Bare-Faced Messiah

Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard | Russell Miller

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘ve read several Scientology books, from apostate memoirs to Leah Remimi‘s celebrity perspective to Dianetics (yep), but never an LRH biography. Thanks for the rec @Leftcoastzen ! What a weird dude. Like most cult leaders, he‘s a bombastic, charismatic, compulsive liar. But unlike others, he was a prolific science fiction author who started a religion to make dough. Scientology is his greatest fiction.

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Leftcoastzen Glad you liked it ! He was just bananas! A man with an ever evolving weird plan! 3y

Lesanne This looks really interesting !! 3y

Cinfhen Ohhhh, maybe I need to read this for #Booked2022 #AboutCultOrReligion 3y

britt_brooke @Lesanne It really is! 3y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen It‘s a good read, but a bit dry. So just keep that in mind. 😉 3y

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Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard | Russell Miller

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When you exaggerate your whole life, you have to keep going bigger.His religion is only half the story.Parts I enjoyed the most were the early pulp days in NY going to meetings telling tales of adventure w/ other pulp SF writers (A.E. van Vogt was an early believer) & the crazy days in South Pasadena with rocket scientist Jack Parsons who ran a OTO Crowley Black Magic sex temple ! Delusional , mean, & paranoid in the end , no surprise.

MicheleinPhilly He was truly cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. 4y

Leftcoastzen @MicheleinPhilly 😂👏Yes, indeed! 4y

MemoirsForMe @MicheleinPhilly Great assessment of his personality! 😂👍🏻 4y

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