From: gnome@one.net.au (Happy Xenu) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Scientology lies about Sydney aid Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:13:01 GMT Message-ID: <37888739.4408508@localhost> Hi folks, been busy and haven't been reading a.r.s. lately. But have seen several references to Scientology in the press, mostly small mentions along the lines of 'dodgy personality test' etc. Read a reference to the young kids (eg 6 years old) the Scn is using to hand out Scn leaflets here in Sydney (and yes I've seen them passing out leaflets - appalling!) Also the Scientology webpage http://community.volunteerministers.org/page05.htm has this comment: "Volunteer Ministers also work closely with ministers of other denominations. In Sydney, Australia, Volunteer Ministers work hand in hand with the Salvation Army in local drives for food, clothing and toys." I emailed the Salvos about this and got the following reply, which speaks for itself: (Cheers folks, please also email any replies....) On Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:57 PM, Alex_Robinson@AUE.salvationarmy.org [SMTP:Alex_Robinson@AUE.salvationarmy.org] wrote: > > Further to your enquiry about whether The Salvation Army works with > Scientology in local drives for food, clothing and toys. > > We have followed up on these claims, and no, the Salvos have not been > working with Scientology! You will be pleased to know we have requested > that the reference to The Salvation Army be removed from the web page. > It > seems there was a misunderstanding, as the Scientology web site is > produced > in the USA. > > Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. > ---------------------------------------------------- "Don't call me John Travolta, OK!" - From the Singaporean film "Forever Fever" ---------------------------------------------------- Scientology cult worldwide: http://www.xenu.net Scientology cult in Sydney: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/xemu/xenu.html