Tony Whitaker wrote:
Scientology arose in the 20th century

[snip]

their founder created the religion because he was horrified by some
of the abuses he knew about in the field of psychiatry.

Scientology was created as the result of a "bar bet" between two
science fiction authors: L. Ron Hubbard and Robert A. Heinlein.
Elron said that he could invent a bull**** religious package and sell
it, based on voodoo science. RAH alluded that folks were gullible, but
not that gullible.

RAH wrote _Stranger in a Strange Land_ and Elron invented Scientology.
They high-fived each other for the rest of their lives.

cheers

oz