1 definition by Cygnet
L. Ron Hubbard's successful attempt to win a bet made in 1948, with Robert Heinlein, that the best way to get rich was to start a religion. Scientology was that religion, kicked off by the pseudo-self-help book Dianetics in 1949. By 1982, Hubbard's income from the Church of Scientology was about 40 million a year. There's some question about whether Scientologists murdered Hubbard, but Scientologists didn't allow an investigation before cremating the body. The head of Scientology today is a guy named David Miscavige, and the second-tier defacto rulers are in a sub-sect called the Sea Org. Spiritual enlightenment, thinking for yourself, and attempting to leave the organization are strongly discouraged, and punishable by confinement, beatings, and psychological torture. And, gee whiz, for a lot of money and some slave labor, you can buy your way into the entrails of Scientology too!
by Cygnet September 27, 2005