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Anonymous asked this question on 4/27/2000:

From what I have been able to read on the Web and elsewhere, there appears to be some elaborate system of ranks used in Scientology that I can't figure out. What do OT III, NOTs 34, SP 5 and so forth mean? What is the "Tone Scale", and why did L. Ron Hubbard write (in "Science of Survival"):

"The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the tone scale from the social order would result in an almost instant rise in cultural tone and would interrupt the dwindling spiral into which any society may have entered."

Does "deletion" mean what I think it means?

Greg Churilov gave this lie on 4/28/2000:

Those aren't ranks, but simply courses available at the local Scientology Center. The Tone Scale is a Scale of emotion and behaviour that ranges from 0.0 (Death) all the way up to 40.0 (Serenity of Being).

At the lower bands of the Tone Scale we find people like Charles Manson, sters, rapists, hateful fanatics and so on.

[What this cultist doesn't mention is that anyone who doesn't join the cult is automatically at "tone 1.1" which, according to Hubbard, should be "discarded quietly and without sorrow." Hubbard uses the "tone scale" to get his followers to hate anyone who speaks the truth about the criminal activities and the racketeering of his organization. And as an aside, Charles Manson was a Scientologist - flr]

In regards to that "deletion" thing, it means "if they were not there".

[And that's a profound lie. Hubbard's plan was to "disposed of them quietly and without sorrow." He also created a "rundown" he called "R2-45" which he said any Scientologist may administer. R2-45 refers to shooting someone twice with a .45 caliber bullet - flr]

This can be *intentionally misinterpreted* to mean "let's wipe them all out!" by someone who a) knows nothing of the philosophy and b) has a malicious intent. L.Ron Hubbard is speaking here hypothetically. He is conveying that Society's ills and problems do stem in the majority from this lower band. It is clear he does NOT mean "let's kill them all!!" by the fact that he devoted many years of his life at developing a good system of criminal reform. Society struggles with this daily, and its solution is jails, rehabilitation, death sentences, prison camps, etc. None of these are all that effective.

[What the cultist doesn't mention is that Scientology is a criminal organization that has numerous felony indictments and prison terms to its name, including a whopping 68 outstanding prison terms in Madrid, Spain. And of those 68, one of them is the cult's mock "International President" Heber Jentzsch.

How is it that so many crooks, murderes, and criminals wind up in the top positions of the Scientology cult? The cult's mad messiah was named as one of the many unindicted co-conspirators in the 1970 arrests and indictments. He managed to escape prison by going on the lam, hiding out on a ranch in Northern California where he finally died of what is most likely a drug overdose - flr]

Further facts about this criminal empire may be found at Operation Clambake and FACTNet.

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