AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
The Galactic Gulag and Scientology's Claims
Hubbard presents Earth as a prison of the Galactic Federation for those speaking out or gaining power. Scientology claims to offer the solution to free everyone from this trap. Hubbard claimed to have been Buddha and created Dianetics and Scientology to achieve a permanent state. The meld of archetypal religious ideas and science fiction presumptions in Scientology reflects the popular appeal of science fiction and fantasy among atheistic materialist people. Initiation into the mysteries and the appeal to narcissism in Scientology create a sense of divine specialness and responsibility, enticing people deeper into the belief system.