29. Did Hubbard say that the way to make a million dollars is to start a religion?
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This article is from the New Readers Scientology FAQ, by rkeller@netaxs.com (Rod Keller) with numerous contributions by others.
29. Did Hubbard say that the way to make a million dollars is to start a religion?
Answer By: Chris Schafmeister <schaf@cgl.ucsf.edu>
The following is shamelessly summarized from Don Lindsay's excellent FAQ
on the subject.
Several people have been quoted as saying that they heard Hubbard talk
of starting a religion to make money and avoid taxes some time around
1945 to 19.50. Among them are Jay Kay Klein, reporter Neison Himmel
who shared a room with Hubbard in 1945, then editor of the "Thrilling"
group of magazines Sam Merwin, writer Sam Moskowitz, science fiction
writer Theodore Sturgeon, and writer Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. On the
other hand, the church of Scientology has obtained affidavits from a
David A. Kyle and Jay Kay Klein who claim they were at the same talk
that Hubbard gave when Moskowitz claims Hubbard made the statement and
that Hubbard never made the "start his own religion" statement. The
Kyle and Klein affidavits have clashed with an affidavit from
Moskowitz in a German court of law and the case was dismissed when the
Moskowitz affidavit was produced.
Don concludes in his FAQ that he can't see how the witnesses to Hubbard's
statement could be wrong and I would have to agree with him.
Answer By: Elizabeth McCoy <emccoy@jade.mv.net>
Probably. If I had a time-machine, I'd probably want to go back and smack
him for it, though it's not really a "new" idea. The test for the
techniques espoused is to try them without hoping they'll fail. If you
like them, then does it matter what he said?
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