"March 13 marks the 100th birthday of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. With followers such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Kirstie Alley, Scientology has become world renowned as a religion based on alienation (pun intended), dark arts, and erroneous science. For a man who started off his career as a pulp science fiction writer, the movement seems to be just as bizarre and ominous as the founder himself. Read more about Hubbard's fascinating life story in our 2005 article by Michael Crowley, reprinted below.*
"Our summer of Tom Cruise's madness and Katie Holmes' creepy path toward zombie bridedom has been a useful reminder of how truly strange Scientology is. By now those interested in the Cruise-Holmes saga may be passingly familiar with the church's creation myth, in which an evil, intergalactic warlord named Xenu kidnaps billions of alien life forms, chains them near Earth's volcanoes, and blows them up with nuclear weapons. Strange as Scientology's pseudo-theology may be, though, it's not as entertaining as the life story of the church's founder, L. Ron Hubbard."
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