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	<title>Comments on: Scientology: A growing cult reaches dangerously into the mind</title>
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		<title>By: Firebrand38</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1069543</link>
		<dc:creator>Firebrand38</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry to break it to you genius, but the Xenu nonsense wasn&#039;t just &quot;claimed&quot; on Southpark.  Try Robert Kaufman&#039;s book Inside Scientology from 1972 but it was court documents from 1985 that the story broke big http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wollersheim  and was detailed in William Poundstone&#039;s 1986 book Bigger Secrets.

Gee, you asked them if they believed in aliens and they denied it.  Very thorough research, thanks for sharing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to break it to you genius, but the Xenu nonsense wasn&#8217;t just &#8220;claimed&#8221; on Southpark.  Try Robert Kaufman&#8217;s book Inside Scientology from 1972 but it was court documents from 1985 that the story broke big <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wollersheim" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wollersheim</a>  and was detailed in William Poundstone&#8217;s 1986 book Bigger Secrets.</p>
<p>Gee, you asked them if they believed in aliens and they denied it.  Very thorough research, thanks for sharing.</p>
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		<title>By: lucas</title>
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		<dc:creator>lucas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ive been to a church of scientology before and went on a short tour in it. the people working there were pretty cool, normal people, not fanatics. i asked my &quot;tourguide&quot; about the aliens and crap that southpark claims scientologists believe in and she told me that it comes from a story l. ron hubbard wrote (he wrote a shit-ton of comics and stories, there were walls full of them) but she said scientologists don&#039;t actually believe in anything like that. then she showed me the e-meter and gave me a demonstration and explanation of it. apparently it measures the electronic current give off by your palms, which changes in intensity based on stress and/or the general thought process. she said it is used during therapy-like sessions to find out what kind of things may be bothering or exciting a person. so yeah its like a simple version of a lie detector. so anyways after that short tour i learned that scientology isn&#039;t a crackpot cult of freaks, its like most religions minus the miracles and &quot;have faith&quot; bullshit. of course every religion has its fanatics though. but for the most part its a cross between religion and psychiatry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ive been to a church of scientology before and went on a short tour in it. the people working there were pretty cool, normal people, not fanatics. i asked my &#8220;tourguide&#8221; about the aliens and crap that southpark claims scientologists believe in and she told me that it comes from a story l. ron hubbard wrote (he wrote a shit-ton of comics and stories, there were walls full of them) but she said scientologists don&#8217;t actually believe in anything like that. then she showed me the e-meter and gave me a demonstration and explanation of it. apparently it measures the electronic current give off by your palms, which changes in intensity based on stress and/or the general thought process. she said it is used during therapy-like sessions to find out what kind of things may be bothering or exciting a person. so yeah its like a simple version of a lie detector. so anyways after that short tour i learned that scientology isn&#8217;t a crackpot cult of freaks, its like most religions minus the miracles and &#8220;have faith&#8221; bullshit. of course every religion has its fanatics though. but for the most part its a cross between religion and psychiatry.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan J. Richer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan J. Richer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t realize it was nut harvesting season already....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t realize it was nut harvesting season already&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Fredric L. Rice</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fredric L. Rice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bullshit.  The Scientology crime syndicate isn&#039;t &quot;growing.&quot;  The crime syndicate has at most 40,000 remaining customers world wide.  The crime bosses and ringleaders have been selling off business offices and consolidating offices because they don&#039;t have enough rubes to pay their bills.

Also the crime syndicate&#039;s ringleaders have been sinking as much money as they can in to real estate because their racketeering and other crimes aren&#039;t bringing in the marks, rubes, and suckers any more.  Miscaviage and the other insane criminals see that their criminal enterprise is being killed by the ARSCC and Anonymous so they&#039;re trying to buy real estate as a survival hege.

