Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: LA ORG WOMEN Message-ID: <9511211811.0PK5F02@support.com> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Tue, 21 Nov 95 18:11:39 -0800 Lines: 47 referen@ibm.net (Diane Richardson) >>It appears that Scientologists[tm] and >>ex-Scientologists[tm] alike have difficulty realizing that it's >>possible for critics to disagree (even sharply at times) and yet still >>remain friends. Roger wrote: >That sounds delusional. How many women do you know that strongly >disagree >with eachother and are still friends? They may pretend to be, but >underneath the surface it's something else. You'd have to get out of >denial to understand something like that. Diane: >What a strange comment to make, Roger! You certainly must be an >unsual person. > >I happen to know a number of women who strongly disagree with >one another over specific issues, yet still remain close friends. >And no, it's not something different "underneath the surface." I >have close friends (both male and female) who have very different >opinions about certain issues than I do , but that certainly >doesn't interfere with our friendship. It's strange that you >think differences of opinion would keep people from being >friends. > >Is your attitude perhaps a result of the "comm tech," Roger? Is >it so incomprehensible to you that people can truly be friends >without actually sharing "ARC"? Right! It's, as the scienos reminded me in my deposition, "Out Reality". Two people cannot have understanding, cannot like each other or communicate, except to the degree they agree. That's the beauty of the ARC Triangle. It's toadly mechanical. >Diane Richardson >referen@ibm.net +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"