By Sc*entology-tier I mean filing like a recognized religion for tax purposes, devotees registering as ELO~Nologists on the religious survey blank, and so on.
I think the chances are roughly a coin toss. If the writer of Battlefield Earth can start a cult/religion that's still going after a bet, maybe that's something that :my-hero: can pull off too.
I don't disagree, but it is weird how LRH seems more competent but didn't get nearly as rich. It might've been the head-start that the apartheid "TechnoKing" was awarded at birth.