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It is very similar in appearance to the Scientology volcano symbol, which originated in the Xenu story.. What Scientology volcano symbol? The Church of Scientology has never published such a symbol. What Xenu story? The Church of Scientology has never published such a story. Terryeo 19:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
I make statements, you call them fibs. What shall I call your accusation? Terryeo 07:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
"What Scientology volcano symbol?" "What Xenu story?" This page, a talk page about an image file with an incoherant name that, so far as I can tell, does not exist, deserves some sort of award for sheer looniness, don't you think? BTfromLA 08:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the clarification. I guess "Puu oo" is the name of the volcano. BTfromLA 19:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)]Reply
Well, Terryeo, you know that Scientology's own witness made the connection between the volcano on the cover of Dianetics and the volcanoes of the OT III story in a court of law. So the Church has published a volcano symbol, over and over and over and over, and of course I don't need to spell out for you that they've put it on TV too, back when the finances of the Church were healthy enough to afford TV promotion of Dianetics. So what would you like us to call your false statements that the Church has never published a volcano symbol? Fibs, lies, mendacities? Delusions, fantasies, denial? I'm sure you'd like us to call them "statements that could be considered reasonable given what we all know" but that's exactly what they are not. -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Your statement which includes "lies", etc is a baiting statement. The situation is as I've stated it to be. The Church has used various photographs and artist renditions, but its copyrighted symbols don't include a volcano. As for your mention of Xenu, the situation is as I have stated it. The Church has not made a statement about that. Terryeo 09:41, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
You know, the volcano that appears on the front of Dianetics? And "what Xenu story?" - what have you been smoking lately? Are you suggesting that Xenu has nothing to do with the CoS? -- ChrisO 09:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
The picture is a picture. If it symbolizes something for you, cool. Looks like a picture to me. "what have you been smoking lately" treds on uncivil. I have stated many times that the Church does not make a statement about Xenu. Heh. Terryeo 09:45, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
Remember, there are no beliefs in Scientology. BTfromLA 19:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
In the body of information which comprises the subject, Scientology, I would say no, there's no belief within it (my opinion). The Church presents Scientology as an applied religious philosophy. The word "Scientology" is sometimes used in speaking of the philosophy and sometimes used, pronounced and spoken in the same way, to speak of the Church. It is an area that can be misunderstood. For example, does the common person believe "That all men have the inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others"? The Church proclaims that as a belief. [1]
