There's long been a rumour that Scientology was the result of a bet

Specifically, L Ron Hubbard bet Robert Heinlein that he could start a new religion.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on May 2nd 2008 at 12:11:36

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People on hare watcher lotta tele dunt they (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 2, 11:33:47
- I like (General Chat) - megson, May 2, 12:21:06
  - oh and that life on mars weren't bad either (General Chat) - megson, May 2, 12:27:19
- I like (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 11:53:30
  - i like the programme IDEAL, quality (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, May 2, 12:36:53
  - I've been watching that medieval series (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:01:38
    - I didn't - I might iPlayer them if they're on there. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:03:51
      - this is what I was talking about (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:21:07
        
        TVM (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:23:57
        
        I love medieval stuff, all of it, (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 2, 12:26:28
        
        Me too, I had all the medieval lego when I was a kid too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:28:35
        
        I had a pig's bladder on a stick and a small witch on a tiny ducking stool (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 2, 12:29:37
        
        Prithee, Nuncle, foresooth. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:33:08
        
        Ruffs, cuffs, hessian sacks, mead, capons, lyres, minstrels, common grazing land, (General Chat) - malkybarkid, May 2, 12:38:04
        
        Jugged hares, monks with real tonsures, hangings, burning catholics, burning protestants (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:50:31
        
        'all this were fields'? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:52:01
        
        londinium, the expansion of the urban sprawl was a major issue (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 2, 12:54:50
        
        That's what I meant: they didn't need to say "I remember when all this was fields", 'cos i (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:54:12
        
        so when did they say 'all this were fields'? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:58:05
        
        1930s just after they started building social housing on everything. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:59:29
        
        and they were talking about medieval times, were they? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 13:01:19
        
        I think you're focussing too much on the minutae and missing the bigger picture. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 13:07:08
        
        and the Guttenberg printing press (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 2, 13:12:25
        
        ha ha. Thank you. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 13:10:41
        
        (also not sure they had many guns to shoot the Welsh) (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:52:41
        
        Bows and Arrows - you're rubbish at medievals. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:54:44
        
        'shooting'????? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:56:35
        
        What else do you call it, when you do someone in with bows and arrows? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 13:00:43
  - My Name is Earl had Alyssa Milano in it last night. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 2, 11:58:50
  - My name is earl is fucking piss funny isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 11:54:31
    - Scientologist training material intut! (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 11:56:05
    - Yep, really good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 11:55:49
      - Scientology propaganda though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:02:02
        
        Really? All the karma stuff I spooze? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:05:21
        
        More the clearing of past traumas , or 'engrams' (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:07:11
        
        There's long been a rumour that Scientology was the result of a bet (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 2, 12:11:36
        
        Here goo (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:13:47
        
        Yup. Actors playing Earl and Randy both scientologists (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:11:10
        
        Dangerous for whom? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:11:04
        
        It's not just idiots who get ripped off.... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:13:05
        
        in brief, what do Scientologists believe? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 2, 12:09:47
        
        Basically: (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:15:06
        
        Anyway, the aliens aren't the point... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:20:09
        
        More links: (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:27:55
        
        ooooooooh, Bookworld did that to me (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 2, 12:26:10
        
        But really it's all about money and influence, isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:18:50
        
        Maybe for the Hollywood elite, but they are just the public face. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:20:37
        
        Something about aliens and giving a LOT of money to L. Ron Hubbard. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 12:11:55
        
        are they paranoid? (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 12:15:02
        
        ......... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:16:05
        
        That squirting water in tom cruises face isn't funny (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 12:11:36
        
        and ditching someone you've been married to for donkeys to a younger model is fine (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 12:12:27
        
        and having an eppy on opera winfrey making you look a cunt is really cool too (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 12:12:46
        
        I think you might be confusing the entire religion with the life of one its adherents. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:15:09
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 12:47:47
        
        I'm tackling vile cults a full 6 minutes faster than you! (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:03:08
        
        oops, sorry. Hadn't noticed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 2, 12:06:39
        
        Heh, it's ok, only kidding. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 12:07:24
- Not me. I do enjoy a bit of shouty Eastenders though. (General Chat) - tudders, May 2, 11:39:28
  - not me neither, though Corrie kicks shit out of Eastender Gangsters (General Chat) - blindasabat, May 2, 11:46:06

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