Notice: Fredric Rice may have removed segments of the replies given to questions if they contained copoyrighted materials. After a very short while, Scientology "experts" refused to answer questions and started cut-and-pasting copyrighted cult propaganda. Additionally I removed URLs in some of the replies, and left them in others. And it's also important to note that eventually the unfortunate "Greg Churilov" cultist was ejected from askme.com for his typical Scientological behavior.

Anonymous asked this question on 4/19/2000:

Is it true that religious documents of your Church written by L. Ron Hubbard claim that a galactic overlord called Xenu brought people from all over the galaxy to Earth 75 million years ago and killed them with hydrogen bombs?

If so, was this meant to be taken literally, was it an allegory, or what?

Greg Churilov gave this insane lie on 4/19/2000:

I have been a Scientologist for over 18 years. As such, I have taken numerous self-betterment and spiritual improvement courses. I have also taken a lot of spiritual one-on-one counseling. In all my years as a Scientologist, I have NEVER encountered any of these ridiculous stories anywhere except in the websites of people who seek to defamate my Church.

[After 18 years the guy still hasn't been able to afford the purchase of OT3. Either that or he's trying to bluff his way out of having to admit that flying saucers, Xenu, body thetans, and all of OT3 is not what Scientology is really all about - flr]

L.Ron Hubbard gave thousands of lectures and in many of them he used humor, a a point of entertain his audience. Many of his lectures were extremely technical and he always tried to keep the audience's interest by engaging them at a personal level.

[Interesting defense mechanism, I suppose. Perhaps he is finally starting to twigg to the fact that OT3 is really everything real experts say it is and he's setting himself up to try to convince himself it was one of Hubbard's many "jokes" -- flr]

One can ALWAYS sift through a celebrity's speeches and lectures and find something which taken out of context will sound bizarre.

[Except that OT3 is a fraud and a bait-and-switch bunko scam that the crooks sell to their ignorant and gullible brainwashed victims - flr]

Scientology is not about UFOs. It is about spiritual improvement, about enhancing your relationship with your family, yourself and all of Life.

[One has to wonder whether he's going to make sure he never purchased OT3. If he does, he'll know that his cult leaders have been lying to him and I would suspect that he already fears that's just what they've been doing to him all along - flr]

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