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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
Sermon Archives. 

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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
You can find out more about us 

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or contact us at my 
libertybaptist.org or just look 

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us up on Facebook. 
And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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Scientology providing the grift 
of salvation, not the gift of 

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salvation. 
There's a reason why I would say

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that the term grift, as it is 
defined in the dictionary, is a 

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group of methods for obtaining 
money falsely through the use of

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swindles or fraud. 
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of Scientology, grift is exactly
what I think of, because there 

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are many who will give thousands
upon thousands, sometimes into 

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the hundreds of thousands of 
dollars. 

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To be able to go clear, we'll 
talk what that means in just a 

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moment. 
And then after going clear, 

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supposedly we'll continue to 
give money to maintain this 

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higher plane of living in 
existence of which they have 

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found. 
But yet really the only one who 

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benefits is the Church of 
Scientology. 

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And so I want us to look at that
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It has gained prominence through
stars like John Travolta, Tom 

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Cruise, and the late Kirstie 
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Sometimes because of this, 
Scientology is called the Church

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of the Stars because it is so 
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would culture. 
Most recently it's had more 

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negative publicity. 
There was an actress named Leah 

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Remini who was on the TV show 
King of Queens who left 

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Scientology and has worked very 
hard at exposing many of the 

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secrets, much of the fraud, much
of the abuses that have taken 

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place within the Church of 
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And Scientology is dubious as it
is both a religion and a cult. 

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As I just mentioned. 
It's a religion because as a 

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belief system, it is completely 
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There is nothing that 
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There's no other religion. 
You could say, well, Scientology

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is very close to this. 
It is completely invented from 

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the mind of 1L Ron Hubbard. 
But it's also a cult because for

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almost 75 years, the 75 years it
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on when you peg the date of it 
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writing of Dianetics or whether 
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several years later. 
But for almost 75 years, it has 

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only had two leaders, one being 
its founder, L Ron Hubbard, and 

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then David Miskevich, who we'll 
talk about more in a few moments

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as well. 
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Scientology in one sentence, it 
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Scientology, despite its glitz 
and glamour, will make you go 

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bankrupt before it sends you 
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That's not a great introduction 
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But that's what Scientology will
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It'll make you go financially 
bankrupt before it sends you 

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straight to hell. 
Well, I do want us to look at 

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Colossians chapter #2 because I 
do think there's a passage here 

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that helps us understand a 
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Scientology. 
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have difficulty getting through 
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This morning I have resigned 
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possibility that we may have to 
go into next week as well, 

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because there's some videos I 
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us set the foundation for what 
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And there's so many very, very 
strange doctrines that are 

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attached to this religion, as 
well as the fact that there are 

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many, many great abuses that 
have taken place in this 

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religion as well. 
There's no way I can cover them 

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all, but I do want to give you a
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is. 
So Colossians chapter 2 verse #6

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says this, as you have therefore
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so walkie in him. 
Boy, that's good for us to 

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remember, isn't it? 
Don't just receive him, but then

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once you've received Him, walk 
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And it says in verse 7, rooted 
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in the faith as He had been 
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Thanksgiving. 
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First we're rooted, then we're 
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established, and then we're 
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That's the way walking in the 
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It's first rooted, then built 
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what happens? 
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And then it says in verse 8, 
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through philosophy and vain 
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After the tradition of men, 
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world, that word rudiments means
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element, the rudiments of the 
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him dwelleth all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily you say, What

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does that mean? 
What means Jesus is God verse 

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#10 and ye are complete in Him, 
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principality and power. 
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goes very well with what we have
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at Christ is all. 
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chapter 3 that Christ is our 
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But look again at verse #8 where
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where lest any man spoil you 
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deceit. 
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after the rudiments of the 
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I think verse 8 May be the best 
way for us to be able to explain

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what Scientology is all about. 
Philosophy. 

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Scientology has it vain deceit 
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physically trying to trick 
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yes they have it as well the 
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Scientology has it it may be 
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terminology. 
It may be wrapped up in L Ron 

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Hubbard science fiction 
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things he's presenting are 
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And in the rudiments of the 
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are some of the basic elements 
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you, well, they have that in 
their eight dynamics and they're

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8 dynamics are again, falsehood 
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So what's the origin of 
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Well, Scientology was founded by
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L Ron Hubbard. 
He was a science fiction writer 

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who had no biblical authority, 
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He was a science fiction writer 
who also had a very interesting 

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history. 
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his interesting history was 
nowhere as interesting as what 

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the Church of Scientology has 
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And like all cult leaders, they 
have to be able to have a 

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biography that would cause 
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person. 
L Ron Hubbard does not have the 

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type of life that people should 
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However, they have carefully 
cultivated and crafted a 

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biography over the years to make
this man that you see right 

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here, perhaps the most 
interesting man that ever lived.

