Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: THE NEW CHURCH OPENNESS O Message-ID: <9511191721.0OE9S01@support.com> References: <48ghq4$4em@club.pelican.com> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Sun, 19 Nov 95 17:21:58 -0800 Lines: 67 pes > Dear Dennis, > > I sure as hell hope you are correct in your assessment > that the public will back away from the cos based on its > new openness regarding the sci fi based stuff. They will be limited to fringies. > I do think however that the CoS will do well on this new > tactic.... why? Because they only need 1/100 of any > given population on board to 10x their stats.... and > we have in this culture more dingbats than that. It will narrow their odds of who is suseptible. > We got more guys than that who will attest to being air lifted > to flying saucers and screwed by space aliens... They can have the type who knows that it's really about occult excorcism and doesn't care. > The CoS did the usual,see? They surveyed the new space opera > tactic.... then they piloted it, undoubtedly in some out of the > way berg..... and it probably worked! Thats why they are > committing to the tactic so fully now. No they have no choice. Their bait-and-switch has been revealed. > The effective thrust will be to expose the crimes, the satanic > roots I'd mention this only in passing and refer to it only with regard to the occult. Not satan. > and agenda (fortunately LRH kept excellent records and > insisted we all buy our own copy). > > This will force the curse to give up its coercive tactics... > and it will become a mainstream religion, that doesn't > fairgame people..... they will become reasonablized. > > Our only hope in my view. Then when someone goes nuts on > the processing, they can sue and get a reasonable shot at > justice.... and its this massive cultural absorption I feel > that will in the end turn the curse to just another strange belief > system.... > > .... in that case, any good in LRH's developments > will survive, the bad will fade into oblivion. It will be an archtypical example of a coercive group. > (permission granted to post if you like) Sure. > Phil +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"