Prof. Bruce A. Roe to R.W. Lobsinger
Mr. Robert. W. Lobsinger, Publisher
Dear Mr. Lobsinger:
As per your request I have
reviewed the documents you sent me regarding the Purification
Program of Mr. L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.
® My
overall comment on Mr. Hubbard's literature is that there is an
absolute lack of data to support his assertion that the
Purification Rundown succeeds in doing what the presently adopted
programs fail to do. The documents reviewed also contain many
truths and half-truths. One can readily agree with his statement
on page 164, that "We live in a chemical oriented
society" and the following paragraph. One also can agree
with the fact stated in the next paragraph that there is a
"linkage between drugs and increasing difficulties with
crime.... and the modem breakdown of the social and industrial
culture." However, there is no evidence that Mr Hubbard's
approach will cure these ills. On p. 166, paragraph 2 he states
that "these actual substances can restimulate a being. When
they are gone from the body, the constant restimulation can
cease. So it is actually a spiritual action that is being
done," The last sentence states a conclusion which does not
follow a logical if-then, and as such, the statements is [sic]
totally without foundation. In the fourth paragraph on this page
he states that "The removal of these life-hostile chemical
substances from the body. of any person apparently speeds, and in
some cases even makes possible, case gain. It is even worth doing
for its own sake." This is a worthwhile goal but his next
sentence "The Purification Rundown, therefore, is for
everyone." is not a logical conclusion. On the same page
there is no data to document his assertion that "a large
majority of them would benefit by the Purification Rundown and
benefit even further from future audition [sic] as a
result."
The remainder of the
document describes the program, and the precautions needed to
protect other the program workers and program participants,
smattered again with some half truths such as on p. 169
"Toxic substances tend to lock up mainly, but not
exclusively in the fat tissue." This statement holds true
only for lipid (fat) soluble substances. "(There is no such
thing as a fat cell)" is a meaningless statement. "Fat
tissue" should be adipose tissue which consists of many cell
types, and the major lipid storage cell is termed a "brown
cell". His statement on p. 172, "In 1973 someone got a
Nobel Prize....but....he didn't know the facts...." Not that
the Nobel Committee can make a mistake in their choice of
recipients, but this statement by Hubbard is too absurd to
comment on.
On p. 174 Hubbard states
"The principle here is that by giving one or two vitamins in
excess amount you can create a nutritional deficiency of another
vitamin..." again is a non-documented half-truth. On page 3
of HCOB 21.5.80 Hubbard states "Beyond any doubt the survey
showed that those with heavy or even mediumly heavy drug
histories benefited most from the 5 hour daily schedule,"
Where is the data supporting this statement and what type survey
was used to collect the data? On page 13 of HCOB 21.5.80 Hubbard
states "Per the original research and all reported survey
data..." again where is the data supporting this statement
and what type survey was used to collect the data?
Hubbard's HCO Bulletin of 3
January 1980, revised 10 April 1980 is quite absurd. However,
Hubbard ends this bulletin with the statement "The Church is
not responsible for the handling of any bodily or physical
condition or ill, it being the responsibility of the individual
to seek the competent medical advice and treatment of his doctor
in such matters" I could'nt [sic] agree more. In fact, this
statement, in Hubbard's own words sums up my feelings about the
documents you asked me to review and Hubbard's program in
general. Finally, the only data Mr, Hubbard presents is in the
portion of the document, entitled "Research Data on
Nutritional Vitamin Increases on the Purification Rundown".
This is not data but rather a table to show how much of each
vitamin/mineral the Purification Program recommends for
individuals on various dosages of Niacin.
Overall the program proposed
by Mr. Hubbard is pure unadulterated "cow pies". It is
filled with some scientific truth but mainly is illogical and the
conclusions drawn by Mr. Hubbard are without any basis in
scientific fact. I hope that this review has been helpful.
Yours truly,
Bruce A. Roe,
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