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And so we're going to look at 
why that is here in just a 

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moment. 
His teachings originate from 

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human philosophy. 
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Word, Scripture warns against 
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As we read here in just a 
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in the Church of Scientology all
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Hubbard. 
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book Dianetics or whether it's 
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You will not find any thread of 
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teaches. 
It is all New Age teaching that 

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is really rooted, as I mentioned
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Error. 
That's just repackaged purposed 

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by this gentleman right here. 
Now, I am going to show you a 

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little bit of a lengthy video 
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It's about 10 minutes. 
But I do believe it will help us

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set the foundation of who L Ron 
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And if, again, listen very 
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some of the things that are 
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to find out here in just a few 
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everything you're about to hear 
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So let's go ahead and watch that
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comments. 
He was born Lafayette Ronald 

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Hubbard on March 13th, 1911 in 
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He spent his formative years in 
a rough and tumble Helena, Mt 

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where he rode barely broken 
range Bronx at the age of 3 1/2.

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As his mother was that rarity of
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A thoroughly educated woman, he 
was also reading well beyond his

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years philosophy, science and 
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literature, all in an effort to 
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curiosity. 
As his father was a United 

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States Naval officer, he was 
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opportunity to travel, Criss 
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communities in the teens of the 
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At the age of 12, he entered the
Boy Scouts, first leading his 

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troop to victory in a regional 
Scout advancement competition, 

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then representing Scouting to 
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Coolidge. 
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that most distinguished L Ron 
Hubbard at this juncture of his 

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life. 
For just days beyond his 13th 

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birthday, he became the youngest
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It was another distinction 
entirely, however, that set him 

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on the first leg of his life's 
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American naval officer who had 
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introduced young L Ron Hubbard 
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psychoanalysis. 
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unanswered questions, here was 
the moment when his enduring 

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interest in unraveling the 
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born. 
His father's naval career 

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provided the next avenue of 
inquiry, in particular a Far 

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East assignment allowing the 16 
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to visit Asia. 
It was land still steeped in 

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mystery and rarely seen by 
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fundamental questions on the 
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source of life. 
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1,000,000 miles through India, 
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into many remote cultures and 
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Veda Kim's at the root of 
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It was also through these 
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forbidden Buddhist llamaseries 
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there witnessed wonders beyond 
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explanation. 
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United States in 1929, he 
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University as an engineering 
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It was a rigorous curriculum of 
scientific methodology, the very

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tools he needed to examine human
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Here, too, was one of America's 
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physics, through which he 
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investigatory trail, this one to
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Yet laboratory experimentation 
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occupied his university days. 
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organized the first of several 
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primitive lands, initially a 
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Caribbean where he mingled with 
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at least 10 centuries. 
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mineralogical surveys, but also 
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Then, taking his thirst for 
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became America's 385th licensed 
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Heralded by newspapers of the 
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aerial antics, while as a 
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powered flight across rural 
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another slice of society. 
Then, leaving university in the 

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depths of the Great Depression, 
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professional author, turning his
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action tales for magazines of 
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tales of intrigue, science 
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and even the occasional romance.
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American Pulp Fiction, L Ron 
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Indeed, with more than 300 
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credit, so prodigious was his 
output, he was eventually 

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authoring stories under 15 pen 
names and so filling whole 

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magazines with his work. 
He was also scripting matinee 

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blockbusters for Hollywood and 
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stamp as an author whose career 
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Then just as exploits fueled 
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funded still more exploration 
until he was regularly Criss 

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people as far afield as Native 
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Alaskan Panhandle. 
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the field, he was further 
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prestigious and invitation only 
Explorers Club and so went on to

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captain expeditions beneath 3 
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But the real point of such 
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mixing with life to fathom life.
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came in 1937 when he isolated 
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between all living things, a 
dynamic principle of existence. 

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It was recorded in a manuscript 
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the basis for all future 
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source of life. 
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that research, the Second World 
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As he had since earned a rare 
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captain any vessel in any ocean,
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recommendations for Commission 
as a naval officer. 

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In particular, he was described 
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without peer in the art of 
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So it was. 
Lieutenant L Ron Hubbard 

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commanded warships in both the 
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He was highly decorated for 
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service in a military hospital 
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suffered in combat. 
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embarked on his final Rd. of 
discovery, working with injured 

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servicemen who had failed to 
recover despite intensive 

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medical care. 
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learned through the previous 
decades, spiritual principles 

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from the East as well as 
scientific methodologies from 

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the West. 
What he then discovered were 

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mental factors inhibiting 
recovery and preventing 

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medicines from taking effect. 
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blocks were addressed, the 
medicine began to work and 

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patients swiftly returned to 
health. 

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He then continued refining 
procedures on people from all 

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walks of life, actors and 
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community, St. gang members whom
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with the LAPD, even deeply 
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institution. 
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Having developed a workable 
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authored A definitive text on 
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all underlying theory, 
discoveries and techniques. 

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That book was Dianetics, the 
Modern Science of Mental Health.

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Published on May 9th, 1950. 
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enthusiasm and immediately hit 
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list for 26 consecutive weeks. 
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selling book on the mind ever 
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Contained within was the 
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the hidden source of nightmares,
unreasonable fears, upsets, and 

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insecurity. 
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considered Dianetics an end to 
his research, but rather a 

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stepping stone to the discovery 
and isolation of that long, 

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elusive life source. 
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Dianetics provided the means by 
which practitioners soon began 

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discovering past lives, pressing
application and research. 

