1191: Scientology, and Parallels to the Beginnings of Mormonism - with Chris Shelton Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Today we sit down with ex-Scientologist and Youtuber Chris Shelton to discuss a brief history of Scientology - with a focus on parallels between Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Mormon church founder Joseph Smith.
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| 0:59.2 | Okay, 1966. |
| 1:11.0 | Hubbard starts thinking that they need a base of operations outside of where major governments |
| 1:22.0 | are going to give them problems because the UK government had not ignored the Church of |
| 1:27.0 | Scientology's presence at St. Hill Manor and all these Americans and other people flying |
| 1:32.4 | in and learning under him and what were they saying and what were they doing and Hubbard |
| 1:37.4 | would remember was very, very anti-government. |
| 1:41.5 | He did not like any government and he definitely did not like government interfering with what |
| 1:45.8 | he thought was his money and his work and he was very, very dismissive of any kind of |
| 1:52.7 | authority besides himself. |
| 1:55.8 | You can hear this in his lectures. |
| 1:57.8 | Can I just note? |
| 1:58.8 | Can I just note briefly? |
| 2:00.8 | Forgive me if you've already mentioned this and I missed it. |
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