Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!xs4all!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newspeer1.nac.net!netnews.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Call to Scientology: representation Date: 12 Dec 1998 17:29:43 PST Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 36 Message-ID: <367917e0.33068258@news.concentric.net> References: <3671B318.3A901D3E@concentric.net> <74sc89$2pf$1@camel29.mindspring.com> <3671B951.E562AA0F@concentric.net> <19981212125821.7860.qmail@anon.efga.org> <3672B132.A00776FF@concentric.net> <3674c01b.6013748@news.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts024d18.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:153492 stevea@castlsys.demon.co.uk (Steve A): Delaware Street >> 2. That critics know more than those they criticize. steve >And who are you to say that some or many of them do not know more than >those they criticise? Dennis Erlich, for example, has ample >justification for claiming higher knowledge - indeed, Scientology sued >him immediately after demonstrating that knowledge. They really did my job for me. By suing me, not for allegedly telling lies, but rather for "excessive quoting" of their Sakrid Droppings, they certified that my criticisms were exactly accurate. >> 5. That critics know the subject and can summarize it on ARS. > >Seems to me this is the same as (2). Once again, there are critics >amongst us who are experts on a wide range of topics: for example, >Dennis Erlich again, or many of the ex-Scns here, are clearly >knowledgeable on aspects of the tech, while other individuals claim a >high level of knowledge on the subject of how cults affect the human >psyche. There has certainly not been a single scieno who has posted to the newsgroup beyond the technical training of David Mayo, Jesse Prince or myself. The scienos wouldn't dare put on the internet anyone who trained and corrected Class 12 Auditors and C/Ses, as we did. And even if they did, they could not refute us. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *