On 16 Jul 2002 10:00:43 -0700, basicquestions@yahoo.com (BasicQuestions) wrote:

> [Apologies in advance for the length of this post] I've been
> interested in putting together a brief booklet (or booklets) of top
> questions for people who are interested in or just beginning with
> Scientology to ask. My inspiration is the Xenu pamphlet. That's
> extremely effective, but it's so bizarre that people who have had some
> positive experience with Scientologists or Scientology think it can't
> be true. No one is that crazy!
>
> There is no magic bullet to dissuade people from Scientology. But, if
> we have enough bullets it could be that much more effective.
>
> The ideal question will have two properties:
> (1) It is a commonsense question
> (2) The answer Scientology will give is bizarre relative to a
> commonsense expectation
>
> The point is to try to raise questions in people's minds as early as
> possible. I've discussed this project in Operation Clambake and have
> gotten many excellent questions:
>
> Q: Is it OK to agree with a lot of what Hubbard says and think he was
> a very bright man, but openly disagree with some points he made?
>
> Q: Can I discuss problems I'm having with Scientology with my friends
> or family?
>
> Q: Suppose that at some point I'm dissatisfied with a particular
> service and just want a refund or "do-over" for that particular
> service--is that OK?
>
> Q: Is it really true what I've heard that if I pay for my way to OT
> the total cost is around $360,000?
>
> Q: Is it true what I've heard that if my stats are down I don't get
> paid as much for that week?
>
> Q: Is it true that if I joined the SO I wouldn't not be allowed to
> have children?
>
> Q: Is it true that scientology has a net nanny they give you to put on
> your computer so you aren't able to access the some sites on the net?
>
> Q: If Scientology processing makes people so much more able, why are
> so many staff members at such a low level on the Bridge?
>
> Q: If people earn so much more money after doing Scientology services,
> why don't more staff members simply get services, earn incredible
> amounts of money in the private sector, and then donate it back to the
> CoS so it's more affordable for other people?

All very good questions. There may be others, such as:

Q: If Scientology improves one's life, why did Hubbard abandon his first family, torture his second wife, and let his third wife take the fall for a few dozen felonies committed by both of them?

Why did Hubbard abandon and reject his son Quintin? Why did Hubbard kidnap his second wife's daughter and hold her as a hostage while he fled to Cuba, to force his wife to remain silent about him?

Q: If narCONon is so effective, why did Hubbard not avail himself of the process? Why did Hubbard remain a rum-swilling, dope-popping, bug-eyed drug fiend during his last 25 years?

Q: If Scientology / Dianetics is truely a "sience of the mind,"

why did Hubbard die a raving psychotic, with an ass full of psychiatric drugs?

Q: If Hubbard was a humanitarian, why did he write to his wife that "niggers" are on Earth so that they may scrub floors? Why did he write that Chineese smell of all the baths they do not take? Why did he write that a woman being raped does not bother him?

Q: Why did Hubbard claim to be a "war hero" when he not only never saw combat, but according to his son he faked a fire in the engineroom of one of his vessels so that it would not join combat in the Atlantic?

Q: Why did Hubbard claim he "researched" Dianetics for 30 years, when during that time he was a gold-bricking, lying, jobless, theiving, perjuring fraud who spent most of his time trying to squeeze money from the government for nonexistant wounds he suffered during nonexistant battles at war?

Q: Why did Hubbard practice Black Magic for almost a year, and then later lie about it?

Q: If Scientology is so big on responsibility and "ethics," why did Hubbard spend around 9 years hiding from justice in both France and the United States?

Q: Why did Hubbard constantly insist Scientology is not a religion, up until the time he discovered that calling it a "religion" would have him hundreds of misslions of dollars, and provide protecting against prosecution for practicing medicine without a license?

I could list dozens more.

> Anyway, there are a ton of them. So I have two requests:
>
> (1) What are your commonsense questions?
>
> (2) How could this project be improved? I've spent enough time that
> I'll probably go ahead with some "basic questions" booklet, but any
> suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

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