Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: RE: Scientologists and ars
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milne@crl.com (Andrew Milne)

>     I have seen it claimed on here that Scientologists "are not told
>what is really going on inside the Church."

    [note: this is internally directed PR]

>     Now, if it were really true that allegedly horrendous things were
>happening inside the Church of Scientology, you can be absolutely sure
>of one thing: the Church would not exist.  No organization responsible
>for one tenth of one percent of the acts that have been alleged against
>it on this newsgroup would have survived a year, let alone 40 years AND
>expanded into more than 120 countries.  The courts and governments of
>this planet have been notoriously intolerant of new religions and
>certainly would not have given the Church of Scientology any leeway.  If
>there were any truth to these allegations, they would have been
>investigated by the authorities, the individuals responsible brought to
>justice and the Church closed down.
                            
    [translation:  we have not been caught, yet]

>     The second point is that Scientologists attend their Church
>regularly

    [we've had a few scienos on ars who claim this is not true]

>     Given this degree of interaction, if the Church's leadership were
>really engaging in the acts alleged on ars, than the membership would
>have picked up that something was amiss.  
 
    [unless, like mushrooms, they are kept in the dark and fed 
    bullsh*t]

>     And yet what has been the outcome of these battles?
             
    [lots of pissed off enemies?  just guessing]

>     But if you do want to talk to Scientologists, it is very easy to
>do so.  Just walk into a Church of Scientology and find out what they
>are like for yourself.
 
    [translation:  please, please become a body in our shop ... 
    our raw meat stats are all crashing]
    
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