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In reply to the discussion: Leah REMINI (King of Queens): "More to follow me out of Scientology" [View all]Dr. Strange
(26,058 posts)To me, it's fundamentally about the "truth". If you ask a Christian what their religion is about, they'll probably tell you. And ultimately, they'll point you (probably) to the Bible. And if you ask them if you can read their Bible, they'll say, "Sure!" Heck, they'll probably even give you your own copy. If you talk to a Jew, they might point you to the Torah, and tell you to read it. Talk to a Muslim, they'll suggest reading the Koran. Moving away from religion, if you talk to a mathematician about, say, calculus, they'll tell you all about it. They might suggest a specific calc text. They probably won't give you a copy, but they might let you borrow theirs. But ultimately, no mathematician is going to say you can't read a calc book, much less say that you're "not allowed" to read about calculus. Same thing with a physicist. No physicist is going to tell you that you shouldn't read, say, Feynman's Lecture on Physics.
Fundamentally, anyone who has what they consider to be "the truth" is going to want to spread that truth. At the very least, they aren't going to stand in the way of spreading that truth.
Except for the Scientologists. They are absolutely opposed to having some of their "truth" get out there; for example, the Operating Theta stuff. They'll go so far as to sue to prevent people from reading about their truth. I find that downright bonkers. What does Xenu have to hide?