L. Ron Hubbard - umsunguli weSayensi
ULafayette Ronald Hubbard (L. Ron Hubbard) wazalwa ngoMashi 13, 1911 eTilden, Nebraska. Ngawo-1930 nawo-1940 waba ngumbhali wezindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi. Umemezele obala emhlanganweni oqanjiwe wesayensi… 'uma indoda ifuna ukwenza izigidi zamarandi, indlela engcono kakhulu kungaba ukuqala inkolo yayo. Ekugcineni, wayezoba umsunguli wenkolo yeScientology. Ngo-1950, wakhulula incwadi Ama-Dianetics: Isayensi Yesimanje Yezempilo Yezengqondo. Wafaka iSonto of Scientology laseCalifornia ngo-1954.
UHubbard wayedume ngokuqamba kwakhe amanga kanye namanga asobala. Utshele abantu ukuthi use-Asia, ngesikhathi empeleni efunda esikoleni esiphakeme eMelika. Ubuye wathi walimala, wakhubazeka, waphuphutheka futhi kwathiwa ufile kabili eMpini Yezwe II. Akukho kulokhu okwenzekile. Uthe bathole imfundo ephakeme angakaze ayithole. Wazibiza ngokuthi yi-physicist ye-nyukiliya, kepha wehluleka isigaba sakhe esisodwa nesinye ku-physics. Uthole iziqu eColumbian College, kepha leli banga alikaze liqinisekiswe.
UHubbard wayengumuntu omkhulu, eshada nonkosikazi wakhe wesibili ngenkathi esashada nenkosikazi yakhe yokuqala. Ubesolwa ngunkosikazi wakhe wesibili ngokushaya nangokushaya. Wathumba ingane yabo wabalekela eCuba, weluleka unkosikazi wakhe ukuthi azibulale. Wayehlangane naye lapho bobabili bebandakanyeka neqembu lemilingo likaPasadena eliholwa uJack Parsons. UJack Parsons wayengumlandeli ka-Alister Crowley, owayengumSathane ohola phambili, umthakathi nomthakathi omnyama.
Lapho ebhala incwadi yakhe I-Dianetics, UHubbard uthe usebenzisa izinsiza ezilandelayo: indoda yezokwelapha yabantu baseGoldi baseManchuria, ama-shamans eNorth Borneo, amadoda eSioux asezokwelapha, izinkolo ezahlukahlukene zeLos Angeles, kanye ne-psychology yesimanjemanje. (UMartin 352-355) UHubbard uthe unengelosi enhle emnakekelayo enezinwele ezibomvu namaphiko ayibiza ngokuthi 'iNdlovukazi.' Uthe wayemhola empilweni futhi wamsindisa kaningi (Miller 153).
UHubbard utshele abantu ukuthi usethole izindondo ezingamashumi amabili nanye kusukela ngesikhathi sakhe ebuthweni lasolwandle; kodwa-ke, wayethole izindondo ezine ezijwayelekile (Miller 144). Wayaziwa ngokuba ngumuntu onegunya, futhi esola wonke umuntu owayemzungezile. Wayethukile futhi esola ukuthi i-CIA yayimlandela (Miller 216). Ngo-1951, i-New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners yaqala ukumangalela ngokufundisa umuthi ngaphandle kwelayisense (Miller 226).
UHubbard wenza i-cosmology ethi uqobo lomuntu lwalungelutho olungafiyo, olwazi konke, futhi olunamandla onke olubizwa ngokuthi 'thetan,' olwalukhona ngaphambi kokuqala kwesikhathi, futhi lwathatha futhi lwalahla izigidi zemizimba ngaphezulu kwezigidigidi iminyaka (Miller 214). Ifana nezinye izinkolo noma amahlelo; Isayensi inikezela insindiso ngemilingo noma ngolwazi oluyimfihlo. UHubbard ngokwakhe ubephethe iSayensi, futhi wathi une-monopoly emthonjeni wolwazi oluyimfihlo (Miller 269). KumaScientologists, uHubbard 'ungumbhali, uthisha, umcwaningi, umhloli wamazwe, umsizi, isazi sefilosofi.' Kodwa-ke, iningi labantu liqonda ngokusobala ukuthi wayengumuntu okhohlisayo owayeqamba amanga futhi asizakale ngabantu abaningi (IRhodes 154).
IZINDABA:
UMartin, uWalter. UMbuso Wezinkolo. IMinneapolis: IBethany House, 2003.
UMiller, uRussell. UMesiya obhekene nobuso. ILondon: Sphere Books Limited, ngo-1987
I-Rhode, iRon. Inselelo Yezinkolelo Nezinkolo Ezintsha. I-Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.