A space-opera fairy tale apparently believed by otherwise mentally-functioning adults, and which was simply made up by L. Ron Hubbard who famously proclaimed:
"if you want to make a
million dollars, start a religion!"
The Church of Scientology was born.
Remarkably, "Scientology" is banned in Germany because even those very contrite Germans don't have to take THAT degree of bullshit.
Ron L Hubbard maybe did not specifically mention kissing major celebrity ass to attract lots of gullible people to "Scientology". But all that Celebrity ass-kissing works really well for sucking in the 'recruits' - new members who are then systematically brainwashed, exploited and have their entire lives controlled, cult-style.
Also you may not know of Ronnie's "faithful" members causing stupid harm other members' lives if such member comes to their senses and try to get OUT of Sci-fi 'tology.
You can go debunk "Scientology" right now on the website Operation Clambake:
www.http://www.xenu.net/
... unless you happen to already BE a 'Scientologist' in which case you are given a special COS web browser that blocks out all reality from your
computer screen.