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Even further came the 
accomplishment of what is known 

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as exteriorization. 
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indeed separable from the body 
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religion was born. 
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ever deeper into the spiritual 
nature of man, documenting his 

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discoveries in thousands of 
recorded lectures, articles and 

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books. 
While to present those 

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discoveries, he literally 
circumnavigated the globe. 

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And so churches of Scientology 
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headquartered at his long term 
residence in Southern England. 

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Through ensuing years, L Ron 
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subject until his passing in 
1986. 

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His legacy comprises 10s of 
millions of published words and 

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3000 recorded lectures, while 
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his books and lectures in 
circulation, he has inspired a 

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movement spanning all continents
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So to those who would ask what 
kind of man could have founded 

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the only major religion of the 
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simple enough. 
A man who lived life from the 

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top down and the bottom up. 
A man who would see much wisdom 

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and great suffering. 
A man who spent a quarter of a 

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century bridging the gap between
East and West, science and 

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religion. 
A man such as L Ron Hubbard. 

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All right, that video was 
sponsored by Oscar Mayer. 

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Because there's a lot of baloney
there, all right? 

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There's no other way to be able 
to put that. 

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The main foundation of that was 
to understand life. 

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You have to live life. 
And that's why L Ron Hubbard's 

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biography has to be so 
incredibly effusive as far as 

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how much praise is given to him.
But yet, let me just give you a 

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short list of some of the false 
claims that were made in that 

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video. 
And I do mean that this is a 

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short list. 
The video falsely claims L Ron 

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Hubbard was the youngest Eagle 
Scout in American history by 

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joining at age 12 and then 
becoming the youngest at age 13 

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with 21 merit badges when 
younger boys had already earned.

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It. 
Asserts he was a naval officer 

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who studied under Freud who 
introduced him to psychoanalysis

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when no such officer or contact 
is documented. 

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Exaggerates that he traveled 
25250 thousand miles across Asia

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studying ancient cultures when 
his teenage trips were only 

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brief port stops covering a tiny
fraction of that distance. 

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Presents his 1932 Puerto Rican 
trip as a major expedition to 

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study ancient cultures when it 
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amateur mineral hunt. 
States that he wrote over 300 

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novels and novelettes when his 
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only about 140 or 150 works. 
Asserts he commanded warships in

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the Atlantic and Pacific during 
World War 2 when he only briefly

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led to small non combat support 
vessels and was relieved of both

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commands. 
Portrays him as a heroic combat 

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veteran with significant wartime
action when he had no combat 

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service, no wounds, and only 
standard non combat metals. 

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Said he discovered during World 
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physical healing when no wartime
records support. 

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This implies he held a rare near
unlimited Master Mariner license

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for any vessel on any ocean when
his actual 1940 Masters license 

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was standard commercial 
credentials with normal 

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restrictions. 
States Dianetics. 

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Auditing naturally led to past 
life discoveries that birth 

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scientification when past lives 
were not even formally part of 

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Scientology until 1952 to 1954. 
And that's the short list of the

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problems of what is here. 
The fundamental disconnect is 

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that to know life and to live 
life is not to know life. 

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To know God is to know life. 
That is what truly understanding

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life is all about. 
And how do we know God? 

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Well, we know God from His Word,
what He has revealed to us in 

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the 66 books that we have here 
in the Bible now in 1950, L Ron 

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Hubbard. 
Did write the book Dianetics 

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claiming to explain the true 
cause of all human problems. 

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Now I found it interesting as I 
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images and putting these slides 
together. 

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Why do most of the books really 
from I believe the 1970s or so 

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and on have this volcano at the 
front of Dianetics? 

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And the reason why is because 
this is the belief of L Ron 

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Hubbard that very, very far back
in Earths history, there was an 

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alien named Xenu who brought his
people to the Earth to be able 

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to have them to die and then put
H bombs inside all the volcanoes

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of the Earth and had them 
explode to be able to kill his 

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own people. 
And that is why there's a 

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volcano on the front. 
Now look it up if you don't 

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believe me, because I'll be 
honest with you. 

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It's even coming out of my 
mouth. 

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And it sounds as crazy as the 
planet Kolob with the Mormons. 

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But it's again this fanciful 
science fiction writer who has 

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brought these ideas from his 
mind. 

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It is trying to portray them 
into the culture of Scientology.

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He claims that that the true 
'cause of all human problems can

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be found in this book, 
Dianetics. 

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Dianetics teaches that man's 
issue is mental damage rather 

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than spiritual sin. 
Now Scripture identifies the 

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heart as the real problem, 
doesn't it? 

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Jeremiah 17/9. 
The heart is deep, deceitful 

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above all things, and 
desperately wicked. 

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Who can know it? 
You don't just find the deep 

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problems of the heart and then 
root them out yourself. 

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The problem is sin, and only 
Jesus Christ can save us. 

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And so that's very clear that 
this is not according to the 

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word of God. 
That's just one facet of it that

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is different from the word of 
God. 

