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Subject: THE ORIENT AND L. RON HUBBARD:FOUNDER OF SCIENTOLOGY
Date: 4 Nov 1996 22:14:24 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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By the age of nineteen, long before the advent of commercial
airplane or jet transportation, he had traveled more than a quarter
of a million miles, including voyages not only to China but also
Japan, Guam, the Philippines and other points in the Orient. In
a very real sense, the world itself was his classroom, and he
studied in it voraciously, recording what he saw and learned in
his ever-present diaries, which he carefully preserved for future
reference.

Everywhere he went, he also took the time to help and teach others.
On a remote Pacific island, for example, he proved to the terrified
natives that the groans of a ghost in a supposedly haunted cave were
nothing more than the rushing of underground water.



For more information go to the following URLs:


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

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