smith.jeff28
4/2/2008 2:57:00 AM
> > Why don't you set up some trials? I would be truly interested to see
> > what real results you get.
>
> But I don't CARE what others believe. I've no interest in setting up
> anything for anybody.
Well, I think you missed my point.
Science and religion are in some was diametrically opposed.
Science is the belief in the provable.
Religion is the belief in the un-provable (not the un-proven, the
unprovable)
So you create a religion based on science and it create some
confusion.
Parts of Scientology are in the realm of provable, and some are in the
provable.
Does it raise your IQ? Provable. (not proven, yet, but provable)
Did I ever have a past life? Un-provable. In the sense of a scientific
proof.
>
> I dunno 'bout you, but if someone's going to spend multiple hours, dozens,
> hundreds of hours with me on a course or in an auditing session, I expect to
> pay them for their time just as I would a yoga, rolfing, psychology, TIR,
> whatever other practitioner.
>
And if I must pay, I would like some evidence of what to expect.
As flawed as it may be, psychologist at lease attempt to do scientific
studies.
The benefits of yoga are well document (and it doesn't cost 100.00/
hr).
The others I am not familiar with, but if I was to try them, I would
at least check out their track record.
Would you buy a car without checking the reliability records, or what
ever it is you value in a car?
As a consumer of a service, it is my responsibility to ask or seek out
this information.
I would not take anti-depressants, because the data (not the ravings)
says they do not work effectively.
Of course I would expect to pay for someones time, but I would also
expect some reasonable guarantee of what I am paying for.
Many of the things COS claims are quite provable, but they refuse to
be responsible enough to do that.
> Also, your use of the second person pronoun is off base. I don't charge
> anybody for anything, nor am I a member of the Freezone.
Sorry that was a misunderstanding on my part.
The popes have said many wrong, dumbass things over the years, but so
has LRH.
It is a shame that COS will not acknowledge that and move on.
The truth is SOC has become a blinded cult of the worse kind, and I
had hoped for better.
For Sciences to be effective, they must evolve thru the use of
science, but this is just not happening.