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originally posted by: DOCHOLIDAZE1
a reply to: Thetan
i do believe Hubbard was in cahoots with Crowley or at least a student, this is the reason alone to not believe anything he says. After all crowly is grandfather to george w bush the whole thing stinks
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Thetan
Finally a religion that is worse than Christianity, Islam and Judaism combined. I feel like this could be the unifying force that we need here on ATS.
originally posted by: DOCHOLIDAZE1
a reply to: Thetan
i do believe Hubbard was in cahoots with Crowley or at least a student, this is the reason alone to not believe anything he says. After all crowly is grandfather to george w bush the whole thing stinks
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Thetan
Finally a religion that is worse than Christianity, Islam and Judaism combined. I feel like this could be the unifying force that we need here on ATS.
originally posted by: DOCHOLIDAZE1
a reply to: vethumanbeing
got any links? i am interested in this topic?
Hubbard's early interest in the occult[edit] Hubbard's eldest son, Ronald DeWolf, related a story that L. Ron Hubbard had "first discovered Magick" at the age of sixteen when he read Aliester Crowley's The Book of the Law.[citation needed] Author Jon Atack reports that Hubbard joined the Rosicrucian order Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) in 1940, completing the first two neophyte degrees. According to Atack, Hubbard's membership lapsed on July 5, 1940.[6][7]
Business practices[edit] Several of the Church's practices resemble business operations, including paying recruiters a cut of the money made from the people they attract and the franchising network that results in large revenues for the highest levels of the Church. Such activities distinguish Scientology from other religious organizations. The Church pays 10% commissions to recruiters, called Field Staff Members (FSMs), on new recruits they bring in who take a course or receive counseling.[6][7] In addition, Church of Scientology franchises/missions, pay the Church roughly 10% of their gross income.[8]
Excuse me
Oh will you excuse me
I'm just trying to find the bridge...
Has anybody seen the bridge?
(Have you seen the bridge?)
I ain't seen the bridge!
(Where's that confounded bridge?)
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Kukri
Hey that looks like their pseudo scientific e-meter...LOL
Negative reinforcement is the withholding of reward or stimulus, it is not the application of punishment. Like a reward, the application of punishment is positive reinforcement
Its powerful, delivers tiny shocks to ones body if your answer is wrong (heavy interview questioning; you have a huge file they have compiled before this happens); its a form of negative reinforcement; or brainwashing.