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Scientology was inevitable

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    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    SebBerkovich wrote: »
    Just finished reading a guardian artical about a new book by Lawrence Wright on Scientology.

    Hadley Freeman makes a great point about celebrity culture in the 20th century became the perfect incubator for the rise of Scientology, helped of course by american cultural dominance around the world....

    Worth a read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/scientology-lawrence-wright-going-clear

    And don't forget blackmail. Lots of blackmail.


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    SebBerkovich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭SebBerkovich


    Gbear wrote: »
    And don't forget blackmail. Lots of blackmail.

    I think they just borrowed that idea after The RCC perfected it.
    They've been more enterprising than most new faith based crazies.


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