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L. Ron Hubbard: Scientology's esteemed founder

Title: L. Ron Hubbard: Scientology's esteemed founder
Date: Friday, 15 July 2005
Publisher: Slate Magazine
Author: Michael Crowley
Main source: slate.com

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Our summer of Tom Cruise's madness and Katie Holmes' creepy path toward zombie bridedom has been a useful reminder of how truly strange Scientology is. By now those interested in the Cruise-Holmes saga may be passingly familiar with the church's creation myth, in which an evil, intergalactic warlord named Xenu kidnaps billions of alien life forms, chains them near Earth's volcanoes, and blows them up with nuclear weapons. Strange as Scientology's pseudo-theology may be, though, it's not as entertaining as the ... [Read the rest at slate.com]