ddlewis asked this question on 4/27/2000:
I am highly skeptical when ever I read someone draw parallels between one organization or person and the Nazis. Why would someone compare this church to the Nazis? That seems unlikely to me.
desertphile gave this response on 4/27/2000:
What is the connection between Scientology's Sea Org, Guardian's Office and the German S.S. and Gestapo? This revelation from Hubbard's own son might provide part of the answer...
"As an interesting sidelight, the same individual that transmitted the various Magick tech to Adolf Hitler as a young man also transmitted them to Dad. And like Dad, Hitler, when he came to power, promptly had his teachers and the occult field in general wiped out. This might answer for you in some small way the similarities of the Sea Org and the Guardian's Office to the S.S. and Gestapo.
"Remember the old revolutionary rule which states one has to, the moment one comes to power, suppress those very things that achieved the power. You must not allow the populace or anyone else to do the things you did to get you there." -- L.R. Hubbard Jr.
Here is what Hubbard's son shares with us about his father's preoccupation with drugs, power and mind games:
"He first became involved in the Magick at the age of sixteen, when he read Aleister Crowley's book, The Book of the Law. And because of that Book of the Law, he also started his heavy drug usage trail which led to heavier and heavier use of drugs on himself and of course others in order to reach his goals - to be the most powerful being in the universe. If L. Ron Hubbard had a great deal of knowledge and very little wisdom, then Aleister Crowley did too. The difference between the two men was that Aleister Crowley had very little motivation.
"Aleister felt rather contented to just quietly be the Beast 666 instead of implementing the Magick for personal gain. This lack of drive and ambition, I think, pushed Dad onward, because to him the only reason and purpose for power was the exercising and the using of it.
"It was his goal to be the most powerful being in the universe. He came very close to achieving this goal. As you know, one is always greater than that which he creates. And if L. Ron Hubbard can create OTs, that makes L. Ron Hubbard what?
"When Aleister Crowley died in 1947 that's when Dad decided he would take over the mantle of the Beast and that is the seed and the beginning of Dianetics and Scientology." -- L.R. Hubbard Jr.
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ddlewis rated this answer a 5.
Okay. I take back what I said about my skepticism. Looks like some times the name of "Nazi" really does fit.