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When Dianetics failed in 1950 as
both science and medicine, and 

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it was on the New York Times 
bestseller list for some period 

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of time, but immediately fell 
out of favor as a self help book

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because many of the common 
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this is bunk. 
There is nothing here 

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whatsoever. 
And then because of legal issues

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as well that he was having from 
his self help book, it was 

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easier for him to turn Dianetics
into a religion, which came the 

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Church of Scientology. 
Because with that religious 

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exemption placed upon him, there
were legal protections that he 

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had as a nonprofit, including 
being able to amass large 

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amounts of funds and not having 
to pay any taxes on them. 

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And so Scientology was never 
what L Ron Hubbard was trying to

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found, but he founded it because
of the difficulties he was 

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having with Dianetics in those 
early years. 

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Scientology has been marketed 
since to Hollywood. 

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Of course, L Ron Hubbard was, I 
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whole of Hollywood. 
He certainly was not a major 

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part of Hollywood, but he was 
part of the Hollywood culture 

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and seen enough that he realized
very quickly that the best way 

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to be able to have Scientology 
to grow is to be able to market 

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to Hollywood elites. 
Why? 

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Because those are the cultural 
tastemakers, if you will. 

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They are the ones that are out 
there. 

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They are the Tom Cruise's. 
And by the way, when you look at

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Tom Cruise's life and some of 
the extraordinary feats that he 

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does do, I have to wonder if 
he's trying to emulate the life 

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of 1L Ron Hubbard, which, 
ironically enough, is not 

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grounded in reality. 
But to be able to do these 

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incredible stunts, to be able to
pilot aircraft that civilians 

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shouldn't even be able to pilot,
But he has the ability to. 

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And he does these things, and he
credits Scientology for it. 

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But it does seem like he's 
trying to scratch an itch that 

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maybe was placed there by 
looking at the biography of 1L 

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Ron Hubbard of many 
Scientologists come from 

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Hollywood. 
And the reason why is now there 

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is such an undercurrent of 
Scientologists in Hollywood. 

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There are many struggling 
actors, there are many 

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struggling musicians who find 
that by going into the Church of

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Scientology, they have a support
group that can help them, 

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producers, directors and 
otherwise can get them into TV 

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shows, into movies, recording 
contracts. 

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And it's almost as if it's the 
Rotary Club club. 

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It's almost as if it's the Lions
Club for Hollywood for you to 

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enter in. 
Maybe just think that there's 

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really nothing to it. 
There's just a group of people 

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that want to do some nice 
things, some good things. 

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They're all part of Hollywood. 
But not realizing how absolutely

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sinister the Church of 
Scientology is now. 

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Its current leader is 1. 
David Miscavige. 

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As soon as L Ron Hubbard passed 
away in 1986. 

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Miscavige, who was 25 years old 
at the time, took the reins of 

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power through some very 
Machiavellian type ways to be 

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able to take control from others
who would have been next in 

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line, but instead has taken over
and has been the leader ever 

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since. 
He has substantially increased 

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their financial holdings. 
Estimates rage that they make 

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anywhere from some on the low 
end 150 to $200 million a year 

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on the high end up to 1/2 a 
million or rather half a billion

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dollars a year comes in. 
And from what I have seen 

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personally, I would say would 
probably be more on the higher 

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end and that's just calling 
their liquid assets, not 

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counting the substantial 
holdings that they have in real 

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estate as well in California and
Clearwater, FL. 

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And also my familiarity with 
Scientology goes back to living 

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in Tampa as long as I did and 
seeing Scientology basically 

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take over downtown Clearwater, 
FL. 

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And when that process was taking
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remember in the newspaper, yes, 
I subscribed to the newspaper 

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back in the early 2000s in the 
Saint Pete Times. 

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They did a great number of 
exposes on the Church of 

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Scientology and the Church of 
Scientology and David Miscavage 

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is really part of this is very 
much attached to their image. 

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They very much do not want the 
truth of what Scientology is to 

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come out. 
And if you were to remove 

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yourself or to be able to come 
out of within the Church of 

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Scientology, particularly if 
you're in some of those most 

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inner part groups like the C 
org, that would be one of them. 

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Those people will come after 
you. 

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They'll come after your family, 
they'll come after your assets. 

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They'll come after you in court.
They are very vindictive in many

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ways when you consider what I 
would call organized crime. 

457
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:44,080
There are a lot of similarities 
in the name of religion with the

458
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,880
Church of Scientology with that 
man in his leader. 

459
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,960
He's a very mysterious man. 
He's only given one interview 

460
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,680
since 1986. 
That interview was on Nightline 

461
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,240
in the 90s with one Ted Koppel. 
Now interestingly enough, he 

462
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,360
handled himself so poorly in 
that interview that he has never

463
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,600
given another interview since. 
You cannot find this man 

464
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:11,200
speaking other than today on the
Church of Scientology YouTube 

465
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,960
page or website. 
That's the only place that you 

466
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,600
can hear him now. 
Interestingly enough, because 

467
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,880
it's a cult, he has been set up 
as a deity. 

468
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,320
He has been set up as much as L 
Ron Hubbard and I would even 

469
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,400
argue even more. 
Doing an inspection of their 

470
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,960
YouTube page this week and 
finding some of the videos that 

471
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,000
I was looking for. 
I found that, well, if you were 

472
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,320
to look at the Church of 
Scientology, this is their 

473
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,960
actual YouTube channel. 
Out of these 12 videos that are 

474
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:46,160
there, you have 123-4567 videos.
What are they? 

475
00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:50,400
This guy is awesome. 
This guy is great. 

476
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,600
What does it say? 
He inspires respect. 

477
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,480
He sets the example. 
He feels like a friend. 

478
00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:00,000
He welcome to me, says Alice. 
Inspires real admiration, has 

479
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,800
our full support, leads with 
unwavering purpose. 

480
00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:09,080
What you see here is the very 
actions of a cult lifting up its

481
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,400
leader more than the teachings 
itself. 

482
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,360
And by the way, the teachings 
itself are pretty bad. 

483
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,800
Now, Miscavige also has another 
issue. 

484
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,120
Well, he has many issues, but 
one would be his wife, Shelly 

485
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,600
Miscavige. 
She has disappeared since 2007. 

486
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,080
The Queen Mother, if you will, 
of Scientology, she disappeared,

487
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,800
quote UN quote, and has never 
been seen since. 

488
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,800
Leah Remini, when she left 
Scientology, actually put out a 

489
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:39,280
missing persons report for, 
excuse me, Shelly Miskevich. 

490
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,360
She reported it to the Los 
Angeles Police Department and 

491
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,440
within hours the case was 
closed. 

492
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,640
Now, I'm not saying that I know 
exactly what happened here. 

493
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,320
But when you look at the mystery
of what takes place, when you 

494
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:57,200
look at the abuses of what takes
place, including in a location 

495
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,560
that is called the hole, where 
people in are taken to Los 

496
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,240
Angeles if they do not obey the 
Church of Scientology. 

497
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,560
Where you're living in a place 
that what I have read by all 

498
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,880
accounts is worse than prison 
and run by the Church of 

499
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,920
Scientology surrounded by razor 
wire to make sure people don't 

500
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,400
get in and to make sure that 
people don't get out. 

501
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,480
There's a lot here to be said 
for the Church of Scientology. 

502
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,960
Now we're going to look at some 
of the unique terms that you 

503
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,480
find in Scientology. 
And as a former science fiction 

504
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,800
writer, L Ron Hubbard's 
teachings resemble what he wrote

505
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:31,960
for a living. 
Fiction. 

506
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,240
What you are hearing is 
something that you might hear in

507
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,600
Star Wars or Star Trek or 
Battlestar Galactica, maybe 

508
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,520
because this is coming from the 
mind of one who wrote that type 

509
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:48,160
of fiction for several years. 
Dianetics teaches that there is 

510
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,000
both an analytical mind and you 
might have heard it and saw it 

511
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,880
on that video we saw a few 
moments ago, but there's also a 

512
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,040
reactive mind as well. 
The analytical mind is what 

513
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,320
you're using right now according
to Scientology. 

514
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,160
You're thinking about what I'm 
saying. 

515
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,080
You're thinking about what's for
lunch. 

516
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,360
You're thinking about when is it
ever going to warm up. 

517
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,960
These are the things that you're
thinking about right now in your

518
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,960
analytical mind. 
But the reactive mind is 

519
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,400
different. 
The reactive mind allegedly 

520
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,720
stores all painful memories that
control behavior. 

521
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,120
That can be memories from this 
life, that can be memories from 

522
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,480
a past life, from any of your 
past lives. 

523
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,800
And so you can see the rabbit 
hole that you can immediately go

524
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,240
down when you are suffering from
difficulties, when you're 

525
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,840
suffering from issues and you go
to the Church of Scientology and

526
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,400
they say you are something in 
your reactive mind. 

527
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,840
And it could be in this life. 
It could have happened in the 

528
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,480
womb. 
Yes, I said that, right? 

529
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,960
It could have been prenatal or 
it could have happened in a 

530
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,080
previous life. 
And only we can help you. 

531
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,760
And guess what? 
It's going to cost a lot of 

532
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,960
money. 
So how do they help treat these 

533
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,400
types of issues? 
Well, they start with N grams. 

534
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,880
And N grams are those traumatic 
mental recordings that are 

535
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,120
stored in the reactive mind. 
Scientology claims these cause 

536
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:13,280
sickness, fear and immorality. 
Interestingly enough, you might 

537
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,240
have remembered a well. 
Tom Cruise had several very 

538
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,000
famous interviews, one jumping 
on the couch with Oprah, but 

539
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,120
another one on the Today show 
many years ago where he was 

540
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,720
talking about drugs and talking 
about particularly drugs that 

541
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,600
would help with mental 
conditions and things like that.

542
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,920
And it made very clear that 
those were not to be taken under

543
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,640
any way, shape or form. 
Why was he saying that? 

544
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,560
He was saying that because he 
was getting to the point that 

545
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,600
really any type of mental issue,
yes, any type of mental issue 

546
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,000
that someone is dealing with is 
because of the engrams that they

547
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,920
have stored within them. 
Again, from this life, from 

548
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,480
prenatal life, from a previous 
life. 

