2007-03-26 07:56:09 · 14 answers · asked by Juan D 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, wrote the novel it was based on, and John Travolta, a Scientologist, produced and starred in it.
2007-03-26 07:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
L. Ron Hubbard wrote Battlefield Earth and many other science fiction books. One of which was the basis for Scientology as a religion. It was called Dianetics.
2007-03-26 15:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by chris42050 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. The author of Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard, was a science fiction writer before he became a prophet of Xeno.
He is quoted as saying, five years BEFORE the release of Dianetics "Working for 1 cent a word is ridiculous. If I am ever going to get rich, I need to invent a new religion." The rest, as they say, is history...
2007-03-26 15:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
L. Ron Hubbard, who invented Scientology, wrote the novel. Which is why John Travolta decided to make it into a horribly funny movie.
2007-03-26 15:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ben 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The source book was a novel by L. Ron Hubbard... the creator of Scientology.
2007-03-26 14:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by jasev 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Battlefield Earth was originally a book written by L. Ron Hubbard, the sci-fi writer and prophet of Scientology.
This explains why Scientologists are taught, at higher levels in the "church", that we are infested by alien spirits:
Scientologists believe the evil alien ruler Xenu killed a lot of aliens (Thetans) from around the universe by bringing them to earth in golden DC8 “space-planes” & blowing them up inside volcanoes with hydrogen bombs. They believe the souls of these aliens (these souls are "Body Thetans") were captured, brainwashed & released, at which point they attached themselves to our ancestors (who passed them all the way down to us) & cause many of our mental & physical ills. Members who know about Xenu will attempt to deny it or pretend like it doesn’t matter. They are required to sign a contract binding them to silence on the matter. Lower level members don’t know about Xenu & accordingly deny everything because they honestly don’t know.
In fact, the plot to Battlefield Earth is an allegory for the "evils" of psychiatry, a profession Hubbard views as being full of conspiring monsters. Hubbard portrays the Psychlos (the enemies in the story) as being ruled by the Catrists, a pun on psychiatrists. He describes them as a group of evil charlatans, claiming to be mental health experts. This is comparable to Scientology's rejectionist view of psychiatry.
2007-03-26 15:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scam...ooops, I mean "religion" Scientology was invented by the science fiction writer who wrote "Battlefield Earth."
2007-03-26 15:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One falls within the realm of scientific possibility and the other is Scientology.
2007-03-26 14:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
did the maker of scientology make the movie
2007-03-26 14:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by emo lover 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never seen Battlefield Earth and I have never met a Scientologist....there's one thing in common...
2007-03-26 14:59:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