Quote Originally Posted by Burly Brute View Post
Just to clarify, the reason I was asking for a more laymen answer to the whole thing is that I wasn't sure if this was accepted by all as complete fiction, or if it was similiar to scientology which has been taken from Hubbard and now has a standing, I suppose, among religions.
My apologies then. As mentioned it is complete fiction. The Cthulhu 'mythos' has, however gained something of a "cult" following (get it? cult? I slay me) among gamers, comic book, science fiction and fantasy readers otherwise known as nrdz.