From: george@brooks.ics.uci.edu (George Herson)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions - 2
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Date: 11 Sep 91 11:33:59 GMT
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Reply-To: george@ics.uci.edu (George Herson)
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In article <1991Sep10.042109.225492@cs.cmu.edu> lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes:
>
>The FAQ which was just posted is a blatant advertisement, which
>doesn't address the less positive aspects of the church. To add balance:
>
>"The Science Fiction Encyclopedia" (Peter Nicholls, copyright 1979,
>Doubleday):
>
>"Hubbard also taught that traumas could be pre-natal, and eventually
>that they could have been suffered during previous incarnations.  A
>"clear", one who had successfully rid himself of aberrations, would
>possess, according to Hubbard, radically increased intelligence,
>powers of telepathy, the ability to move outside his body, the
>ability to control such somatic processes as growing new teeth, and a
>photographic memory.  ... In 1952, after an organizational rift,

The abilities of a "clear", outlined above, would if demonstrated win
many converts for the Church, if not the planet.  Forgive me, I
haven't a "radically increased intelligence", can a Scientologist tell
me why there hasn't been any (well-publicized) demonstration of the
unusual powers gained by Clears?

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