Monthly posting of Frequently UnAnswered Questions (FUAQ) January 1995 [note: we used to have big fights about whether to call this a FUAQ or a FUQ]

Below are questions submitted by readers of alt.religion.scientology that have been often asked on a.r.s. but never answered sufficiently. Any suggested additions or deletions for the FUAQ, or sufficient answers, either post in a.r.s. or email me at cultxpt@primenet.com. I will post this around the first of each month with additions and omissions as appropriate.

Deletions will occur when a question is found by the a.r.s. community to be either irrelevant or sufficiently answered. The goal is for there to be no need for a FUAQ.

1. How can an embryo hear and record audio?

2. who was the first clear?

3. Where is LRH's original research?

4. Where is the evidence that Scientology taught 1.5 million South African children to read?

5. Why is smoking OK?

6. Why does a religion need so many attorneys, private investigators, and accountants?

7. Why won't the church pay the judgment Lawrence Wollersheim was awarded?

8. Why does a religion need trade secrets?

9. If clears are such superhumans as DMSMH implies, why haven't those 40,000 clears risen to the highest levels of society?

10. If Hubbard claimed Freud as one of his sources of information, why does Scientology attack psychiatry so vehemently?

11. Why has the church inflated book sales by purchasing them in bulk, when they claim Hubbard is so popular anyway?

12. How could Hubbard be "an expert in 18 fields of human endeavor," and yet did so poorly in his very limited academic life?

13. What LRH policies did David Miscavige operate under when taking control of Scientology?

14. If OT's have such incredible powers, why haven't they managed to take control of the world?

15. Why do suppressives cause the church so much trouble when there is Hubbard Tech to handle them?

16. How does the Purif. program help radiation poisoning?

17. What is the evidence to the church's claim that they helped the victims of the Chernobyl disaster?

18. Why did the Hubbard Tech on 2d (family) not help Hubbard himself?

19. Why is homosexuality condemned by Scientology?

20. Why does the church use the offensive term "wog"?

21. What is the church's policy on using information from PC folders to discredit ex-Scientologists?

22. If Scientology course prices are based on a "fair exchange of goods and services" where is another example of such high prices for spiritual products?

23. What input do church members have on church management?

24. Why does Scientology utilize the media so much when they hate and distrust the media?

25. Why does the church treat people so differently based on their income (i.e. Hollywood Celebrity Center, high cost of auditing, etc)?

26. Why doesn't the church correct the mistake in All About Radiation that claims Hubbard was a nuclear physicist?

27. What criteria does the church use to decide who is "suppressive"?

28. Why doesn't the church update its books to correct the scientific errors in them?

29. Are donations to Scientology for auditing tax deductible? If so, please provide the IRS document stating such.

"A congress MUST An organization MUST *Answer* people's questions. This is the primary public complaint---that Scientologists in the organization or out won't answer directly questions asked about this or that." -HCOB 18 June 1957, "People's Questions".

"ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS EXACTLY! When you don't you let everybody down." -HCOPL 2 November 1970, "The Theory of Scientology Organizations".

"Answer people's questions. Understand the question, answer it, make friends." -HCOPL 25 April 1963, "Duties of a Staff Member".

"A fourth cause (of ARC breaks) is failing to answer a person's questions in letters." -HCOPL 28 April 1973, "Good Service".

"DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. If you don't know the answers, find out." -HCOPL 4 January 1966, "Scientology Organizations Communications System: Despatches".

And others. All caps in originals. ** indicates italics. www.lisamcpherson.org

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