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L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, [1] the only child of Ledora May (née Waterbury), who had trained as a teacher, and Harry Ross Hubbard, a former United States Navy officer. L. Ron was named after his maternal grandfather, Lafayette "Lafe" O. Waterbury.
On December 5, 2013, The Eric Andre Show aired a comedy sketch titled "Black Scientologists" where André's character proclaims "Not a lot of people know this, but L. Ron Hubbard was a black man. His real name was L. Ron Hoyabembe!", while revealing an artist's conception of Hubbard wearing an afro.
From 1953 to 1967, L. Ron Hubbard was the official leader of the Church of Scientology. In 1954 L. Ron Hubbard gained tax-exempt status in the United States for his Scientology organizations, and lost it in 1958 when the IRS determined Hubbard and his family were profiting unreasonably from Scientology.
According to scholar Mikael Rothstein, just as Jesus is the sole object of religious devotion and source of salvation, and the church is seen as an "extension" of Jesus' divinity, "the entire fabric of Scientology is best understood as an expansion of the individual, L. Ron Hubbard, including the buildings currently emerge as physical ...
Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement. It is variously defined as a cult, a business, a religion, or a scam. [11] Hubbard initially developed a set of ideas that he called Dianetics, which he represented as a form of therapy.
Maloney informed L. Ron Hubbard. [38] That night, L. Ron Hubbard, accompanied by Foundation staffers Frank Dessler and Richard De Mille, kidnapped Hubbard's year-old daughter Alexis and wife Sara and forcibly took them to San Bernardino, California, where he attempted unsuccessfully to find a doctor to examine Sara and declare her insane. [39]
Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to L. Ron Hubbard. [18]: 37 [149] John Duignan: 1963– Whistleblower and noted critic of the church. [150] Dennis Erlich: 19xx– 1982 Former high-ranking official in the church and later critic of Scientology who joined the alt.religion.scientology discussion group on Usenet in late ...
Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard is a posthumous biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard by British journalist Russell Miller. First published in the United Kingdom on 26 October 1987, the book takes a critical perspective, challenging the Church of Scientology 's account of Hubbard's life and work. [ 1 ]