Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:00:23 -0800
Are You full of Dead Space-Aliens?
The "Church" of Scientology* says you are. That is after
you have handed over about $50,000 to them to reach this
privileged secret level. They reveal to you that you are
full of the souls of dead space aliens who were brought to
Earth, 75 million years ago, by an evil galactic ruler
named Xenu in an attempt to solve galactic overpopulation.
Trillions of aliens were supposedly frozen in a mixture
of alcohol and glycol and flown across space, from
neighboring solar systems, in DC-8 identical space-planes.
They were then stacked around volcanoes on Earth and nuked
with H-bombs, after which their souls clustered together
and now infest our bodies as "body thetans"
$440 per hour to exorcise your dead space-aliens
The cost for ridding yourself of these "body thetans" is
$440 per hour, according to a recent price-list. And since
you are supposed to have about 2,500 of them then this
could take a hundred hours or more. Another $50,000 or so
to this insane cult that calls itself a "Church". After
ridding themselves of these imaginary space-aliens, the
deluded and out-of-pocket practitioners hope to gain
supernatural powers. If not, they can always pay $1100 per
hour for what is called the "L Rundowns". Another $100,000
or so to the cult, and still no supernatural powers, of
course.
Who started this madness?
Scientology was the invention of L. Ron Hubbard, a pulp
science-fiction writer who told his fellow authors that if
a person wanted to get rich they should start their own
religion. He did just that. He turned his puerile
science-fiction fantasies into a religion and at last made
the money he couldn't make from writing. A great deal of
money, in fact. When he died, his fortune was estimated at
around 400 million dollars. Scientology did not die with
Hubbard, though. Others were quick to take over the
leadership of this "Church" and its vast income.
Why do people get involved in it?
Almost nobody would get involved with Scientology if they
knew what awaited them with regards to these dead
space-alien "body thetans". People are sucked in through
lies and deceit. Normally, it all starts with a 200
question personality test. This is then used to indicate
flaws and failings in their character and they are
pressured into doing a Dianetics* course to cure these
failings. In this way, "Churches" of Scientology
masquerade as a non-denominational group improving peoples
minds and abilities in order to help create a better
world. When the person attends their first course,
however, they undergo a form of semi-hypnotic regression
therapy called "auditing". This causes a temporary feeling
of elation that seems to be addictive, since after that,
some people will spend all the money they have or can
borrow to buy more and increasingly expensive "auditing".
$360,000 for spiritual freedom
To do all the courses in Scientology and to receive all
the auditing needed to reach a supposed higher spiritual
level costs about $360,000. Some people have actually paid
this amount, spending all their money, selling their cars
and their homes, borrowing to the maximum extent possible,
raiding their business finances and even cashing in trust
funds left to their children to feed their addiction to
this "auditing". They believe they will reach an exalted
spiritual state where they can leave their bodies at will
and create events just by intending them. By then, their
minds are so deranged they will not think to check on the
claims made by Hubbard himself about this state.
Hubbard goes to Venus
Hubbard once boasted that he had transported himself to
the planet Venus -- where he was nearly run over by a
freight locomotive. A made-up claim by critics, perhaps?
No, you can actually hear him say it if you have a
connection to the Internet and a soundcard. There is a
soundfile of this at
http://www.xs4all.nl/~xemu/rams/Venusloc.ram . That
Scientologists believe this, as well as other absurd
claims of Hubbard's, must prove beyond doubt that they
have been mentally damaged through their involvement with
this cult.
If you can't afford Scientology?
If people don't have the $360,000 to spare to feed their
addiction to Scientology "auditing" then they can always
join staff. There they will be bullied by the cult and
forced to work ever harder for an insulting $30 per week.
While they are doing this they are pressured into doing
courses costing tens of thousands of dollars. If they try
to leave then they are expected to pay for these courses.
They are financial prisoners -- slaves to the cult. They
won't be given much in the way of the "auditing" they
craved, though. But then there is always the elite corps
of Scientology called the Sea Org where they sign a
billion year contract and work for one hundred hours a
week, again for $30 per week. Many young and idealistic
people join this group because they are tricked into
thinking that Scientology is helping to create a better
world and that their help is needed. Again, they won't get
much in the way of the "auditing" they crave. Children
born into this organization (if they escape the cult's
strict policy on aborting pregnancies) will be housed in
appalling conditions, improperly cared for and fed until
they are old enough to work for the cult for the same
slave-like conditions.
Is your family safe?
If you think your family and loved ones are safe from this
cult, then think again. The cult has front groups that
conceal their connection to Scientology. They will enroll
a person and only when they feel the person is hooked will
they reveal the connection. This "Church" and its front
groups have left a trail of lost fortunes and broken
families in their wake. The trick they use when their
spouse, partner or relations raise concern about their
involvement in the cult is to convince the person that
those trying to get them out of the cult are concealing
crimes against them. They tell them that Scientology can
make them more able and can find things out about other
peoples crimes. So if their spouse or partner is critical
of Scientology then they must be covering up their
cheating on them or suchlike and don't want them to find
out. This has caused many once happy families or
relationships to break up. What you think is your happy
relationship or stable marriage could one day be torn
apart by this cult in a matter of minutes.
What you can do.
The first thing you could do is to show this flyer to your
friends, family and loved ones to make sure they are aware
of the danger from this cult. This is a public domain
document so you are free to copy it without restriction.
You can either make photocopies or you can download a
fresh copy from the Internet. This flyer is located at
www.xs4all.nl/~xemu/flyers/Scam.html where you can
download a Word 6 copy in either US Letter or A4 format.
There is a great deal of information about this cult on
the Internet. Recommended critical sites are www.xenu.net
and www.factnet.org . Protests against this dangerous cult
take place on a frequent basis in various parts of the
world. The newsgroup alt.religion.scientology will have
information on these events. The more people who are
involved in actively opposing this cult, the fewer lives
will be ruined by it.
*Scientology and Dianetics are trademarks of the Religious
Technology Center. This document is not connected to that
organization in any way.
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Further facts
about this criminal empire may be found at
Operation Clambake and FACTNet.
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From: David Rice
Subject: Are You full of Dead Space-Aliens?
Rev David Michael Rice
Mariner's Ministries, Dana Point.
http://holysmoke.org/icr-cult.htm
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