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One major difference between Scientology and other religious cults is that the founder, L. Ron Hubbard made no bones about his belief that inventing your own religion was the best way to make big money.
No different from any other religion, other than him being completely up front about it.
He did say that, but after watching the documentary on HBO, I donβt think thatβs why he founded his religion. He was actually completely insane.