2. There is an apocryphal story that Robert Heinlein & L. Ron Hubbard made a bar bet in late 1940s as to who could create a better religion
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3. This story is almost certainly false. The reality is far stranger. Relationship between Heinlein & Hubbard gave birth to many cults.
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@filen0tf0und@GreatDismal I need to read more Egan to argue the point but I feel like there's often a mystical undercurrent to hard SFThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@joshuapaddison Line between cult and new religions blurry but I think abusiveness of Charles Manson & Hubbard over followers was cultic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@joshuapaddison No one calls home and says, "mom, I started dating an abusive guy today." Yet abusive, controlling men exist, as do cults.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@joshuapaddison Put it this way: would you say it is unfair to call Manson family a cult?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pixelgeek@hollye_h Yeah, but my twitter essay was already very long. Might do separate piece on Parson. Maybe also John W. Campbell.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@lizardfree I talk about Crowley & Parsons a bit further down in the twitter essayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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