Church of Scientology - Lest We Forget

25 of the biggest lies told by L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology (Tony Ortega 2015)

Notice the heading doesn't say Only 25, but "25 of the Biggest Lies." Mr. Ortega's listing is worth a look-see for those who wonder what all the fuss is about this organization.

So this is why there are so many skeptics and haters out there when it comes to the Church of Scientology. I had no idea that the founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was a pathological liar and his wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, was sent to jail with eight other members of the church for Obstructing Justice and stealing government documents. Ever heard of "Operation Snow White"? Just ask any Scientologist. Then again, maybe you shouldn't ask.

I haven't researched much about L. Ron Hubbard, but from what I've found so far there was nothing holy about the man. Sounds more like a crooked snake-oil businessman who inspired followers with falsehoods while pocketing their money. Picture a cross-hatching of Donald Trump  and Jim Jones; and sadly there's always lost souls willing to drink the kool-aide. 

The Church of Scientology's "Operation Snow White" was the organization's failed criminal conspiracy attempt to cover up Hubbard's dark history. Again, another example where the cover-up is worse than the crime. 

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Scientology building in Los Angeles, California.

Grand Jury Charges, Introduction, "United States of America v. Mary Sue Hubbard", United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1979.

Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard

Biographies

Gerry Armstrong, formerly Hubbard's official biographical researcher, whose trial disclosed many details of Hubbard's life

In the late 1970s two men began to assemble a picture of Hubbard's life. Michael Linn Shannon, a resident of Portland, Oregon, became interested in Hubbard's life story after an encounter with a Scientology recruiter. Over the next four years he collected previously undisclosed records and documents. He intended to write an exposé of Hubbard and sent a copy of his findings and key records to a number of contacts but was unable to find a publisher.^[321]

Shannon's findings were acquired by Gerry Armstrong, a Scientologist who had been appointed Hubbard's official archivist.^[321] He had been given the job of assembling documents relating to Hubbard's life for the purpose of helping Omar V. Garrison, a non-Scientologist who had written two books sympathetic to Scientology, to write an official biography. However, the documents that he uncovered convinced both Armstrong and Garrison that Hubbard had systematically misrepresented his life. Garrison refused to write a "puff piece" and declared that he would not "repeat all the falsehoods they [the Church of Scientology] had perpetuated over the years". He wrote a "warts and all" biography while Armstrong quit Scientology, taking five boxes of papers with him. The Church of Scientology and Mary Sue Hubbard sued for the return of the documents while settling out of court with Garrison, requiring him to turn over the nearly completed manuscript of the biography.^[322] In October 1984 Judge Paul G. Breckenridge ruled in Armstrong's favor, saying:

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 egoism, 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 has been referred to during the trial as a "genius," a "revered person," a man who was "viewed by his followers in awe." Obviously, he is and has been a very complex person and that complexity is further reflected in his alter ego, the Church of Scientology.^[323]

In November 1987, the British journalist and writer Russell Miller published Bare-faced Messiah, the first full-length biography of L. Ron Hubbard. He drew on Armstrong's papers, official records and interviews with those who had known Hubbard including ex-Scientologists and family members. The book was well-received by reviewers but the Church of Scientology sought unsuccessfully to prohibit its publication on the grounds of copyright infringement.^[324] Other critical biographical accounts are found in Bent Corydon's L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? (1987) and Jon Atack's A Piece of Blue Sky (1990).

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A poster of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, supplied by Keryn, 55. Keryn grew up in the church and has told ABC News Online she was a victim of 'hard labor, mental brutality and separation' on their ships. She is angry the motion for a Scientology probe has been blocked in Parliament.