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Justin Taylor links this UK article of a reporter who went underground to discover the in’s and out’s of Scientology.
From what I hear, L. Ron Hubbard used to live right here in Hemet-San Jacinto, CA (in case you were unaware, that is the same locale of The Capranica – though we sport very different religious convictions). They have a major retreat center in our area, where presumably, some of the Hollywood stars who are sunk into Scientology have sunk a good chunk of their money. They are quite secretive and have a very high tech security system around their property. The compound also includes a movie studio and beautiful golf course.
All of this to say, next to some charismatics, they have a good corner on how to develop a religion for the purpose of manking money.
