From: davidb@engin.umich.edu (David Bonnell)
Subject: Hi guys
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 01:09:04 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

Well this sure has been a fun fall.  I still can't get over getting my 
last two hour final done in less than an hour and I only studied two
hours for it.  Just gotta love Hubbard study technology.  Just to put
a few things to rest I find it very humorous that annette still thinks
and raves Scientology is a cult.  I sent her one message to get her riled
up just for fun and it's still going strong.  I'm almost embarassed to say
it was a joke but hey what can I say....   As a Scientologist for
two years now I find that most people have no clue what Scientology is 
how it works or why it is the fastest growing religion in the world.  In
my own words Scientology is the study of understanding.  By using Scientology
one gains a greater awareness of the world around him.  One cool analogy
would be to pretend that there was this two dimensional worm that didn't
know what up was.  Then one day while crawling around he bumps his head
on a stick sticking straight up into the sky (sort of like getting a 
Dianetics or Scientology book)  He is not real sure about it but he decides 
to try to climb up the stick.  He crawls up just a little bit and looks  
around and sees the world from another entirely new viewpoint.  He gets
very excited about all this and quickly climbs down and tries to find his
friends to tell them all about it.  He tries to tell his friends about what  
he saw but they say he is crazy and it just can't be.  Most worms would
just quit right there and agree that they must be crazy.  But this worm
is an adventuresome sort and he goes back to the stick and climbs up
higher and higher.  Eventually he gets to the top of the stick and now 
has a complete understanding of the workings of his world.  Basically
Scientology starts at the lowest levels introducing the stick and giving
you an idea of what you will see.  That is training.  Then with Scientology
auditing you actually move up the stick permanently and attain higher
levels of awareness.  The higher you go the more awareness you gain at 
something like and exponential rate.  Make sense?
 
Also for those of you who complain about $3000 for an E-meter you are
right that this is a lot of money.  A Mark 7 E-Meter is only necessary
for auditing above the level of clear.  There is a Mark 5 E-Meter which
runs for $500 retail and up to 40% off with various specials.  This
is the meter most use for auditing to Clear as in the Dianetics book. By
the time you are Clear $3000 won't look to intimidating.  $300 may
still be more that a radio-shack meter but every meter is hand made and
tested and a lot of pride goes into each one.  Scientology technology when
exactly applied always works.  Just like 2+2=4.  Operating a meter is the
same.  There are courses which take a few weeks at most that fully train
one to use a meter.                 

Also I'm open to honest questions and inquiries.  My temper runs very
short for smart-asses and people who know nothing about Scientology who
try to slam it for kicks.  I have a policy of immediate reverse slamming.  
 
Now for the good stuff:  I have my handy new What is Scientology book
to hand.  This book was compiled by the staff at the Church of Scientology
International and is a must read if you want to understand what
Scientology is.

ISBN 87-7336-909-8
What is Scientology?
Bridge Publications
4751 Fountain Avenue
LA, CA 90029

It's currently $80 retail and on special for $63.75 for Interantional
Association of Scientologists members.  It also should be in most 
larger libraries by now. 

Very shortly I will be posting large amounts of information about
why Scientology appears controversial and where all the lies and
falsehoods about this subject come from.  Through the Freedom 
of Information act the exact source is well known and some are now
being sued.  Also TIME magazine and Richard Behar are both currently
being sued.  There was an insert in the fall of 1991 in USA Today
called The Story that Time Couldn't Tell that exposed the true source of
the article and why it mysteriously appeared after the Church started
actively attacking Ely Lilly's Prozac.  Psychologists are the largest
drug pushers on the planet.  I might even post some stuff about that
too.

Time to go party.  It's Christmas Break!!!!!

-dave