549
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,280
This is what they teach and they
need to have those end grams be 

550
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,680
able to have rise to the surface
so that you can eventually go 

551
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:06,040
quote UN quote clear and you can
be free of all of those types of

552
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,440
things. 
But scripture teaches evil 

553
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,760
proceeds from where the heart 
mark 721 through 23 from within 

554
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,840
out of the heart of men predicts
precede evil thoughts, 

555
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,480
adulteries, fornications, 
murders, thefts, covetousness, 

556
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,240
wickedness, deceit, 
lasciviousness and evil eye, 

557
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,120
blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 
All these evil things come from 

558
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,840
within and defile the man. 
Scientology teaches at engrams 

559
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,320
can be formed again before birth
or even while unconscious, and 

560
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,720
this removes moral 
responsibility for the Sinner. 

561
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,120
You're not the fault for your 
own sin. 

562
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,880
It was someone else who in a 
different body, but with your 

563
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,360
soul, your theaton soul that was
able to do those things and now 

564
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,160
you are paying the price. 
But yet we understand scripture 

565
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,480
teaches what personal 
accountability. 

566
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,880
Each of us are accountable for 
our own actions. 

567
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,400
And I just mentioned that word 
theaton, but that is also 

568
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,520
another word that is used 
theaton your theaton mind or 

569
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,600
your theaton life. 
It's really what your essence is

570
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,320
called. 
It can be used in many different

571
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:09,080
ways, but scripture clearly 
denies reincarnation and teaches

572
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,520
that there is one life and after
this what the judgment is 

573
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,040
appointed on demand wants to 
die, but after this the judgment

574
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,120
and grams replace sin as the 
root of the problem. 

575
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,680
So without sin there is nothing 
to be saved from. 

576
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,120
There really is no problems. 
You have these N grams from your

577
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,440
your feet and spirit and your 
essence and they have to be 

578
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,800
brought out. 
Now how are these N grams 

579
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,240
uncovered? 
How do Scientologists learn 

580
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,440
about their your most self? 
Well, they get together in what 

581
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,920
they would call a form of 
worship, if you will. 

582
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,120
And So what happens when 
Scientologists come together? 

583
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,680
What are some of the things that
they do? 

584
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,280
We're going to watch video #2 
and this is probably the last 

585
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,080
video that we're going to show 
this morning, gentlemen. 

586
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,040
We'll go into next week. 
But why don't we go ahead and 

587
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,360
show the second video we can 
see? 

588
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,360
What do those Scientologists do 
when they gather together? 

589
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,320
I could understand how you'd be 
curious. 

590
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,000
I mean, you walk in, you go, 
what is it? 

591
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,280
What is this place? 
Walking to a Church of 

592
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,760
Scientology is very much a new 
kind of experience. 

593
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,840
It's not like a, a church that I
was used to walking into. 

594
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,120
You know, it's very modern 
looking, you know, very, very 

595
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,239
clean. 
You know, it was a very friendly

596
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,360
atmosphere. 
People come in every day, all 

597
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,320
the time, just walking in, hey, 
what is this? 

598
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,360
What is this place? 
I'd like to know. 

599
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,360
One of the things that you 
definitely see is a lot of 

600
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,080
displays. 
We have panels, there's video 

601
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,120
displays that are just designed 
just to answer questions. 

602
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,800
It answers every question that 
they could possibly have about 

603
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,760
what is Scientology. 
They can just literally push the

604
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,400
button, watch that 2 minute 
display and know exactly what 

605
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,480
that concept is. 
You know, you can come spend 10 

606
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,360
minutes, spend 2 hours, grab a 
coffee, just kind of come as you

607
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,200
are, check it out, walk. 
Through Scientologists have a 

608
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:01,240
church because it's a a place 
where we can go to study, to 

609
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,560
have Sunday service. 
We do the same types of things. 

610
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,480
We have our Sunday services. 
We do marriages of naming 

611
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,720
ceremonies. 
We have all kinds of services 

612
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,840
that we do as a group, but one 
thing that's particular about 

613
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,000
Scientology is that there's also
a personal aspect to it. 

614
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,480
You can kind of choose like OK 
what do I need help with in my 

615
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,280
life? 
The first thing probably most 

616
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:26,000
everyone does is a course. 
That's actually the theology in 

617
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,200
Scientology. 
That's where you're learning 

618
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,800
about the actual philosophy 
itself, and it is a religious 

619
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,400
philosophy, but it's also an 
applied religious philosophy. 

620
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,640
See, go apply it Kind of like a 
spiritual college. 

621
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,880
I have tons of courses on pretty
much any subject you really 

622
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,640
think of. 
There are courses on how to 

623
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,480
communicate better, how to get 
along with others, how to handle

624
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,560
negative people, how to raise 
children. 

625
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,840
It's not just a philosophy where
you sit and think about it. 

626
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,520
It's taking the spiritual nature
of man and it's combining it 

627
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,040
with something that's really 
practical. 

628
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,200
It has a way of being very, very
simple and easy to come across 

629
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,080
to the reader and easy to apply,
but also extremely powerful. 

630
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,680
You come in, you pick and share,
you like, you sit down, you 

631
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,640
study there. 
It's really quite simple. 

