Master Storyteller L. Ron Hubbard Creates an Arm the Emerges from a Cloud While Holding Either a Canonball, a Heavy Metal Shotput Ball, or a Magic 8 Ball

Okay, time for our weekly L. Ron Hubbard recap:

L. Ron Hubbard is the founder of Scientology — he was either a compulsive liar — or he tapped in to the deepest darkest secrets of the Universe.

Hubbard claims he became the protege of a revered Native American shaman at the early age of four. This may have fueled his fire to write 1,084 fiction works, one of which he was awarded the faux IG Nobel Prize — a prize that is awarded to works that “first make people laugh, and then make them think” — the prize is then presented by a group that includes genuine Nobel Laureates at a ceremony at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater.

What, exactly, does Scientology say about space aliens? Well, according to OT III (Operating Thetan level 3), L. Ron Hubbard writes:

… 75 million years ago, the head of the Galactic Federation, made up of 76 planets, was a being named Xenu. Faced with an overpopulation problem, he brought beings to this planet, blew them up with hydrogen bombs, and packaged them. Their spirits now infest our bodies: he says “One’s body is a mass of individual thetans stuck to oneself or to the body.” Scientologists at this level try to rid themselves of these thetans (spirits) by helping each one to remember the painful experiences of being blown up like that.

I must state that I have no understanding of this ‘Galactic Federation’; it recalls TV shows like Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica; I wonder if this book advertisement played during commercial breaks of the aforementioned. Also, I have not read the “Operating Thetan Level 3″, I pulled the above citation from scientology-lies.com, and judging by the domain name, this has a high probability of being bias.

Now, I’m not writing to brief you on the beliefs of Scientology, nor the ‘parasitic’ aliens that have infested our bodies, I’m writing to highlight how shitty this commercial is — and my review is in the title.

Rating: 30 Seconds of Truth?

End Note: I do admire how this commercial is a book advertisement. When is the last time you saw a book commercial that wasn’t a get-rich-quick infomercial?