Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!burl!duke!mcnc!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Dianetics, Church of Scientology Want info. Message-ID: <5449@unc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 18:05:35 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5449 Posted: Mon Jun 27 18:05:35 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 14:19:16 EDT References: dadla-b.473 Lines: 15 Scientology is pretty absurd. Among other things, it claims that Mars and Venus have been populated by sentient races; that we are all really "Thetans", several-inch-long little souls that are trillions (yes, trillions) of years old; that the E-meter, which is not even a reliable skin galvanometer, can lay bare the deepest secrets of Thetans; and that it is perfectly all right to harass enemies of the cults by whatever means are available. You can find some amusing material on Scientology/Dianetics in Martin Gardner's excellent book "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science", available from Dover Books. The book is worth getting in its own right. Tim Maroney