PDF links to anti-Scientology books
http://exscientologistsireland.org/wp/about-the-scientology-organisation/books/
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It was 1950, in the early, heady days of Dianetics, soon after L. Ron Hubbard opened the doors of his first organization to the clamoring crowd. Up until then, Hubbard was known only to readers of pulp fiction, but now he had an instant best-seller with a book that promised to solve every problem of the human mind, and the cash was pouring in. Hubbard found it easy to create schemes to part his new following from their money. One of the first tasks was to arrange "grades" of membership, offering supposedly greater rewards, at increasingly higher prices. Over thirty years later. an associate wryly remembered Hubbard turning to him and confiding, no doubt with a smile, "Let's sell these people a piece of blue sky."
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After 14 years and a senior officer posting in the Church of Scientology Cyril Vosper investigates and condemns SCIENTOLOGY was founded by former science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It has grown into an international cult whose network of cells is devoted to 'pulling the society under us'. At the end of the Sixties, Cyril Vosper was declared a SUPPRESSIVE PERSON to his fellow Scientologists, whereby he could be 'deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist - tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed'. Finally he was declared in a condition of ENEMY. His marriage broke down and he was separated from his children. Vosper has struck back with this book. It immediately became subject to a writ from the Scientologists seeking to restrain its publication. After a bitter court action, the Scientologists have lost their case.
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There are two wildly conflicting versions of the life story of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the
Church of Scientology, The first, promoted by the Church, is that he was an unfailingly honest,
generous humanitarian whose profound insights have transformed the world. The second,
propounded in its fullest form in Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, is that he was a
pathological liar, a fraud consumed by greed and paranoia who sucked literally millions of people
into an extraordinary fantasy world.
The quotation above is one was one of Hubbard's favourite aphorisms, highlighting his claim that
subjective truth is all that matters. If that's correct, then either account is equally plausible. But if
objective truth is at all important, relying on evidence and reason rather than pure belief, then BareFaced
Messiah is considerably more convincing. I have provided links between Miller's account of
Hubbard's life and that of the Church of Scientology (on their Web site, http://www.lronhubbard.org).
Compare and contrast the two biographies, look at the supporting evidence and then decide for
yourself.
Why is the biography of L. Ron Hubbard important in the first place? The obvious reason is that it
calls into question the whole validity of Scientology. Some Scientologists have acknowledged
privately that Hubbard's official biography may be inaccurate, but that it doesn't invalidate his work.
That may be so, but for those who take this view, consider this point: as a great deal of the
inaccuracies in his biography originate with the man himself, what else was he inaccurate about? If
Hubbard lied about his life, what else did he lie about?
This argument is, incidentally, not one that is lost on the leadership of the Church of Scientology;
Russell Miller faced considerable harassment and legal action from the Church before it was
possible to publish Bare-Faced Messiah. The court which permitted him to do so in Britain pointed
out, quite correctly, that Hubbard was a figure of considerable public interest whose reputation was
used by the Church to promote itself - and that a biography of his life was therefore prima facie in
the public interest.
Bare-Faced Messiah is out of print now, but this argument remains no less strong. That is why I
have reproduced the book on the Web, with Mr Miller's permission; not because I have any desire to
damage the Church of Scientology but because I believe strongly that it is in the public interest to
make his well-researched book available to a wider audience. Here for the first time, then, is an
electronic version of Bare-Faced Messiah.
