From tamstev@craven.net Wed Nov 13 17:32:31 EST 1996 Article: 232208 of alt.religion.scientology Path: casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!daffy!Pjust Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: THE CHURCH IS BORN Message-ID: <1996Nov12.192427.54@daffy> From: tamstev@craven.net (tami stevenson) Date: 12 Nov 96 19:24:27 EDT Nntp-Posting-Host: noc-annex1-p1.dsphere.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Lines: 49 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. ------------- "After a very careful examination of a poll,'' declared Scientologists in a 1954 Journal of Scientology,"one would say very bluntly: Scientology fills the need for a religion." Consequently, and independently of Mr. Hubbard, the first Church of Scientology was founded by parishioners in Los Angeles. At about the same time in Phoenix, a major Scientology and Dianetics congress was soon underway. Featuring L. Ron Hubbard's lectures, seminars and auditing demonstrations, the congress attracted 450 Scientologists from across the United States. Also indicative of expansion through this period: news that Scientology had taken root in Australia; word from South Africa where 35 Scientologists had enrolled on a course taught in Durban; a notice from New Zealand (which now had a church in Auckland) that a Phoenix-trained auditor opened a course for 24 new Scientologists, and letters from Tel Aviv and Cairo where Scientologists were desperately hungry for more books. All told, by the summer of 1955 there were eight buildings in Mr. Hubbard's Phoenix center, and 22 full-time staff members. Although still lagging in comparison, Great Britain now boasted nearly 500 auditors offering services in such towns as Farnham, West Croydon and Liverpool. As the worldwide Scientology network grew, Mr. Hubbard moved to more centrally located Washington, DC where, in July 1955, the Founding Church of Scientology and the first Academy of Scientology were formed. Here also, the first Scientology distribution center was established to oversee the printing and dissemination of material around the world. To ease the administration of this now sizable organization, Mr. Hubbard drafted the first of what would ultimately be volumes of administrative policies laying out the functions, actions and duties of the organization. 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.