Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "Scientology’s devious tricks to hold its members hostage for life | 60 Minutes Australia" video.

  1. Yep. I was a huge fan of Hubbard's scifi. Then I heard about Dianetics, and began to read that book. It was then that I surmised that L.Ron Hubbard was just a wee bit loopy. A few years later, after delving into the man's philosophies, I realised that he wasn't loopy. He was, through his newly founded church, a master con man who was exploiting the vulnerabilities of those looking for answers to life with some kind of expansive joke. Unfortunately, far too many people are looking for answers, and Hubbard created the perfect way to get rich off impressionable souls, by using 'religion'. In 1988 I had some free time in Sydney and was just wandering around. I happened upon some scientologists conducting 'surveys' and ended up in their headquarters undergoing one of those psychological tests. They, in my experience, would have been very succesful in bringing vulnerable people into their cult. I submitted to their conversion attempts because I was bored and had six hours to kill. They tried for 2 hours to pull me into the fold. Eventually I got tired of the fun and left, but not before I was told that I was dooming humanity if I didn't join them. Yep, it's a cult based on a social experiment that helped make L Ron Hubbard and his cohorts filthy rich...by following the same philosophy that religious groups use.
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