In a nutshell he confirms they're a bunch of revenge-seeking cunts run by a psycho abusive dwarf
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LIVE-BLOGGING NBC’s ROCK CENTER: Join Us to Watch Paul Haggis and Lawrence Wright!
Last night we had a helluva time live-blogging Nancy Many’s docudrama about Scientology spying on the ID network. Many of you joined us, and it was exhilarating to trade observations about the show as it was happening.
Hey, let’s do it again for tonight’s big show on NBC’s Rock Center with Paul Haggis that marks the publication of Lawrence Wright’s book, Going Clear!
The show airs at 10 PM Eastern, and the Bunker will be rocking as we learn more about Haggis and his decision to leave Scientology. This should be a landmark show — and we have a feeling there will be more folks featured than just Wright and Haggis. We’ll soon find out.
Helping us out tonight will be the Bunker’s legal and web team, Scott Pilutik, who is backing us up in case we’re a little late to the party. (We’ve been invited to a little shindig that we may have a report on later this evening.)
See you here at 10 PM! And remember to set your Disqus, under “Discussion,” to “Newest” and then hit refresh often so you’ll see the comment as they pop up.
Scientology founder's great-grandson explores family religion in monologue
Thursday, January 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jamie DeWolf is a name you might not recognize, but he's a direct descendant of a man who is known to millions around the world.
"He was the subject we never talked about at the kids table at family reunions but he was my great-grandfather, L. Ron Hubbard," DeWolf told an audience during a monologue performance.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Ron Hubbard moved to Los Angeles and wrote science fiction stories on commission.
Hubbard's book "Dianetics" was the blueprint for Scientology, the religion he ultimately founded. It became a worldwide empire with Hubbard at the helm.
As the church grew, it became controversial for its secrecy and the alleged harassment of people who left the church, including Hubbard's own son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr., Jamie DeWolf's grandfather.
"My grandfather was pretty much hunted until his last days," DeWolf said. "He was harassed, he was sued, and he was threatened. He was constantly followed."
In his one-man show, DeWolf details how his grandfather had to keep moving from place to place, eventually changing his name to DeWolf.
It's a story the American slam poet took years to uncover, pumping reluctant relatives for information. He finally got enough to tell the story of his grandfather, and great-grandfather in a monologue he calls "The God and The Man."
"He was not a messianic god who grew up as a blood brother of Indians, and then went to the Far East, and studied with wise men, and then was a fighter pilot and a submarine commander and a nuclear physicist," DeWolf said. "He was a hustler."
As the great-grandson of someone so controversial, DeWolf said he's struggled accepting his family's history.
"Did he do reprehensible things? Sure," DeWolfe said. "But he's still my great-grandfather. I still would have loved to have met the guy. I'd love to hear his tall tales, but I'd sure never pay him $100,000 to tell me how aliens possessed my body."
According to DeWolf, the show, which has made him a cause célèbre in anti-Scientology circles, is not an attack on the church.
"It was really my testament to my family history, my genealogy, and why I was who I was," DeWolf said.
DeWolf's next performance of "The God and The Man" is scheduled for March 10 at the Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, which is in Sonoma County.
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