In article <3459134B.4681@REMOVE_ME.seanet.com>, Paul
<pauldb@REMOVE_ME.seanet.com> wrote

:You must be reading a different newsgroup than I am.  I've heard no one
:claim that the *beliefs* are "awful".  I've seen a few people in a few
:postings point out that the Xenu story is rather silly, but I've also
:seen other people point out that stories from other religions are
:equally silly.

I would have to agree with this paragraph.  The xenu story is quite silly.

:I have seen quite a few people, including me, point out that some of the
:*policies* of the Church of Scientology[tm] are "awful", including the
:Introspection Rundown, the Purification Rundown, Fair Game, etc., but
:that is not the same things as *beliefs*.

These are not a matter of policy for idiots^H^H^H^H^H^H scientologists,
they are a matter of scripture as far as the clams are concerned.  It does
not matter to the clams that all of the shit that they consider scripture
are what started out as a scam and ended up the rabid ravings of a drunken
madman.