From: rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Snide comments (was Re: Perfectionism)
Message-ID: <rdippold.684034367@maui>
Date: 5 Sep 91 01:32:47 GMT
References: <1991Aug20.005448.14011@chinet.chi.il.us> <17755@life.ai.mit.edu> 	<GOEHRING.91Aug27090757@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> 	<1991Sep4.025930.28220@acsu.buffalo.edu> <GOEHRING.91Sep4090612@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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goehring@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Scott Goehring) writes:
>In article <1991Sep4.025930.28220@acsu.buffalo.edu>, fleming@acsu.buffalo.edu (christine m fleming) writes:
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>>The same could be said for just about every religion.

>Really?  The general public impression of the Christian Church is that
>it's a bunch of crackpots?  I doubt that; at least in the United
>States.  Granted, there are a lot of people who disagree with the
>various aspects of Christianity, but I doubt that any large segment of
>the population feels that the Church is full of crackpots.

We feel that the Chuch certainly has a large share of crackpots and
rabid fanatics.  However, most people don't believe that _every_
member is a crackpot.  Scientology, on the other hand, has a far worse
reputation. 
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