Scientology--a rational religion??

A news item reports four former church officials have revealed much about Scientology. In an exercise dreamed up by the founder, L. Ron Hubbard, leaders who messed up were taken out to sea and made to walk the plank with the admonition, “We trust you will rise a better Thetan (immortal spiritual being).” Think about it—people who have rejected Christianity as being “superstition,” too “miraculous,” or “full of fairy tales,” have thought long and hard before committing themselves to Scientology. Now there’s a rational religion, right?