The Church of Fear Quotes

“Back in the day, the story goes, four science fiction writers - Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert and L Ron Hubbard - were hanging out late at night in 1940 in LA, drinking and putting the world to rights. They made a bet, who could dream up the best religion? Asimov explained in a TV interview in the 1980s that it was more of a dare than a true bet, and the goal was not a religion proper but ‘who can make the best religious story.’ The results were ‘Nightfall’ by Asimov, ‘Dune’ by Herbert, ‘Job’ by Heinlein and ‘Dianetics’ by Hubbard. If the first version of the story is true, Hubbard won the bet. They”
― John Sweeney, The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology

“A simple test of a civilised human being is how they describe those who have treated them badly.”
― John Sweeney, The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology

“When religion becomes organised, man ceases to be free. It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority and not violation of integrity.”
― John Sweeney, The Church of Fear: The True Story of a Journalist's Epic Clash with the Church of Scientology

“Our ignorance of history makes us slander our own times, wrote Gustave Flaubert.”
― John Sweeney, The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology