Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: AHA! CO$ ADMITS LRH H Message-ID: <9604141650.0NNGX01@support.com> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 16:50:10 -0700 Lines: 68 brad@bear.ras.ucalgary.ca ( Brad Wallace ) Jeff Jacobsen writes: > Wow! The church must be changing! First Brian Anderson renounces >Hubbard's "ruin him utterly" quote, now they admit that Hubbard didn't >have the degrees he claimed to have! Maybe things are getting better... Brad: >Actually, you might have something there [Dennis, henry, et al., please >don't jump down my throat just yet]. I have to wonder if'n the church >isn't going through a period of revisionism - for the better. Only when caught and exposed. In extremis, is, I believe, the phrase. >Consider - > 1) Scientology is apparently going through LRH's writings to > "verify" the correctness of the texts. Okay - so you know > and I know that they are just combing through the more > embarassing stuff, but this is promising. Y'see, they are > feeding the "verified" stuff to their members, so the process > isn't just PR. Somebody near the top realizes what a loon > their leader was and is trying to become "respectable". > This effort should be applauded. They are simply hiding from you wogs (burying) what they *actually* believe. > Grant you, I would perfer > it if they came out and said 'Well, okay, he was a pathological > liar and fraud, but he occasionally hit upon a truth,' but > the Co$ *does* have to save face. They have to hide their real criminal skriptures, you mean. > 2) Scientology always claims that the "Fair Game" order was revoked. > Once again, we all know that only the *term* was revoked. But > Perhaps this continuous denial is accepted by truth by the members, > and as such - someday - the Co$ will stop behaving in the manner > advocated by that order. I realize that this second point is > on much weaker ground than the first [cue Dennis, Arnie, henry, > Grady, Karin, et al.], but one can hope. Just like one can p*ss up a rope. As the I Ching says, "Pigs and fishes." >Obviously the Co$ has a long way to go - the leaders are still very much in >the old mindset ("Attack, attack, attack"), but what about the next generation >or two? Perhaps the Co$ is *trying* to change. You mean, trying not to get caught. >Okay - enough giving the Co$ the benefit of the doubt. Now, when are you >folks (Co$) going to pay Wollershiem the $4+ million you owe him (has it >gone over $5 million yet?). > -BRAD- You are confusing cover-up with reform, Brad. They're simply shreding that which looks discreditable. It's still their core belief. That can't change. Read the "Keeping Slimetology Working" policy. Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * *