Demented Hubbatd
Patron with Honors
I think that lurking Scientologists would like to know what kind of evolution ex-Scientologists went through before they left the cult.
My CoS story is atypical -- at the time of my involvement with Scientology I was an atheist, so I didn't believe in the theta crap, my sole interest was Dianetics. To me Hubbard was the most sophisticated psychologist, kind of Newton of Psychology. My WOG friends were surprised with my assessment of the Hubbard persona, they were calling his religion a "science fiction" religion.
In response to their criticism I would give a long speech comparing Hubbard to Wolfgang Pauli. Pauli was a famous physicist who made a theoretical prediction about the electron spin. Shortly after his prediction the experiments confirm that, when subjected to electromagnetic field, an electron acquires the spin. For his contribution to science Pauli was awarded Nobel Prize. Pauli firmly believed in Numerology, which is pseudoscience, and even tried to introduce it into Physics. However, his attempts failed. I would say to my friends, "Just because Pauli believed in Numerology. he is not to be denied of his contributions to Physics. The same is true about Hubbard -- his irrational belief in the spirits should not be used to evaluate his outstanding research in the field of Psychology."
After I left the cult, I was angry at myself for not asking the Church representatives to show me at least one Dianetics case study. However, psychologically I was unharmed by the cult because I didn't see its founder as a religious figure.
My CoS story is atypical -- at the time of my involvement with Scientology I was an atheist, so I didn't believe in the theta crap, my sole interest was Dianetics. To me Hubbard was the most sophisticated psychologist, kind of Newton of Psychology. My WOG friends were surprised with my assessment of the Hubbard persona, they were calling his religion a "science fiction" religion.
In response to their criticism I would give a long speech comparing Hubbard to Wolfgang Pauli. Pauli was a famous physicist who made a theoretical prediction about the electron spin. Shortly after his prediction the experiments confirm that, when subjected to electromagnetic field, an electron acquires the spin. For his contribution to science Pauli was awarded Nobel Prize. Pauli firmly believed in Numerology, which is pseudoscience, and even tried to introduce it into Physics. However, his attempts failed. I would say to my friends, "Just because Pauli believed in Numerology. he is not to be denied of his contributions to Physics. The same is true about Hubbard -- his irrational belief in the spirits should not be used to evaluate his outstanding research in the field of Psychology."
After I left the cult, I was angry at myself for not asking the Church representatives to show me at least one Dianetics case study. However, psychologically I was unharmed by the cult because I didn't see its founder as a religious figure.