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Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: Blackhawck <blackha...@my-deja.com>
Date: 1999/10/30
Subject: Re: What is this with Scientology?
> >Could this have been what Hubbard meant? I know he had a strange So, you took a piece of Scientology that seemed strange and used it to > >vocubulary filled with numerous acronyms, is this interpretation a > >stretch? > No. I am the one who started this clam business. > These ludirous and bizarre claims are but a taste of what Scientology attack the religion. Fine. But let's not forget that Christianity has just as many aspects of it which are subject to the same ridiculed using your criteria. In the creation theory involving Adam and Eve, Eve was created by using Likewise, it would only be fair to call Mormons "Salimanders" after the There are certainly other religions that have "strange" aspects, I will The point is: every religion, those you like and those you hate, have > Yet, Hubbard pompously claims that Scientology is completely The Theory of Evolution is pretty much proven without his help. From > proven, a milestone comparable to the invention of the wheel, > the invention of fire, the onbly workable science of the mind, > a science as hard and proven as chemistry or physics. > In HoM he even goes so far as to claim his hilarous babblings > "prove" the mere theories of Charles Darwin! the Austriopithicus to the generic data concerning the Bonobo and traits in fetal development, I doubt Darwin needs LRH's help. > His books and Scientology propaganda are filled with his I myself think that they should have chosen a different name. But, from > bloviations and expansive claims for his cult and its bizarre > claims. It must be true, otherwise it wouldn't be called > "scientology", eh wot? a techical point of view, it translates to "Study of Life", which is okay, I guess. > Much of his claims are so ludicrous, so stupid, so foolish, I posted to this thread at another time about whether the Catholic > that the cult is forced to keep them secret or people would > never, ever join in any circumstances. They have sued numerous > times in the past to keep this crap secret. Church has ancient writings from when this religion was formed that are archived and subject to public review. I think it is very likely. > Just two years ago they sued the Washington Post for daring Why is Xenu any more silly than some depictions of the "Devil"? > to print the details on the creation 75 million years ago > by evil outer space dictator Xenu of disembodied dead > alien soul parasites called BTs, body thetans AKA, space cooties. > Why did I use the ludicrous clam stories to as a name for I fear that the goal of creating this term may have little to no > Scientologists? As a warning of the secret teachings. > If the whole world started calling Scientologists "clams", > sooner or later, almost anybody interested in their cult > due to their propaganda efforts would be forced to consider > the portentious question, "why do people call Scientologists > clams?". effect. I can imagine that following discussion: Young Scn: Why do those who hate us call us "clams"? In other words, the term "clam" can be explained away with little to no Though I can only imagine you created the term without hate, many > And if asked, the question would be answered by pointing silliness, > out the long list of oncredibly stupid claims about clams, space cooties, > Xenu, Fac One Bap! Bap! Bap! implant stations under the pyranees > mountains, gorrilla goals, and a long, long litany of Hubbard You are expressing hatred towards the religion, not their behavior. > including Hubbard's habit of lying and the cult's attempt to Early Christians required 10% of their property to be given the Church. > keep these ludicrous beliefs hidden from newbies and the general > public until you are brainwashed enough to believe all of > this crap and pay $$$$$ and possibly your life to be taught > this expensive swill, brought out in dribs and drabs as you payed > thousands for the privledge. Modern Evangelicalists ask for much more. Someone I knew in high school was ruined by the Evangelicalists. > The clam bit is not bigotry, but a lever, a tool, to fight Maybe not when you coined it, but not it has a life of its own. > Scientology's lies, deceits and propaganda which starts > with their very name, Scientology, which implies, science, You should take some latin courses. > knowledge, evidence, all utterly absent from Scientology. > It is a name designed to get people to ask questions, to make it I commend you for that. But unfortunately, it is in this newsgroup that > hard for the cult to lie to people, mislead them, trick them. > I started this with these cold blooded and specific reasons > in mind. Not merely to make fun of them, cause people to hate > them, or as empty, mindless bigotry. a new term of bigotry has been born. -Blackhawck Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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