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Re: Scientology: Getting New Converts

John <j...@junk.com>

>"Eldon" <EldonB...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>On Jul 4, 1:01 pm, SMASHERKARL <k...@atheist.com> wrote:

>> Now you have these OT IIIs out talking to the public, and they are
>> required to lie. Someone says something about Xenu and the Body
>> Thetans and the OT III must lie and say that Scientology does not
>> believe or teach that. How do you think that goes over? The public
>> person knows the Scientologist is lying, because they saw the
>> information in L. Ron Hubbard's handwriting or heard it directly in
>> Hubbard's voice. The Scientologist knows they are lying, and that if
>> they could recruit someone, that person would eventually find out they
>> had been betrayed.
>This makes logical sesse, but I think they've pretty much given up on
>the myth that a mere mention of Xenu will kill people. Maybe they
>believed that ten years ago, but now I think they just blank it out
>and ignore Ron's dire admonition.

Hey, they wouldn't be scientologists if they didn't have a high threshold
for doublethink.