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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: SPIRITUAL INTERROGATI
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Joe Harrington <joeh@server.nlbbs.com>

>  I'm  not  sure  what  Diane's  pre-occupation  is  with   Kim's
>incident,  and  Kim's  response to it. Diane is not involved with
>FACTNET, nor is she involved in any litigation  or  confrontation
>with  OSA.   To  my knowledge, she has never been a member of the
>Church of Scientology; yet she is  quick  to  pass  judgement  on
>those  who  were,  using  very  caustic  language.  But I have no
>objection to that as I think a broad spectrum of different  views
>brings  new  insights into ourselves and others. I've always held
>Diane in high regard for the great research data she  has  posted
>in this forum. And I hope she will continue in that regard.

    Joe, let me give you a clue.  Diane doesn't consider the 
    Kimmy incident as "a spiritual matter" as you, and perhaps I,
    do.  
    
    She just sees it as low-down deception and treachery against 
    people who don't deserve more mistreatment: namely you and I.

>  Perhaps  Diane  is upset that I choose not to castigate Kim for
>her apparent instablility and the affixing of  her  signature  to
>the ridiculous "affidavit" the OSA thugs drafted.

    Don't discount or downplay the importance of what Kim has
    done.  It does *her* a disservice to do so.

>  Maybe  Diane's  personal  philosophy  is  to only love and care
>about those who have never hurt, disappointed, or  betrayed  you?
>Well  that  would be a pretty easy task as its quite easy to find
>plenty of faults in others, and reasons not to like them.  But if
>I  went  along  with  that  reasoning, I don't think I'd have any
>friends left.

    S'not what Diane's doin'.  She's simply pointing out what
    she thinks of people who betray their friends in a good 
    cause, in order to support oppression of the weak and 
    uninformed.

>  About  2000  years  ago  a  radical  Jewish  reformer  told his
>supporters to love  their  enemies,  and  pray  for  them.  To  a
>hard-core  cynic  like Diane, that too would be an absurdity. But
>as simplistic as that appears, I think  that  fellow  was  pretty
>wise,  and  I've  found  this  approach  to  be a source of inner
>strength and peace in my life.  I  love  Diane  too,  and  its  a
>source of personal joy for me that I have no room in my heart for
>hatred.

    Ugly stuff, Joe.  I'm surprised at you.
    
    Diane doesn't hate Kim.  She hates what Kim has done and who 
    Kim has let herself become.  
    
    The above shows a limit to the progress you have made in 
    breaking away, in your mind, from the cult.  You bought 
    *their* line.  Look what you wrote:  hatred is being spread 
    on internet.  
    
    Snot true.

>Joe
 
    And one more word of advice, Joe ... ditch the full 
    justification.  I was inFormed by a reliable source that 
    there are those that suffer from a hypnotic condition from
    the wierd spacing of the words when fully justified on a crt.  
    They get headaches and sh*t from the patterns of the blank 
    spots on the screen.  I forget the medical name of the 
    condition.  Someone had told me last year.

    Be well, my friend.

            +--------------------------------------+
           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"