I'd have to agree.

It appears to be a carry over from Tory's thread on Chrisianity and Buddhism, where vodou also failed
to craft a legitimate argument.

When ol' Hub entered Dianetics into the 'religion' game back in the early 1950s, who'd ever dream that creative spin would have gotten this far!

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I just hope my aging loved ones have some time left after $cn implodes on itself. Watching loved ones and relatives working and living in poverty while handing everything over to the Cult is difficult.

The parts of Scientology that "work" are simply common sense, repackaged by LRH. Most Scientologists figure this out eventually and leave CoS and its ethics cycles, heavy-handed regging, etc. They may continue to apply some of the common sense ideas that they picked up in Scn -- or not. They may continue calling themselves Scientologists -- or not. In any case, they will be no help to DM in his plans to expand CoS.

$cn is just the sack of sh*t that wants to take all your money and your wins. Your wins are YOUR wins.

Quite true! Additionally it has been said...

"THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IN SCIENTOLOGY, IS IT'S LAWYERS."

....which often times defies common sense.

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Excellent point! Every single person who stands up and gives a win robotically ends it off with a hand to LRH.

Just once I'd like to see one of them go, "Yes, my life is going much better, and it's all thanks to me and my hard work and perserverance. So, how about giving me a round of applause. 3 cheers for me."

Here's the subtext of your typical BASICS win:

My sessions are going much better. My cognitions are deeper, fuller, longer and harder, sometimes requiring a cigarette afterwards. Of course, I can't tell you what I'm doing with my cans and my standard lotion because as you know it's confidential, and if I exercise my right as an American citizen to speak freely, Scientology would declare me despite having given them over $500,000 of my hard earned money, but I will say that after I read the new basics after already having purchased and read these books previously and repaying for them again, I finally figured out what L. Ron was saying. I'm so glad I didn't use that $3 grand to take me and my significant other on that golfing trip to Ireland. What a waste of money that would have been, and I would have had nothing to show for it except a bunch of worthless photograghs and lifelong memories. And of course, as usual, I'd like to be the 7th person in this "wins ceromony" to originate a standing ovation, and thank the greatest friend mankind or any other lifeform has ever had, L. Ron Hubbard."

Great thread, Mr. Bad, and great description.
You make me laugh. It's sad, too, but you articulate it so well.

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L. Ron Hubbard,

It appears you slipped out of valence and began speaking like a normal human being?
Did you forget to drink your CalMag this morning?

Regardless, thanks for your input.

mb

This is an example where a sock puppet would
come in handy on the board.
For different comic valences.

Oh those whacky L. Ron Hubbard SP transcriptionists are at it again! Good thing we caught and corrected alterations to his work in fifty minutes instead of 57 years!!!

Ron is wearing the lower-class short-sleeve-shirt-with-vest look pioneered by Art Carney, who brilliantly played a sewer worker on the Honeymooners; see http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Honey ... 47504_.htm.

The vest tries unsuccessfully to hide the paunch. The whole outfit is tacky, especially the black ascot trying to hide his flabby triple chins. The hair color looks fake and the tip of the nose is drooping. Since the nose and ears continue to grow through life, every big nose will age into a drooping oversize nose, including Cruise's and Miscavige's. Unless they get nose-jobs, their noses will make them look old, too.

Also, is he actually wearing a cravat in that picture? How debonaire.

Right, I'm glib. I added that to my comments. Very 1970's aging-hipster.

New Ranks and Designations:

COB = Chairman of the Basix, used only for DM.

GOB = Gay Old Bird, used only for LRH. Older Gaelic form: Gaol Bird, or Jail Bird.

Basix = The correct plural form of "Basics". Secret meaning: Base Six. The Basix were created at secret Lunar Base Six under command of GOB. The Basix were beamed down to Trementina Base by transporter and were contained in a Golden Box. Hence, the "Box o' Basix" is the Basic Basix. Once you understand the Basix, you can locate and audit all of your basic basics.

This is why the New OT VII's were so thrilled with Basix. They finally understood that the real EP of New OT VII is an increased ability to do Book One auditing causatively. With the advent of two-way comm -- the ability to talk to another person -- the Circle of Life has been completed in Scientology. That is the $360,000 Cognition: I can now talk to other people so long as they are not PTS or SP's.

Transmit Message: Lunar Base Six, Gay Old Bird is inbound and on final approach. Open Portal Five for landing. Greeting party please stand by with an IV of pinks, grays, and rum. GOB is in a foul mood. Basix stats are down on Teegeeack. Have acceptable truth ready to present to GOB.

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