Since some of the materials which describe the $cientology cult could be
considered to be copywritten materials, I have censored myself and The
Skeptic Tank by deleting any and all possible text files which describes
the cult's hidden mythologies.  I have elected to quote just a bit of the
questionable text according to the "Fair Use" legal findings afforded to
those who report.  -  Fredric L. Rice, The Skeptic Tank, 09/Sep/95

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From news.interserv.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!cultxpt Mon Jul 10 17:02:52 1995
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From: cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: More on Bagley
Date: 8 Jul 1995 17:13:43 GMT
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   Tilman's post of a letter from andrew Bagley sounded familiar, so I 
found this quote from Saturday Evening Post, March 21, 1964 titled "Have 
You Ever Been a Boo-hoo?" by James Phelan;

   Hostility toward Scientology can even be deined as refusing to pay a 
Scientologist's bill.  A middlewesterner, whose son owed a New York 
Scientologist $350 for "processing," at $22 an hour, complained that the 
treatment was worthless and declined to pay.  He received a two-page 
letter on the letterhead of the Founding Church of Scientology bearing 
the hand-written signature of a Rev. Andrew Bagley, Organization 
Secretary.  "If you want to start a donnybrook, buddy, wail away," the 
letter said.  "To use the argot of the streets, I'll just start my people 
to work on you, and then before long you will be broke and out of a job, 
and broken in health.  Then I can have my nasty little chuckle over 
you... You won't take long to finish off.  I would estimate three weeks.  
Remember: I am not a mealy-mouthed, psalm-chanting preacher.  I am a 
minister of the Church of Scientology!  I am able to heal the sick and I 
do.  But I have other abilities, which include a knowledge of men's minds 
that I will use to crush you to your knees."  The recipient quickly 
ponied up the money. [end quote] 

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