632
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,280
You feel good when you're 
studying there. 

633
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,360
You don't need to be a 
Scientologist and you can be any

634
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,840
religion really to come check it
out. 

635
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,240
The whole point is you're 
yourself in a Church of 

636
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,320
Scientology. 
You're the one doing the 

637
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,040
learning. 
Nobody's preaching to you or 

638
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,080
teaching it to you. 
You're learning it yourself. 

639
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,200
Well, here at the church we 
deliver courses, we deliver 

640
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,680
personal counseling called 
auditing, and we deliver the 

641
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,240
purification rundown. 
The Purification Rundown 

642
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,840
actually opens the way to 
spiritual progress. 

643
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,720
It's an all natural regimen 
which frees one from the harmful

644
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:36,520
effects of drugs and toxins. 
Old drugs that you took, 

645
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,280
pesticide. 
You sweat all those things out 

646
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,880
of your system and you feel so 
much more alive, revitalizing. 

647
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,200
The simplicity. 
And the. 

648
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,800
Power of it is immeasurable. 
There's also something called 

649
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,040
auditing, which is Scientology 
counseling, and that is 

650
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,600
extremely unique. 
That is where you actually get 

651
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,000
rid of the unwanted emotions and
unwanted habits, psychosomatic 

652
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,360
illnesses. 
There's no hypnosis involved in 

653
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,200
it. 
There's no analyzation, no. 

654
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,560
One tells you what's wrong with 
you. 

655
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,240
It finds the roots. 
It finds the cause, what's going

656
00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,640
on, and it handles that 
spiritually for you. 

657
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,480
You are giving back yourself. 
You start to recognize really 

658
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,640
who you are, and that's really 
spiritual enlightenment. 

659
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,120
What they use in auditing is an 
instrument called an E meter, 

660
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:23,280
which really helps a person to 
locate areas of pain and trauma 

661
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,480
that you may not be totally 
aware of. 

662
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,320
Anybody can walk into a Church 
of Scientology and just write 

663
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,480
off reception, get a 
demonstration of the E meter for

664
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,040
themselves. 
I mean, literally the person can

665
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,720
walk up and see for themselves 
how that actually works. 

666
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,960
Tools and Scientology are used 
for you to help you with the 

667
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,880
areas of your life that you're 
having trouble with. 

668
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,760
It's a personal experience for 
an individual and. 

669
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,360
It's not lumping everyone into 
the same ball of wax because we 

670
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:48,800
all know it. 
We're all different. 

671
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,720
Any person that walks in my 
course room is a totally new 

672
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:53,920
person with their own story, 
with their own life. 

673
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,440
And as you take that journey, 
you become more and more you. 

674
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,160
You become more and more an 
individual. 

675
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,760
After all, that's what we have 
to offer. 

676
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,520
The world is our own unique 
view. 

677
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,920
There's searches in Paris, in 
London, in New York. 

678
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,920
Moscow, Germany. 
All over Europe, in Madrid, in 

679
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,320
Africa. 
The best way to find out about 

680
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,120
something. 
Is really to? 

681
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,960
Look for yourself. 
It's as simple as opening the 

682
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,120
door. 
You're always welcome. 

683
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,680
We'll admit having a sauna in 
the church on a day like today 

684
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,480
would be something that would be
nice. 

685
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,040
But you can see that everything 
in the video deals with you. 

686
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,800
What do you want? 
What are you going to become? 

687
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,760
You can become a better form of 
you. 

688
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:43,480
This is what it is really. 
You are a good person. 

689
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,080
You really have no type of 
sinful habits that need to be. 

690
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,200
You need to be safe from no, no.
What is the real issue? 

691
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,600
The real issue is you need to 
find the better you. 

692
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,840
And we find that in that video, 
there were several things that 

693
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,040
were mentioned, as we saw from 
the first video, now kind of 

694
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,320
distilled in the second video as
we see these things being put 

695
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,520
into practice that I want to 
show you quickly. 

696
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,920
The 1st is auditing the idea of 
being audited. 

697
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,400
What is that? 
Well, it's a counseling process 

698
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,800
meant to erase those harmful 
engrams. 

699
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:17,400
Freedom is promised through 
repeated sessions rather than 

700
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,400
forgiveness, because that's what
we do need, isn't it? 

701
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,480
Forgiveness. 
Scripture teaches cleansing 

702
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,920
comes through the blood of Jesus
Christ first. 

703
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,520
John 17 But if we walk in the 
light, as He is in the light, we

704
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,120
have fellowship one with 
another, and the blood of Jesus 

705
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,800
Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sins. 

706
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,840
So how is the auditor able to be
able to tell what the end grams 

707
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,800
are and how they can be removed?
Well, it's through the use of 

708
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,720
what you saw a few moments ago 
as well. 

709
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,000
Oh, by the way, this is an 
auditing session right here. 

