L. Ron Hubbard was a weirdo of epic proportions. Let’s put that right out there as to avoid any confusion. The obviously mentally disturbed man claimed he was raised by Native Americans, a complete and utter lie, and said he was a doctor, yes a medical doctor, and a nuclear physicist despite the fact that his only “degree” came from a school that was never accredited by any governing board under any circumstances. It was a school only in name and offered degrees such as drugless medicine. Good luck finding them in the U.S. News rankings. He also claimed to be a WWII hero who fought in every major battle of the war and sustained injuries that left him blind and paralyzed. This part is true, about him being in WWII that is. He never saw action and was demoted for firing guns into Mexican waters and almost causing another war while he was at it. He was also known for crying to doctors and nurses about his depression and it was recommended that he not be promoted because he needed as much supervision as possible. Just so we’re clear his commanding officers wrote the following in a report regarding Hubbard, “Consider this officer lacking in the essential qualities of judgment, leadership and cooperation. Not considered qualified for command or promotion at this time. Recommend duty on a large vessel where he can be properly supervised.” It’s ironic that he whined about his depression when he had odd ideas about psychiatry and took an insane amount of drugs and alcohol. Speaking of psychiatry, Hubbard, in an effort to bilk the armed forces out of more money for what was obviously subpar service, wrote the following to the Veterans Administration, “After trying and failing for two years to regain my equilibrium in civil life, I am utterly unable to approach anything like my own competence. My last physician informed me that it might be very helpful if I were to be examined and perhaps treated psychiatrically or even by a psychoanalyst. Toward the end of my service I avoided out of pride any mental examinations, hoping that time would balance a mind which I had every reason to suppose was seriously affected. I cannot account for nor rise above long periods of moroseness and suicidal inclinations, and have newly come to realize that I must first triumph above this before I can hope to rehabilitate myself at all”. Do you see a pattern here? Also, and this might be the most preposterous claim of all, Hubbard says he was instrumental in creating morals. You read that correctly, he created morals. The idea of a moral code can all be credited to him so if you don’t murder people, you can thank the Hubb. In diary entries, Hubbard also often spoke of his constant masturbating and his need for acceptance from women. When he wasn’t creating moral codes for the sake of mankind, he was busy being diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic….twice….by two separate doctors. It’s not surprising when he often made comments like these, “Somebody sits up on Venus — there are probably some other stations around up in the system. This one’s on Venus. I notice that we all believe that Venus has a methane atmosphere and is unlivable. I almost got run down by a freight locomotive the other day — didn’t look very uncivilized to me. I’m allergic to freight locomotives, they’re always running into you.” Yes, in addition to being a doctor and a nuclear physicist, Hubbard was also able to travel to and hang out on the planet Venus. He wrote Dianetics as a self-help book and in this book is where he introduced the idea of auditing which is basically revealing traumatic experiences from your past, or even better, past lives. In actuality, the book was the poorly written rants of a madman claiming he could cure physical and mental ailment through odd treatments. These are the ideas that led to Scientology.
Article By: Jon DaBove
