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| Subject: | Re: Does The Xenu Story Help or Hurt the Critic's cause. |
| Poster: | Kevin Brady |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:24:21 -0800 |
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"Ball of Fluff" wrote in message
news:1171652302.008723.258190@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 16, 3:25 am, "Kevin Brady" wrote:
>> "Zinj" wrote in message
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>> news:MPG.203ea7c99270f561989869@news2.lightlink.com...
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>> > In article <45d4d...@news2.lightlink.com>, gomorr...@hotmail.com
>> > says...
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>> >> People can argue
>> >> endlessly over the definition of what a scientologist is, but to me,
>> >> it's
>> >> a
>> >> person who practices scientology to the extent they have been trained
>> >> in
>> >> it,
>> >> and I find people who haven't been trained (or trained themselves,
>> >> using
>> >> internet resources) to at least Class V, and preferably Class VI to be
>> >> essentially blow-hards who don't understand the subject.
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>> > Strange. By your definition, since I've never been 'trained' in
>> > Scientology, and I practice it to the level of my 'training'
>> > (not at all), I'm a Scientologist :)
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>> If that's what you took from it, good! Adroit sidestepping of the point,
>> as
>> usual.
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>> > Sounds like the Fluffy definition, where anyone who 'uses
>> > Scientology Tech' to his own benefit is a 'Scientologist', and,
>> > since I not only own at least a half-dozen dictionaries and
>> > *use* them, and using a dictionary is part of the Scientology
>> > Tech, I am a Scientologist.
>>
>> Sweet, let me know when you have your LifeTime Membership to the IAS.
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>> >> That's assuming
>> >> that the core activity of scientology is auditing, and not
>> >> systematically
>> >> defrauding people, which is the argument of many critics. There is
>> >> that
>> >> "business interest" which is pursued by some, if not many
>> >> "scientologists",
>> >> but that is not the core activity of the subject, at least not as
>> >> understood
>> >> by most people calling themselves scientologists.
>>
>> > If I were to specify the 'core activity' of the 'Scientology
>> > Movement' it wouldn't be auditing *or* the 'business interests',
>> > which are both subservient to the *political* activity; i.e.
>> > 'Clearing the Planet'.
>>
>> > Zinj
>> > --
>> > You Can Lead a Clam to Reason; but You Can't Make Him Think
>>
>> Really? And clearing the planet means what to you?- Hide quoted text -
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> Actually, what I said was that it's Hubbard's definition.
>
> I only wrote that ten bazillion times. Zinj needs to get his head out
> of his ass.
>
> C
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> www.claireswazey.com
Don't hold your breath.
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