710
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,680
We saw that on the video, but 
it's really through the use of 

711
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,360
the E meter. 
The E meter measures skin 

712
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,760
response during auditing. 
Scientology claims it reveals 

713
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,400
spiritual and mental problems as
you hold what sometimes are 

714
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,480
colloquially called the cans. 
You saw those two things that 

715
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,440
they're holding. 
It measures electrical response,

716
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,520
and as you talk during the 
auditing session, as that meter 

717
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,520
goes up and down, it's supposed 
to show some areas where there 

718
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,680
are harmful engrams that need to
be removed. 

719
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,480
And we can take a picture or 
look at an E meter right here. 

720
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,760
Now, scientifically, medically, 
whatever way you want to look at

721
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,000
this, this has been uncovered as
really nothing more than bunk. 

722
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,280
There is nothing that can be 
found here that would be helpful

723
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,760
in any way, shape or form. 
There's no scientific basis for 

724
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,000
this. 
Literally they have to take by 

725
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,720
faith that this is actually 
helping them. 

726
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,880
And it's another reminder that 
this is a faith-based system. 

727
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,960
There is nothing here that can 
be looked at as anything that is

728
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,760
grounded on science. 
Well, and we look at ourselves, 

729
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,360
we believe by faith, but it's 
also reasonable that we believe 

730
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,720
by faith as well because we look
around us and we see what God 

731
00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:58,600
has done and what God has 
created and the heavens declare 

732
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,360
the glory of God in the 
firmament show of this 

733
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,240
handiwork. 
That's not really a a leap for 

734
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,720
us to be able to realize that 
faith is what we need to have. 

735
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,440
This is unreasonable faith. 
It's putting your faith in 

736
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,040
something that cannot help you 
in any way, shape or form. 

737
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:17,280
The E meter replaces conviction 
by the Holy Spirit mechanical 

738
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,920
reading substitute for divine 
truth. 

739
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:24,640
And as you are using the E meter
for months and years, it is 

740
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,800
hoped that eventually you will 
go clear. 

741
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,440
Going clear is the process of 
using auditing to completely 

742
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,920
eliminate the reactive mind once
and for all. 

743
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,320
That's the idea is that the 
reactive mind and all the end 

744
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,360
grams that it contains will 
eventually be taken away 

745
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,000
completely and you have finally 
gone clear. 

746
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,720
Now the first clear quote, UN 
quote was in 1950, Ron Hubbard 

747
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:50,440
presented a student named Sonia 
Bakani as the world's first 

748
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,600
clear during a presentation in 
Los Angeles. 

749
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,240
Again, this was before it became
an actual religion. 

750
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,760
Interestingly enough, the first 
real clear was in 1966 because 

751
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,520
years later Hubbard officially 
designated of South African man 

752
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:08,440
named John McMaster as the first
true clear under the religion's 

753
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,000
evolve criteria. 
So even his criteria of what it 

754
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,520
meant to be clear changed over 
time, which meant more sessions,

755
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,160
which meant what? 
More money. 

756
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,440
But interestingly enough, he 
went clear in 1966, but John 

757
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,440
McMaster left the organization 
three years later. 

758
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:26,880
And so think of he's a man that 
finally made it to the pinnacle.

759
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,720
And three years later he goes, 
I'm out. 

760
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,040
I can't do this anymore. 
It tells you of the absolute 

761
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:37,400
egregious nature of this both 
religion and a cult named 

762
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,240
Scientology. 
Well, it is true that I will not

763
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,680
be able to make it through all 
that I want us to look at here 

764
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,800
this week. 
And so we'll continue our look 

765
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,160
at Scientology and finish our 
look at Scientology by God's 

766
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,080
grace next week. 
I would encourage you if you 

767
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,320
want to look at some reading 
this week if there's something 

768
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,800
that would interest you. 
There is a book called Going 

769
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,400
Clear. 
I read it last year. 

770
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:02,480
That was an expose is an expose 
on the Church of Scientology is 

771
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,640
written by a gentleman named 
Lawrence Wright. 

772
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,800
I would highly recommend it. 
Leah Remini has several 

773
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,880
documentaries. 
I cannot necessarily recommend 

774
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,400
them on the basis of the 
language that's contained within

775
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,480
them, but understand that as a 
documentary and as a teaching, 

776
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,720
it does give some understanding 
of what she came through from. 

777
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:25,680
And then also a man named Mike 
Rinder, who is also very high in

778
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,640
the sea organization, how he 
came out and is trying to expose

779
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,440
those things. 
And literally, if you go online 

780
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,520
and just type in Tampa Bay Times
and then Scientology, you'll 

781
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:40,000
find about 20 years of articles 
that the Tampa Bay Times used to

782
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,680
be called the Saint Pete Times 
have written in about 

783
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,240
Scientology again, because of of
its secondary home base in 

784
00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:49,640
Clearwater, FL. 
And I can tell you, you can go 

785
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,240
down the rabbit hole and find 
some very enlightening articles 

786
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,440
there as well. 
Thank you for listening to the 

787
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,040
sermon from the pulpit of 
Liberty Baptist Church. 

788
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,640
If this message was a blessing 
to you, or if there's any way we

789
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,800
can serve you, please let us 
know by contacting us at 

790
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,680
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 
Or you can visit us this Sunday 

791
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,560
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,
MA. 

792
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,640
May the Lord bless you as you 
grow in His Word.