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- From: pae@blackcat.stortek.com (Phil Earnhardt)
- Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
- Subject: Re: Scientology FAQ.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.234422.8510@stortek.com>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 23:44:22 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.091842.3266@lds-az.loral.com> <1992Nov12.192509.27115@stortek.com> <1992Nov14.045858.14979@lds-az.loral.com>
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- In article <1992Nov14.045858.14979@lds-az.loral.com> jerry@lds-az.loral.com (J Barbera) writes:
- >>>3. Is Scientology valid?
- >>>
- >>>Tens of thousands of case histories, all sworn to, are in the possession
- >>>of the organizations of Scientology.
- >>
- >>This goes into that ever-increasing folder of Claims Asserted but not Proven.
- >>Show us the data!
- >
- >You're questioning the fact that there are tens of thousands of Scn case
- >histories? Call up your local Church of Scientology and ask them how many
- >people in the past ten years they've audited. Multiply that number by
- >450 (total number of orgs and missions). This will give you the number of
- >case histories for just the past ten years.
-
- You still don't get it.
-
- Do you see a fundamental distinction between the CoS giving me a number over
- the telephone and an organization *completely independent* of Scientology gathering
- and producing *written* reports on the effectiveness of SCN?
-
- What you're suggesting is similar to calling a particular computer company and
- asking if they have the best computers. And believing what they say.
-
- >>What does this mean? Is the quoting of two valid sciences intended to give
- >>Scientology credibility?
- >>
- >>What testing of chemistry and physics is LRH referring to? What is the
- >>corresponding testing of Scientology?
- >
- >Read his books and find out from him what he means.
-
- Oh, nonsense. *You* made the assertion (or reproduded LRH's assertion); *you* tell us
- what makes the assertion valid.
-
- >The term "FAQ" will not be used in the re-post.
-
- Cool. Call it a "FUA" then. For Frequently Unsubstantiated Assertions.
-
- --phil
-