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Subject: Scientology connections to Battlefield Earth movie?
Anonymous asked this question on 5/2/2000:
What is the connection between the Church of Scientology and "Battlefield
Earth" the film?
Greg Churilov gave this lie on 5/2/2000:
The Founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard (http://www.lronhubbard.org)
was a humanitarian, a traveler, an administrator and a philosopher; but
first and foremost he was a writer.
L.Ron Hubbard started his career as a writer in the 1920's, and was the
President of the Literary CLub in NY with members such as Edgar Rice
Burroughs (Tarzan) and friends such as Isaac Asimov (Foundation) and
Robert Heinlein (Space Troopers).
In the 1930s L.Ron Hubbard was a bestselling writer of adventure
stories. He was invited to write Science Fiction for a NY publisher, and was
brought to Hollywood to write screenplays.
All this time, L.Ron Hubbard used his profits from writing to pursue his
real passion: Research into the human mind and the human spirit. He
traveled extensively, corresponded with great thinkers, and practiced and
perfected his own self-help methods.
This eventually led to the publication of Dianetics, in 1950. Dianetics
became such a huge trend that it occupied all of Mr. Hubbard's time.
Further, this lead to the development of Scientology, and he dedicated
the rest of his life to his humanitarian efforts.
In 1980, after three decades away from the fiction world, Mr.Hubbard
took the year off from his other obligations and devoted himself to
writing a great Science Fiction novel. This was Battlefield Earth. (The
original title was "Man, the Endangered Species").
This book became a bestseller immediately, and since the early 80s
there has been talk of a movie.
John Travolta is a Scientologist, and it has been his passion to bring this
great book to the silver screen as a tribute to the great man who wrote
it. He is the driving force behind this project.
The movie is receiving AWESOME reviews, and by all acounts will be a
blockbuster.
The storyline of the book BATTLEFIELD EARTH is not Scientology. It is
fiction. It is something L.Ron Hubbard wrote to unwind from a very busy
career as leader of an international movement.
best,
Anonymous rated this answer a 1.
Sounds like you work for ASI
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Answered by: Greg Churilov
Asked By: Anonymous
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