I think scientology learned a lot from the early Catholic church ... the more money you have, the closer you are to enlightenment/heaven/clear.
One of my friends supposedly had a Scientology hit-team after him because of his success at extricating people from their clutches. He laughs about it saying that they were looking for him in Sidney while he was in Perth.
The biggest trick Scientology ever pulled was buying out CAN ... the Cult Awareness Network. They still maintain good information on a lot of cults, but deny that Scientology is a cult.
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