I was over on The Scientology Forum and I mentioned LRH's war record.
And a Scientologist gave me a link that I had never seen before.
Then he called me a "hater".
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Excerpt from the first Scientology coerced retraction, from 1951, written by L. Ron Hubbard and presented to his 2nd wife (now erased) Sara Northrup for her signature. Sara Northrup was later revealed, by L. Ron Hubbard, to have been a Russian spy named "Sara Komkovadamanov."
From the 1951 "Retraction":
"I, Sara Northrup Hubbard, do hereby state that the things I have said about L. Ron Hubbard in courts and the public prints have been grossly exaggerated or entirely false.
I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard was a fine and brilliant man."
Fourteen years later, L. Ron Hubbard wrote in his 1965 'My Philosophy':
"Blinded with injured optic nerves, and lame with physical injuries to the hip and back, at the end of World War II, I faced an almost nonexistent future. My service record stated:
'This officer has no neurotic or psychotic tendencies of any kind whatsoever', but it also stated 'permanently disabled physically'."
In the words of Judge Breckenridge:
"The evidence portrays a man who has been virtually a pathological liar when it comes to his history, background and achievements. The writings and documents in evidence additionally reflect his egotism, greed, avarice, lust for power, and vindictiveness and aggressiveness against persons perceived by him to be disloyal or hostile.
"At the same time it appears that he is charismatic and highly capable of motivating, organizing, controlling, manipulating, and inspiring his adherents. He was referred to during the trial as a 'genius', a 'revered person', a man who was 'viewed by his followers with awe'.