Scientologists make lots of outlandish claims about how great L ron was. If you do the research, you'll find his war record was very poor, he was relieved of command twice. He claims combat experience but it is emphatically untrue, navy records prove it.

They claim he was a phycicist, biochemist, etc. but in fact he has no advanced degrees at all. Narconon is a Scientology organization pure and simple. It's Ironic too because L Ron was a known drug abuser, you can see his own writings to his wife. He also sought/received psychological counseling after leaving the navy, even trying for VA benefits.

Scientology is a fairly crass and obvious attempt to make money under the guise of religion, just look at their many legal problems. They are extremely litigous and have an avowed take no prisoners attitude towards any criticism.

In the end, what can you say about a "religion" that requires cash every step of the way? I'm not talking about tithes or donations either, but hard cash for each bit of "counseling" and "revelation" you get. It's a complete scam on the face of it.

Scientologists like this guy try to build this aura around L Ron like he was something special when in fact he was a hack Sci Fi author, and some of his most outlandish work was Dianetics and the crap that followed.