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From: faust@peter.net (Jason Faust)
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Subject: BATTLE IS NOT YET OVER
Date: 3 Nov 1996 20:11:34 GMT
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Many falsehoods and inaccurate statements regarding several aspects
of the religion of Scientology have been observed on ars.
The purpose of this message is to give you a sample of the true data
from the book 'What is Scientology?' and show you where you can look
to get the full contents of this book.

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Still, while psychiatry's offensive against Scientology has been
all but defeated, the battle is not over. True, their allies among
US government agencies have retired from the conflict. And finally
their staunchest battering ram, the IRS, has also recognized the
Church and its benefit to society. But psychiatry's traditional allies
and symbiotic partners have always been the drug companies. Psychiatry
invents the "disease"-the pharmaceutical companies invent
the "cure." The side effects of the drugs ensure that the
patient stays with the psychiatrist and, based upon these symptoms,
a new disease is created. Which is the tail and which the dog in
this vicious circle is debatable, but in any event, the drug companies
jumped on the bandwagon. They stand to lose literally billions of
dollars A YEAR when people fully discover that ills and addictions
can be resolved without mind-bending and mood-altering chemicals.


It would be well to remember, then, that when alarming reports are
heard about Dianetics and Scientology, they stem from those who would
prefer to manhandle problems with mind-altering drugs or enough electricity
to throw a pig into convulsions-and as any fool knows, sticking one's
finger in a light socket or clamping electrodes to one's skull cures
nothing. (Even psychiatrists are not that stupid. When widely offered
$10,000 to undergo their own "treatment," not one has ever
agreed to subject himself to electroconvulsive therapy.)

The lessons of history provide the best context within which to consider
such attacks. Every great movement which has opened new vistas and
shaken the strongholds of archaic thought has been attacked by those
who profit from the persistence of outmoded ideas. Thus, as Scientologists
continue their work toward a new civilization without insanity, criminality
or war, those with billion-dollar vested interests in just those
ills will continue to lash out.

Yet it is ironic to view these attacks in the context of time. Scientology
did not choose to fight this battle with psychiatry and, indeed,
was not the one to fire the opening salvos. Mr. Hubbard was simply
the one to come up with real answers to problems of the mind. Perhaps
sensing that implicit in a solution to the mind lay their own demise,
psychiatrists decided to destroy him and his technology. And just
as they feared, Scientology has become their nemesis, exposing their
brutality and their crimes.

Recognition of the Church by the IRS in 1993 has been welcomed as
a major turn in this tide. Truth has once again demonstrated its
power by prevailing against odds that would have overwhelmed any
lesser cause.

What remains of the old guard stands increasingly alone and the shrill
voices of their heirs grow fainter and fainter. For try as they might
to maintain their privileged positions and spread their falsehoods,
the ears and eyes of the world have changed. Truth, after all, sheds
light. The dark shadows in which they have hidden have grown ever
more insubstantial.

But even as their tirades drone on, there is another point they should
consider: The world which they helped create, a world where the wasted
insane wander aimlessly through our inner cities, where senseless
criminality claims a new life every few minutes, and entire generations
sag under the double onslaught of drug dependency and illiteracy,
this is a world in which they too must live.

And so, in the end, even those who attempted to stop Scientology
will ultimately benefit from its victory.


For more information go to the following URLs:


          http://www.scientology.org
          http://www.lronhubbard.org
          http://www.dianetics.org

(c) 1993 Church of Scientology International. All Rights Reserved.