Drive by any crime syndicate business office other than Clearwater and you&#039;ll see their offices are empty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bullshit.  The Scientology crime syndicate isn&#8217;t &#8220;growing.&#8221;  The crime syndicate has at most 40,000 remaining customers world wide.  The crime bosses and ringleaders have been selling off business offices and consolidating offices because they don&#8217;t have enough rubes to pay their bills.</p>
<p>Also the crime syndicate&#8217;s ringleaders have been sinking as much money as they can in to real estate because their racketeering and other crimes aren&#8217;t bringing in the marks, rubes, and suckers any more.  Miscaviage and the other insane criminals see that their criminal enterprise is being killed by the ARSCC and Anonymous so they&#8217;re trying to buy real estate as a survival hege.</p>
<p>Drive by any crime syndicate business office other than Clearwater and you&#8217;ll see their offices are empty.</p>
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		<title>By: ronbothunter</title>
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		<dc:creator>ronbothunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WHAT IS THE SECRET THAT THE “ANTI-GOD CULT” CALLED “SCIENTOLGY” FEARS THE MOST FROM BEING EXPOSED?

The secret most un-exposed about Scientology is that is it an “applied physiological philosophy” rather than an “applied religious philosophy”. All Scientology courses, all auditing processes, and all the management and professional courses are based on physiological phenomenas, psychophysiology, emotions, human behavior patterns etc., that are our birth right and used in Scientology as their own discoveries. Even their PTS-SP data is based upon how a “Symptom” re-stimulation is brought out by physiological reactions of the mind affecting the body when under stress. They blame innocent human beings called by them “suppressive persons” for bringing out a symptom that was there to warn you of hidden real illnesses caused by non-suppressive sources such as parasites, chemicals, poisons, toxins, viruses and bacteria. The data on PTS-SP is twisted by them to blame innocent people in order to keep them in line.

The only way to fight them is to expose to the world--how Scientology has used physiological phenomenas as the basis for a false religion. How it has harmed families by claiming that innocent mothers and fathers are SPs -- when they lied about symptom re-stimulations to the world.

No where in Scientology will you find courses on any bible, there is no study or belief in heaven, hell, saints, angels, the devil, or even God himself. They do not study religion or even believe in religions. They do not share common values with any other religion. Their goal is to eliminate all other religions.

The E-meter reads your physiological reactions, the Ronbots never calls it that—they call it the “CHARGE” or the “MASS” or “ENGRAMS” OR “MENTAL IMAGE PICTURES” that you have in your brain—all meant to distract you from the truth.

Know this fact --- There is a law of Nature or law of God called “Physiological Reactions” that is the true secret behind Scientology’s Dianectic study technology.

AUDITING ERASES AND LESSONS YOUR PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS!!! Once they are gone – your symptoms can’t be re-stimulated by stress or arguments. This is how the scam works. Now when you argue with your mother and don’t get sick – you think she was the cause of all your illnesses.

If you were audited a hundred times (repeated) for a word that you were ordered to never clear or understand, and then made to read a page that contained that word—it would never again read on the Emeter or cause a physiological reaction.

LRH discovered that when you passed a misunderstood word—you manifested many reactions of various types: Yawning, sleepiness, not there feeling, dizziness, blurry eyes, nervousness and dozens more.

Being the liar that he was, he claimed that physiological reactions which he now calls “Dianetics” was “‘his” invention and not a law of God; he hid the fact that it is our human inheritance since time began.

Granted that his power of obnosis was the best in the world, his crime against humanity was to make a “religion” based upon the falsehood, that it was his invention or creation and not a law of God belonging to all Humanity as their lawful right.

All living beings have physiological (The functions and activities of life or of living matter such as the organic processes of organs, tissues, or cells) phenomenas (observable reactions known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition), or physical manifestations (made evident by showing or displaying) or physical reactions, that we see or feel as symptoms, and they are external and/or internal or visible signs or warnings given to us, by our creator to help us survive, help us increase our potential, our knowledge and our health.
All life on Earth has these cause and effect reactions called physiological phenomenas. All living beings whether they are plant, insect, retile or animal or human could not live without these reactions. They influence the body’s and the mind’s reactions to any form of stimuli, and have an influence on every cell of the body and mind. 
 [Noun. Physiological reaction – Is an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.]
[Examples of physiological reactions:  inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, reflex response, unconditioned reflex, accommodation reflex, Babinski reflex, belching, headache, migraines, swelling, sweating, erections, blinking, blushing, burping, defecation reflex, disgorgement, involuntary eye blinking, farting, skin flush, gag reflex, goose bump, goose pimple, gooseflesh, involuntary gulping, involuntary hiccup, knee-jerk reflex, light reflex, puking, papillary reflex, rectal reflex, regurgitation, shaking, shiver, shock, sneezing, startle, stretch reflex, suckling reflex, trembling, upset stomach, vomiting, involuntary winking, yawn, yawning -- plus hundreds more.] 
Ron studied Physiological reactions more than most scientists and applied it to invent a new Religion.
He did not invent but copied the laws of nature and scammed the whole world into thinking that he alone discovered these reactions and no one else did. What he did do - was noticed the reactions of students and from this scam invented Dianetics “study tech”.
Examples of Physiological reactions of the body and mind when reading:
Falling asleep while reading - yawning, confusion, feeling blank, feeling anxious, not there feeling, tearing eyes, eyes going out of focus, dizziness, reeling, rebelliousness, headaches, skipping words, feeling nauseous, fidgeting, jumpy while reading, can’t stay still, mispronouncing words, feeling as if you are squashed, feeling as if you are over-whelmed, twitching, can’t apply what you are reading, can’t understand what you are reading, etc. are all due to physiological reactions when you read misunderstood words or misunderstood definitions.  
 To understand the secrets of your enemy –is to know exactly where to hurt him.
Scientology’s copyrighted files on based upon the laws of Nature and laws of God; they are in violation of copyrights and patent rights. Therefore, the contents or subjects can be used by anyone and can be talked about without fear of any lawsuit.
Everything you do produces a reaction in your body and mind. Every time you read, eat, sleep, rest, run, etc. produces a reaction. 
To tell your mother that you invented a new religion, because you discovered why you farted, is a good example of the scam that Ron pulled on you. He got away with it because the world did not see these reactions as they applied to reading. Or if some scientist saw and knew it—he did not protest it and allowed a Cult to claim it as their own new discovery.
If you want to destroy the cult, study your own reactions each time you do something—learn to read yourself and use your own power of obnosis to discover the real world within you.

Yours truly

RonbotHunter
All Rights Reserved.
		
Copyright     Ronbothunter--- All Rights Reserved, Without Prejudice UCC 1-308 &amp; 1-103.6 including rights under the UCC and common law remedies. I reserve my right not to be compelled to perform under any contract or commercial agreement that I did not personally sign and enter knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally and especially if I was not given full disclosure. I do not accept the liability of the compelled benefit of any unrevealed contract or commercial agreement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHAT IS THE SECRET THAT THE “ANTI-GOD CULT” CALLED “SCIENTOLGY” FEARS THE MOST FROM BEING EXPOSED?</p>
<p>The secret most un-exposed about Scientology is that is it an “applied physiological philosophy” rather than an “applied religious philosophy”. All Scientology courses, all auditing processes, and all the management and professional courses are based on physiological phenomenas, psychophysiology, emotions, human behavior patterns etc., that are our birth right and used in Scientology as their own discoveries. Even their PTS-SP data is based upon how a “Symptom” re-stimulation is brought out by physiological reactions of the mind affecting the body when under stress. They blame innocent human beings called by them “suppressive persons” for bringing out a symptom that was there to warn you of hidden real illnesses caused by non-suppressive sources such as parasites, chemicals, poisons, toxins, viruses and bacteria. The data on PTS-SP is twisted by them to blame innocent people in order to keep them in line.</p>
<p>The only way to fight them is to expose to the world&#8211;how Scientology has used physiological phenomenas as the basis for a false religion. How it has harmed families by claiming that innocent mothers and fathers are SPs &#8212; when they lied about symptom re-stimulations to the world.</p>
<p>No where in Scientology will you find courses on any bible, there is no study or belief in heaven, hell, saints, angels, the devil, or even God himself. They do not study religion or even believe in religions. They do not share common values with any other religion. Their goal is to eliminate all other religions.</p>
<p>The E-meter reads your physiological reactions, the Ronbots never calls it that—they call it the “CHARGE” or the “MASS” or “ENGRAMS” OR “MENTAL IMAGE PICTURES” that you have in your brain—all meant to distract you from the truth.</p>
<p>Know this fact &#8212; There is a law of Nature or law of God called “Physiological Reactions” that is the true secret behind Scientology’s Dianectic study technology.</p>
<p>AUDITING ERASES AND LESSONS YOUR PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS!!! Once they are gone – your symptoms can’t be re-stimulated by stress or arguments. This is how the scam works. Now when you argue with your mother and don’t get sick – you think she was the cause of all your illnesses.</p>
<p>If you were audited a hundred times (repeated) for a word that you were ordered to never clear or understand, and then made to read a page that contained that word—it would never again read on the Emeter or cause a physiological reaction.</p>
<p>LRH discovered that when you passed a misunderstood word—you manifested many reactions of various types: Yawning, sleepiness, not there feeling, dizziness, blurry eyes, nervousness and dozens more.</p>
<p>Being the liar that he was, he claimed that physiological reactions which he now calls “Dianetics” was “‘his” invention and not a law of God; he hid the fact that it is our human inheritance since time began.</p>
<p>Granted that his power of obnosis was the best in the world, his crime against humanity was to make a “religion” based upon the falsehood, that it was his invention or creation and not a law of God belonging to all Humanity as their lawful right.</p>
<p>All living beings have physiological (The functions and activities of life or of living matter such as the organic processes of organs, tissues, or cells) phenomenas (observable reactions known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition), or physical manifestations (made evident by showing or displaying) or physical reactions, that we see or feel as symptoms, and they are external and/or internal or visible signs or warnings given to us, by our creator to help us survive, help us increase our potential, our knowledge and our health.<br />
All life on Earth has these cause and effect reactions called physiological phenomenas. All living beings whether they are plant, insect, retile or animal or human could not live without these reactions. They influence the body’s and the mind’s reactions to any form of stimuli, and have an influence on every cell of the body and mind.<br />
 [Noun. Physiological reaction – Is an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.]<br />
[Examples of physiological reactions:  inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, reflex response, unconditioned reflex, accommodation reflex, Babinski reflex, belching, headache, migraines, swelling, sweating, erections, blinking, blushing, burping, defecation reflex, disgorgement, involuntary eye blinking, farting, skin flush, gag reflex, goose bump, goose pimple, gooseflesh, involuntary gulping, involuntary hiccup, knee-jerk reflex, light reflex, puking, papillary reflex, rectal reflex, regurgitation, shaking, shiver, shock, sneezing, startle, stretch reflex, suckling reflex, trembling, upset stomach, vomiting, involuntary winking, yawn, yawning -- plus hundreds more.]<br />
Ron studied Physiological reactions more than most scientists and applied it to invent a new Religion.<br />
He did not invent but copied the laws of nature and scammed the whole world into thinking that he alone discovered these reactions and no one else did. What he did do &#8211; was noticed the reactions of students and from this scam invented Dianetics “study tech”.<br />
Examples of Physiological reactions of the body and mind when reading:<br />
Falling asleep while reading &#8211; yawning, confusion, feeling blank, feeling anxious, not there feeling, tearing eyes, eyes going out of focus, dizziness, reeling, rebelliousness, headaches, skipping words, feeling nauseous, fidgeting, jumpy while reading, can’t stay still, mispronouncing words, feeling as if you are squashed, feeling as if you are over-whelmed, twitching, can’t apply what you are reading, can’t understand what you are reading, etc. are all due to physiological reactions when you read misunderstood words or misunderstood definitions.<br />
 To understand the secrets of your enemy –is to know exactly where to hurt him.<br />
Scientology’s copyrighted files on based upon the laws of Nature and laws of God; they are in violation of copyrights and patent rights. Therefore, the contents or subjects can be used by anyone and can be talked about without fear of any lawsuit.<br />
Everything you do produces a reaction in your body and mind. Every time you read, eat, sleep, rest, run, etc. produces a reaction.<br />
To tell your mother that you invented a new religion, because you discovered why you farted, is a good example of the scam that Ron pulled on you. He got away with it because the world did not see these reactions as they applied to reading. Or if some scientist saw and knew it—he did not protest it and allowed a Cult to claim it as their own new discovery.<br />
If you want to destroy the cult, study your own reactions each time you do something—learn to read yourself and use your own power of obnosis to discover the real world within you.</p>
<p>Yours truly</p>
<p>RonbotHunter<br />
All Rights Reserved.</p>
<p>Copyright     Ronbothunter&#8212; All Rights Reserved, Without Prejudice UCC 1-308 &amp; 1-103.6 including rights under the UCC and common law remedies. I reserve my right not to be compelled to perform under any contract or commercial agreement that I did not personally sign and enter knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally and especially if I was not given full disclosure. I do not accept the liability of the compelled benefit of any unrevealed contract or commercial agreement.</p>
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		<title>By: Anne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 07:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a banner ad for Scientology playing over in the left side, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a banner ad for Scientology playing over in the left side, too.</p>
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		<title>By: Firebrand38</title>
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		<dc:creator>Firebrand38</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the meantime check this out as well http://www.xenutv.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the meantime check this out as well <a href="http://www.xenutv.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xenutv.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Firebrand38</title>
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		<dc:creator>Firebrand38</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Specifically it was &quot;Bigger Secrets&quot;.  Used copies may be found at http://www.amazon.com/Bigger-Secrets-Things-Prayed-Never/dp/0395530083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1208465418&amp;sr=1-1

You won&#039;t regret it and you&#039;ll laugh your ass off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Specifically it was &#8220;Bigger Secrets&#8221;.  Used copies may be found at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bigger-Secrets-Things-Prayed-Never/dp/0395530083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1208465418&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Bigger-S.....amp;sr=1-1</a></p>
<p>You won&#8217;t regret it and you&#8217;ll laugh your ass off.</p>
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		<title>By: Firebrand38</title>
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		<dc:creator>Firebrand38</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charlie, you&#039;re correct about the stuff being revealed.  It actually came out in court documents in a lawsuit detailed by William Poundstone in one of his &quot;Big Secrets&quot; books.  The guy was suing the &quot;Church&quot; because he didn&#039;t think learning about aliens and volcanoes was worth the bazillion dollars that they charged him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charlie, you&#8217;re correct about the stuff being revealed.  It actually came out in court documents in a lawsuit detailed by William Poundstone in one of his &#8220;Big Secrets&#8221; books.  The guy was suing the &#8220;Church&#8221; because he didn&#8217;t think learning about aliens and volcanoes was worth the bazillion dollars that they charged him.</p>
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		<title>By: nlpnt</title>
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		<dc:creator>nlpnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charlie, you&#039;re right. The justifying quote from Hubbard is something like &quot;knowledge must be approached on a slope&quot;, which is a very clever way of phrasing you need to be really invested in this* before you&#039;ll buy the &#039;50s B-movie plot it&#039;s all based on...

