Re: Scientology

From: tazzie (tazzie@bolian.upnaway.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 12:24:17 GMT

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Subject: Re: Scientology
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    Interesting subject, especially as some of my favourite movie personalities
    have turned out to be followers.. I find the discussions on this list
    fascinating from my lay perspective. Could I have a desricption of exactly
    what is *scientology* ?
    As you said there is much on the net, I am asking on this list hoping for a
    straight forward answer...

    Thanks in advance

    Anne.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Keith Henson" Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:12 AM
    Subject: Re: Scientology

    > At 10:11 AM 08/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
    >
    > >Keith Henson
    > >(practical memetics at)
    > >www.operatingthetan.com
    > >
    > >
    > >Keith,
    > >
    > >I notice you're an apostate of the "Church of Scientology."
    >
    > Not at all.
    >
    > "Apostate" means former member. I have never done anything that would
    make
    > me a scientologist. I am an Internet free speech and human rights
    > activist. See:
    >
    >
    http://groups.google.com/groups?q=star+laws+lucas&selm=7t4go6%24ihp%40dfw-ix
    news8.ix.netcom.com&rnum=1
    >
    > >I've always felt L. Ron Hubbard provides an excellent example of the
    > >tactical use of memes. Fifty years ago, he introduced his self-help
    > >concepts under the term, Dianetics. This word sounds enough like
    > >"dialectics" that it takes on a sheen of philosophical
    > >respectability. But it didn't work well enough for Hubbard, so he
    > >introduced the term, Scientology. In this case, he was playing on our
    > >desire for religious authority. Since the only modern institution that
    > >can fulfill our desire for an absolute authority is science, from a
    > >memetic point of view, the term makes perfect sense. What he
    demonstrated
    > >is that memes that exploit our religious impulse succeed over ones that
    > >play on our philosophical pretensions.
    > >
    > >Ted Dace
    >
    > The story of Hubbard, scientology and the incredible soap opera on the net
    > is far weirder than anything you mention here. The only point I can agree
    > on is that scientology is a type case for memetic studies.
    >
    > Keith Henson
    >
    >
    >
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