Going through the hundreds of e-mails received while on vacation.

This one had no sender so I'll post the reply here on ARS:

--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 09:25:52 -0400 (EDT)
To: heldal@online.no From: ()
Subject: Feedback to Operation Clambake
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by () on Sunday, May 14, 2000 at 09:25:50 ---- comments: I think you are some of the most racist people I have ever met (well, read about). You spend your time insulting L.

Ron Hubbard, one of the great authors of this century, and downplay his religion. If you've ever heard of a thing called the Constitution, then he can practice any religion he wants. I find it laughable that you sit at home and create webpages to enhance your religion and try to get people to become Christian just by insulting other religions. I find it offensive that you insult other religions. How can you claim to have the only truth when there are hundreds of religions out there and hundreds that have died (mainly at the hands of bloodthirsty christians, I might add)? I think you should find something better to do than insult people. If you read the Bible, you might get a better outlook on this and life (you, like many christians, have probably never even read the Bible, you just profess to like Jesus' teachings. You should trying living by what you !

preach sometime) --------------------------------------------- Dear Anonymous, I do take criticism very seriously and would have appreciated if you left your name or at least an e-mail address so that we could communicate and maybe clear up some of the misunderstandings between us. I see you have many of them and I find it difficult to take your criticism about me seriously since it proves that you haven't investigated very well before you criticize.

I would like to know where you feel I insult Hubbard. I quote a lot from him so that visitors to Operation Clambake can make up their own mind, is that insulting? Is it insulting to disagree with Hubbard or prove where he lied or were wrong?

If you allow yourself to have the opinion that Hubbard was "one of the great authors of this century" then you logically would have to admit others to have their opinion about him as an author too. Some of us disagree with you, I don't think Hubbard was a very good writer and absolutely not one of the great. Not even close. But this is just matter of opinion and if you can't handle that then you have a problem.

You see, we live in a free society where we are allowed to have our own opinions.

And I can assure you that I live as I "preach". I'm not a Christian as you claim in your e-mail, I'm an Atheist (not that it matters in this context though). If Scientologists or others find my use of free speech to express my opinions then I feel sorry for them. I respect people of all beliefs, many of my most dearest friends are deeply religious people.

I will defend to the day I die their right to believe and say what they want, whatever that is.

Hope you will reply to me if you ever read this.

Take care.

PS: I don't have time to follow news, please e-mail any replies Best wishes, SP4 & Adm. TOXE CXI Andreas Heldal-Lund, Normannsgaten 9, N-4013 Stavanger, Norway Pho: +47 88 00 66 66 Fax: 90 32 35 46 E-mail: heldal@online.no home.sol.no/~spirous www.xenu.net www.hedning.no/hedning --------------------------------------------------------------- "If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance which does harm." -- Marcus Aurelius ---------------------------------------------------------------

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