By Jeff Jacobsen more
1992
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/150e2c0e2267c3c6
THE HUBBARD IS BARE
by Jeff Jacobsen
PO Box 3541
Scottsdale, AZ 85271
Copyright 1992 by Jeff Jacobsen
may be reprinted so long as it is kept in its entirety and not
edited.
Introduction
Review of Hubbard's Theories
The Murky State of Clear
Problems with the Engram
Theory
Science and Dianetics
Hubbard's Sources
The Ideal Dianetics Society
Conclusion
For Further Reading
CONCLUSION
Toward the end of my research on this booklet, I was
contemplating whether I really needed to read Korzybski's
Science and Sanity, the gnostic Pistis Sophia, and to listen to
about 40 more hours of Hubbard's taped lectures I had access to
before I could call my research done. I decided that this was a
case similar to the nuclear arms race; you don't really need
30,000 atomic bombs if you already have 300. In other words,
there is a point of diminishing returns in gathering the lies,
distortions, errors, and wacky ideas Hubbard promulgated. After
you have so many, there's really no reason to keep gathering.
Fortunately for both of us, I decided that I had compiled
enough evidence already for my purpose, which was mainly to show
Hubbard a fraud for claiming that his ideas were his invention
and the only hope for mankind.
I understand, however, that there are people who say "so
what if he was a fraud, the tech. works!" To this I respond,
what do you mean by "works"? Do you mean that you feel better
after auditing? Do you mean that you can actually leave your
body? That you can alter the physical universe? That your IQ
was increased tremendously, that you never have colds, that you
are now more confident? Just what do you mean? I think what
these people mean is it makes them feel better. To that I would
agree. But I also hasten to add that just feeling better is not
all there is to life. In that case a lobotomized drunk might
have the ideal life, since he is not burdened by any worries and
always has that alcoholic high.
I would submit that our goal should be not just feeling
good but also learning about and learning how to live in the
Real World. There is a Real World that we all share (except,
perhaps, for lobotomized drunks). In this world, both of us
will die if hit by a bus doing about 60 mph, even if one of us
thinks that by positing a world where he survives such an
encounter that he thereby will survive. In this world, neither
of us can control street lights just by our will so they will
turn green before we get to the intersection. And in this
world, Scientology takes you away from the common sense and
actuality of the Real World by taking you to a Fake World where
you sacrifice reality for a sense of belonging and well-being.
So, yes, Scientology works, so long as you wish to live in
the Scientology World. But if you want to live in the Real
World, it doesn't. I was in a cult myself for 6 years in my own
Fake World. From that experience I can say that I prefer the
Real World with its uncertainties and problems to my Fake World
where I knew all the answers and felt the bliss of my mystical
experiences. The Fake World is an easier world to live in, but
what's the point? What is gained by living like some kids today
so deeply involved in Dungeons and Dragons fantasy that they
loose sight of food, sleep, jobs, family, friends? The Emperor
in his new fake clothes was quite happy amongst people who also
"saw" his wonderful robes, but when confronted by a child from
the Real World, his Fake World disintigrated. Is living in a
Fake World really worth anything? I think not.
There is much more evidence that has been presented by
others on the history of Scientology, the biographical data on
L. Ron Hubbard, and the horrible experiences that many
Scientologists have had. It was not my goal to even touch any
of the above, and it was not even my goal to comprehensively
cover my selective topic. It seemed to me that there was little
written on the ideas of dianetics and Scientology and their
evolution. This is what I attempted to uncover. My hope is
that this will be useful for those who have left the church so
they can better understand the illusion that caught them, for
those who are investigating the church with thoughts of joining,
and for those with a curiosity about one of the most dangerous
organizations on earth today. I also hope that this may be
useful by suggesting an approach to the study of other cults and
movements in the religious marketplace today.
FOR FURTHER READING:
Russell Miller,
BARE FACED MESSIAH (New York; Henry Holt
and Co., 1987)
Stewart Lamont,
RELIGION, INC. (London: Harrap, Ltd.,
1986)
Bent Corydon and L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.,
L. RON HUBBARD,
MESSIAH OR MADMAN? (Secaucus, NJ; Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1987)
Jon Atack,
A PIECE OF BLUE SKY (Carol Publishing Group, NYNY, 1990)
[Jon Atack, Hubbard and the
Occult, not in original text, added by Raymond Hill]
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