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To: firebrand
Better go to the science fiction writers fast, get ourselves straightened out here about what’s important.

Let's just hope he doesn't start reading L. Ron Hubbard next.

11 posted on 08/24/2007 6:08:00 PM PDT by Hacksaw (Appalachian by the grace of God - Montani Semper Liberi)
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To: Hacksaw
Let's just hope he doesn't start reading L. Ron Hubbard next.

L. Ron Hubbard is widely rumored to have said "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion." ...

One form of the rumor is that L. Ron Hubbard made a bar bet with Robert A. Heinlein. This is definitely not true. It's uncharacteristic of Heinlein, and there's no supporting evidence. There is, however, inconclusive evidence that Robert Heinlein suggested some parts of the original Dianetics.

Another variant is that Hubbard talked of starting a religion to avoid taxes. ...

More here.
13 posted on 08/24/2007 6:32:49 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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