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Body Thetans, By Lafayette Ronald Hubbard

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In 1953, American author Lafayette Ronald Hubbard founded the infamous religion, Scientology. Hubbard became an author of pulp science fiction and wrote many stories, most notably for Dianetics: The Modern Science for Mental Health. Before that, he served in the Navy during World War II, where he reported two Japanese subs and destroyed them so thoroughly, that there was nothing left to find. Soon, Hubbard proclaimed to receive a purple heart for his amazing service. In reality, U.S. Navy investigators concluded that there were no such Japanese subs, and the story was fabricated. Searching for his next chapter in life, he decided to go back to writing and create the one and only, Dianetics in 1950. However, Dianetics was not exactly pulp fiction, …show more content…

The captured souls were sent to the facilities and forced to watch misleading data, giving the thetans a false reality. Some of the brainwashing material included worldly religions. After days of mental conditioning, the souls were set free and roamed. When the beginning of mankind rose, the souls attached themselves to the humans, now called Body Thetans. This is why we have lost a sense of personal identity since the dawn of humans. The ideologies forced onto the Thetans have been passed on throughout history and still linger today, causing our fears and trauma. The only people who have been set free from the past brainwashing are the prophetic Scientologists, by “Going clear.” To be clear means to no longer have a reactive mind. A reactive mind is the mound of all pain and negative emotions an individual has accumulated. The way Scientology is laid out and explained seems like everything has been thought out, but what many don't know is the abuse involved in this process. In many cases, Scientologists working for the church face violence. Former member Jeff Hawkins wrote a book called “Counterfeit Dreams,” where he describes a time when

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