There's a certain line of crazy that shouldn't be crossed, and Scientology stomps all over it.

Yeah, no kidding. It was literally started as a money-making scam by a known con artist who flat-out put it down in black and white that he was going to start a religion because it was an easy way to get his hands on lots of cash. And people still fell for it! FFS.

Congratulations, the son of a publisher liked your book. And they decided to give only a few cursory edits.

The son of author Carl Hiaasen, actually. But he still passed it on to a publisher, and the publisher was cynical enough to put it out there for a nice easy profit. Sigh.