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Question answered by FreeZone in Scientology

Anonymous asked this question on 8/3/2000:

How can any Scientologist remain connected to an organization that has altered books and tapes? Compare originally published books and tapes with those issued today. How can any Scientologist know that the bridge has not been sabotaged by those who rewrite Hubbard's work? What is it now? 80% standard? 70%? What % is good enough? 50%? What ever happened to Keeping Scientology Working?

FreeZone gave this response on 8/3/2000:

Most current members just don't have the background or knowledge to know that the materials are being squirreled. I have a huge library which runs from the Dianetics article in May 1950 to several LRH Library editions printed in the last few years. Most members have nothing remotely comparable. They aren't aware that any changes have been made, and if they do discover some, it can always be explained away by saying that the original version wasn't by LRH.

It's rather the same with other PR claims. Members hear that Scientology is growing in leaps and bounds, or being adopted by schools, hospitals, courts, etc, often with some distant spot such as Hungary or India being cited. They haven't been around the subject for a long time and don't know any better than to assume it must be true. They sure don't know people in Hungary to check the story out with. I know for a fact that the Church has been shrinking for a long time, because I have completion lists from magazines as recent as July and as old as when LRH was still teaching the SHSBC.

It does seem that the changes are extensive enough and clear enough to anyone who does a little research that the true believers are falling back on a defense that they 'aren't important - just a word here and there. Only an SP would make a big deal out of something so small.' So I guess to be a Church member today you not only have to have unreasonableness, you have to be able to switch it off and on at RTC's command.

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