*Speaking of &quot;invested&quot; now you&#039;ve got me Googling for a current price list-$3150 in 1968 would get you a pretty nice new car!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charlie, you&#8217;re right. The justifying quote from Hubbard is something like &#8220;knowledge must be approached on a slope&#8221;, which is a very clever way of phrasing you need to be really invested in this* before you&#8217;ll buy the &#8217;50s B-movie plot it&#8217;s all based on&#8230;</p>
<p>*Speaking of &#8220;invested&#8221; now you&#8217;ve got me Googling for a current price list-$3150 in 1968 would get you a pretty nice new car!</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053207</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nlpnt &#187; I don&#039;t think they tell you that stuff until much later in your training. Probably because you have to be seriously indoctrinated before you&#039;ll believe any of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nlpnt &raquo; I don&#8217;t think they tell you that stuff until much later in your training. Probably because you have to be seriously indoctrinated before you&#8217;ll believe any of it.</p>
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		<title>By: nlpnt</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053197</link>
		<dc:creator>nlpnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s interesting here is what&#039;s missing- the underlying tenets of Scientology, the space-aliens-and-DC3s stuff*. I can only wonder if the author a) didn&#039;t dig deep enough to find this out, or b) felt that it was so out-there that he&#039;d blow his journalistic credibility reporting it.

* Readers who&#039;ve never heard of this could do worse than the summary presented in &quot;South Park&quot;; IIRC the episode title is &quot;Trapped in the Closet&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s interesting here is what&#8217;s missing- the underlying tenets of Scientology, the space-aliens-and-DC3s stuff*. I can only wonder if the author a) didn&#8217;t dig deep enough to find this out, or b) felt that it was so out-there that he&#8217;d blow his journalistic credibility reporting it.</p>
<p>* Readers who&#8217;ve never heard of this could do worse than the summary presented in &#8220;South Park&#8221;; IIRC the episode title is &#8220;Trapped in the Closet&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Dunn</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053167</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dunn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sweet! Man, this is why the Intarwebtubethings were invented.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sweet! Man, this is why the Intarwebtubethings were invented.</p>
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		<title>By: Myles</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053161</link>
		<dc:creator>Myles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article says John McMaster was the first clear.  I looked him up on google and found this.

&quot;Sad to say, John McMaster, Clear #1, was interviewed 2 years before his death in a Manchester England transient hotel (flop house). In a tiny room filled with dead flowers, he told of being tormented and taunted by Hubbard for being gay. He died of cirrosis of the liver due to a long bout of alcoholism - ONE MORE $CIENTOLOGY &quot;SUCCESS STORY.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article says John McMaster was the first clear.  I looked him up on google and found this.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sad to say, John McMaster, Clear #1, was interviewed 2 years before his death in a Manchester England transient hotel (flop house). In a tiny room filled with dead flowers, he told of being tormented and taunted by Hubbard for being gay. He died of cirrosis of the liver due to a long bout of alcoholism &#8211; ONE MORE $CIENTOLOGY &#8220;SUCCESS STORY.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Al Bear</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053151</link>
		<dc:creator>Al Bear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad they saw this even back then. And indeed, it&#039;s a dangerious cult. That&#039;s why it&#039;s very disliked in Germany. http://www.xenu.net/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad they saw this even back then. And indeed, it&#8217;s a dangerious cult. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s very disliked in Germany. <a href="http://www.xenu.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xenu.net/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053131</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I think it&#039;s funny. If they want to pay me to advertise next to the article, that&#039;s fine with me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I think it&#8217;s funny. If they want to pay me to advertise next to the article, that&#8217;s fine with me.</p>
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		<title>By: nonymous</title>
		<link>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/scientology-a-growing-cult-reaches-dangerously-into-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1053130</link>
		<dc:creator>nonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>are you aware that your ad rotation currently includes scientology banners, on this very page?

&quot;What is Scientology? Get the facts.&quot; and a link off to their website...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>are you aware that your ad rotation currently includes scientology banners, on this very page?</p>
<p>&#8220;What is Scientology? Get the facts.&#8221; and a link off to their website&#8230;</p>
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