Anecdotal Evidence

I can't help but notice there is a lot of anecdotal evidence against the Church of Scientology being thrown around here (newsgroup alt.religion.scientology). Some anti-Scientologist will dredge up this alleged horror story or that alleged abuse and then try to paint the whole of Scientology with a broad black brush.

C'mon! You anti's are going to have to do better than that. I just posted a rebuttal elsewhere where somebody posted a list of Scientology members who were arrested for various crimes and I used that list to demonstrate how it showed Scientology in a good light as the Scientology crime rate was around 50,000 times less than the general population crime rate.

Anecdotal evidence is less than effective in trying to show Scientology in a bad light. Every large group of people is going to have problems no matter the religious orientation of the group. Unless you anti-Scientologists can up the ante by around 50,000 times you only demonstrate by your evidence that Scientology has relatively few problems and should be praised for a job well done rather than defamed.

Think about it. Your methods are bankrupt and hurt your cause way more than they harm Scientology.

While some of you talk about the ineptitude and criminality of Scientology management you ignore the pathetic examples of humanity who are your spokespersons - your management, so to speak. Sure Scientology has a bad apple in the ranks from time to time who must be dealt with but it is a tiny fraction of the almost 100% of the demonstrably scurrilous and criminal records of the people at the helm of the anti-Scientology ship.

So, here's some advice for you:

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

-- Matthew 7 : 1-5 American Standard Version


Apply it to your own lives, please. Peace!

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Gregory Hall
4-5-2009