L. Ron Hubbard's Great Grandson On His Great Grandfather

[stromboli (OP)]

http://www.upworthy.com/l-ron-hubbards-great-grandson-spills-the-family-secrets-on-how-scientology-started-eek?c=reccon1


This is very powerful. And the parallels with Joseph Smith are striking.

[SGOS]

That was kind of cool.  An unusual presentation.  Kind of a combination of historical background and poetry.

[stromboli (OP)]

That was kind of cool.  An unusual presentation.  Kind of a combination of historical background and poetry.

Yeah. his description of hubbard really shows the similarities with Joseph Smith- a born storyteller who could spin a yarn at the drop of a hat, charismatic, manipulative- Hubbard could have been a reincarnation of the man.

[Solitary]

This guy gave a terrific speech, and could be a actor, and what a memory.  I could see how he could start a religion too. To me religious leaders are either brilliant, insane, charismatic charlatans, or a combination of the former, while the followers are childish, neurotic, or insane.  Solitary

[Green Bottle]

Very interesting stuff Stromboli, i admit i dont know a lot about Hubbard or Scientology but i did read  Battlefield Earth''; about 20 years ago and i thought it was an excellent story if a bit long, and then a few years later i saw the movie with john travolta in and i thot it was utter shite, could've been done a whole lot better........

[SGOS]

This guy gave a terrific speech, and could be a actor, and what a memory.  I could see how he could start a religion too.

Scary, isn't it?  I thought the same thing when I watched him.

[stromboli (OP)]

Very interesting stuff Stromboli, i admit i dont know a lot about Hubbard or Scientology but i did read  Battlefield Earth''; about 20 years ago and i thought it was an excellent story if a bit long, and then a few years later i saw the movie with john travolta in and i thot it was utter shite, could've been done a whole lot better........

didn't read the book but I agree about the movie.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

The dude is some serious fucked up.. Listen to the rest of his act

http://jamiedewolf.bandcamp.com/?c=upworthy

[stromboli (OP)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_DeWolf
Slam poet. formerly known as Jamie Kennedy. Very extensive record as an artist.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_DeWolf
Slam poet. formerly known as Jamie Kennedy. Very extensive record as an artist.

Oh..that's art.. I was wondering. Still some serious fucked uppedness. In another time it was called mental illness.

[Brian37]

Sad part is that the biggest three troublemakers in the world do not see that both Hubbard and Smith simply are recent con artists, but this is how all religions get started.

[_Xenu_]

Yeah. his description of hubbard really shows the similarities with Joseph Smith- a born storyteller who could spin a yarn at the drop of a hat, charismatic, manipulative- Hubbard could have been a reincarnation of the man.

And no doubt was in one of his many fanciful tales about past lives.