I recently did a post about “What Is Greatness” (L. Ron Hubbard -- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?). This is a follow up with another of Hubbard's "PR" pieces intended to make him sound magnanimous and benign. These are the two pillars of the Hubbard myth. If you read My Philosophy without blindly accepting what he has to say, it is apparent that his philosophy is to tell a whole lot of lies. I'm not going to document each of the lies with the factual citations — just make note of the most egregious ones in he recounting of "hi philosophy." If you want to know the truth read Barefaced Messiah by … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard — Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Hubbard churned out thousands of writings -- books, magazine articles, policy letters, technical bulletins etc. I have often noted that if something Hubbard said is inconvenient to the current circumstance, you can probably find something else he said that is contradictory and will suit the current need. There are a few writings of Hubbard that were pure self-promotional propaganda. His statement: "the work was free, keep it so" comes to mind, ha ha ha. NOTHING is free in scientology. But perhaps the most blatant of all is his essay "What is Greatness?" It is used by … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard’s Philosophy
"My Philosophy" is one of the Hubbard scribblings they refer to and proudly republish often. It even gets its own constantly recurring video on the scientologyTV! In this piece, Hubbard is very lofty sounding and appears to be thoughtful, compassionate and generous. It's why they use it so much. But nobody should be fooled. It is a compendium of lies. Here are some select passages and my thoughts about them: Surrounded by protective coatings of impenetrable scholarliness, philosophy has been reserved to the privileged few. The first principle of my … [Read more...]