Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: Australian PC Week 02 Message-ID: <9508041748.0P0UQ02@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Fri, 04 Aug 95 17:48:45 -0700 Lines: 54 bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Gareth Bull) >*WHY* does Dennis have an axe to grind? If the author of this document had >bothered to pay attention to what Dennis says, they would have seen that >Dennis still believes that the "tech" is useful and beneficial. Whoa there, mate! I think nothing of the sort, except as follows: The tek is useful to deprive others of their critical thinking faculties and bank accounts. It is benificial only for those who know the numbered accounts. >It's the >way it's being applied, the reasons for those methods of application and >the people responsible for the whole matter that Dennis is opposed to. That's were we start to clean it up. >Whether Dennis believes in Xenu, the Marcab confederation, body thetans, etc >is neither here nor there. Maybe to you it isn't. To me it means the difference between being sane or a wacked-out cult zombie. >The practise by the CoS of teaching their "tech" >before teaching their dogma carries with it an implicit admission that the >"tech" can function without the dogma. That being the case, what *purpose* >does the dogma serve? The tek is dogma. > If these individuals don't assess their actions or are not brought to > task by others then the greater are the risks that everyone's freedom > on the Internet will be curtailed. Right, they'll see to it just to protect their little scam. >It seems that it's people who beleive they are acting in the interest of >the CoS who are playing games with other peoples freedoms. Why was another >forgery to remove alt.religion.scientology attempted this week? In some >countries, that constitutes a criminal offence. I believe it violates US >communications law, and may do the same here in Australia as well. Food luck getting law enforcement to do anything. > Gareth.Bull@cc.monash.edu.au +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"