Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: mathew@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Mathew Yeates)
Subject: (Pseudo)Scientology
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 91 00:33:20 GMT

org?
comm lines?

Someone is going to have to post a Scientology Dictionary so we get
through some of these posts. Or maybe distribute secret decoder
rings.

I appreciate Scientology as a religion or interpretation. Whatever
floats your boat. The fantastic claims about the origin of man are no
less strange than those of other religions and may serve as useful
views of reality.

I do, however, object to any claims to the scientific validity of 
Dianetics. Regarding the recent posters citing of a study published
in some journal......... One citation? Thats it? I would also
be interested in knowing about the author. Specifically, is the author
connected in any way with Scientology? (BTW- I just checked the
UCLA MEDLINE database. It covers 87-91 so I can't verify your
citation. I do see that nothing has been published  about
Scientology or Dianetics in those years. I also do not see anything
further from the cited author. Who is this guy?)
 

If Scientology (I understand that Dianetics and Scientology are
potrayed as being distinct) claims to be Scientific (i.e. use
the scientific method) then I would expect that alternative
viewpoints are tolerated, even encouraged. 

This is directed to those who have participated in Scientology/Dianetics.
Please describe a time or times when you have disagreed with someone
in the organization (if there is/are such times). 

Please try the following experiment. Let someone in the organization
know that you disagree with L.Ron on some point. (If you 
can't think of one let me know and I'll make one up). 
Report back to us on your experience.
It might be interesting. Remember, its just an experiment. You
can go back to believing whatever you want when we're done.

-mathew