organization
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