拨开迷雾:山达基教与信仰囚笼影评:Scientology:paranoid and mind control
1.很多人一开始加入是觉得拥有superpower很好
2.They're oftentimes good-hearted people, idealistic, but full of a kind of crushing certainty that eliminate doubt(不容置疑的坚持)
3.要了解这个宗教,要先了解他的创始人。
write pulp fiction. He found his true metier(你有能力能做好的工作) in science fiction. A lot of what scientology is, he had previously written about in the form of his science fiction. He had the ability to fabricate(捏造) these tales(故事), and he transported(转运move to) those imaginary stories into his theology(神学).
He said many times that the only way to make any real money was to have a religion, that's essentially what he was trying to do with "Dianetics". Get a religion where he could have an income, and the government wouldn't take away from him in the form of taxes.
4.It was part of the mind control, the cultic(cult邪教) manipulation.
dangerous and deeply paranoid(偏执狂的) organization