Kha Khan
Patron Meritorious
First, what at first might appear to be a digression. Follow.
How do we apply the scientific method to events that took place in the past? By testing our theories against newly discovered evidence concerning events that took place in the past. Paleontologist John Smith says the dinosaur known as Meatosauraus ate only meat. No veggies. Only meat. A carnivore, not an omnivore. Then a wonderful new cache of the most complete Meatosauraus fossils ever discovered is found. And the back teeth, discovered for the first time, are molars that are useful only for chewing veggies. And the bones are discovered with a bunch of half-eaten corn that, like the Meatosauraus, was swallowed up in the rapid flow of volcano lava. And John Smith says, "Oh crap."
Take history. Somebody heard the family story that Benedict Arnold betrayed the U.S. because George Washington slept with his wife. Everybody calls bullshit. Then somebody discovers hot, steamy love letters from George to Benedict's wife. The letters are authenticated. Is the theory proven? No. But people stop calling bullshit, and start paying attention.
Which leads us to the opening question: Where is the damn treasure? The artifacts? The new insights or leads regarding history? The new tech?
At this point, countless Scientologists have recovered memories of past lives. Nobody has ever recalled anything that is verifiable? Nothing is verifiable? Really? Such a poor showing. Personally, I'm disappointed about how selfish everyone is being.
Nobody has ever recalled the location of buried or lost treasure? A ship lost at sea?
Nobody has ever been able to direct historians to the location of lost artifacts?
Long ago I was friends with a guy who was working on his Ph.D. in history. His thesis had to do with the movement of the certain length of the front line during Napoleon's campaign in Russia, and whether that indicated collaboration by Russian peasants who shook off ethnic solidarity in favor of seeming liberation and ideological belief and fervor. You were there as a Russian peasant. Why didn't you help out my friend? You knew whether you and your fellow village members stuck with mother Russia, or were seduced by Napoleon. Why didn't you speak up? Why don't you? Don't you understand that your historical insights are valuable?
Nobody has recalled anything from their past life as a Tibetan monk only to have some modern day monk, or academic, say, "How could you possibly have known that? That is secret knowledge known only to those who have been accepted into the highest levels of the order?" Or, "How could you have possibly known that since we first discovered the relevant parchment last week, 15,000 miles away?"
Where is the new / old tech? Let me explain. In advanced physics in high school I learned Einstein's special theory of relativity. Everyone who majored in physics in college learned both the special and the general theories of relativity. Everyone; it was required. Thousands and thousands of students every year learn the theories of relativity.
Of course, students in the 1800s couldn't learn either theory of relativity because they didn't exist at that time.
So numerous Scientologists have now recalled their past lives as members of advanced civilizations. Did none of you attend high school that during past life? Did none of you attend college in that past life? If you did, why don't you please enlighten us about the advanced theory of quantum relativity that finally unites the general theory of relativity with quantum physics? After all, just like how every physics major in college today learns the theory of relativity, every physics major in college in your advanced civilization learned the theory of quantum relativity.
You lived a past life as a member of the advanced civilization of, say, Zobedobe. You went to college. Maybe you didn't even major in physics, but you took Zobedobe physics 101 as part of your breadth requirements. Like everyone else, you learned the theory of quantum relativity. (If you tell the truth, it was kind of boring because the theory of quantum relativity is so simple.) Why don't you share it with the rest of humanity? Or use it to invent the quantum infabtabulator? I mean, even the poorest people in Zobedobian society had a quantum infabtabulator, just like pretty much everyone in the U.S. has a telephone.
Or you lived a past life you were a member of the advanced civilization of Dowoptodowop. You at least know where your planet was, and where the star was that it orbited. And, thanks to Scientology technology, you know how long ago you lived that life. So why don't you go to an astronomer and say, "5 million years ago I lived on the planet Dowoptodowop orbiting the star Dowop. From the perspective of earth, it was located at coordinates X, Y, Z." Let the astronomer calculate the current location of the star and see if the planet still exists.
Why are you holding out on us? Why are you so selfish? Or why don't you use your secret knowledge to invent the new quantum infabtabulator, or discover treasure, or locate the ship lost during World War II? Why?
How do we apply the scientific method to events that took place in the past? By testing our theories against newly discovered evidence concerning events that took place in the past. Paleontologist John Smith says the dinosaur known as Meatosauraus ate only meat. No veggies. Only meat. A carnivore, not an omnivore. Then a wonderful new cache of the most complete Meatosauraus fossils ever discovered is found. And the back teeth, discovered for the first time, are molars that are useful only for chewing veggies. And the bones are discovered with a bunch of half-eaten corn that, like the Meatosauraus, was swallowed up in the rapid flow of volcano lava. And John Smith says, "Oh crap."
Take history. Somebody heard the family story that Benedict Arnold betrayed the U.S. because George Washington slept with his wife. Everybody calls bullshit. Then somebody discovers hot, steamy love letters from George to Benedict's wife. The letters are authenticated. Is the theory proven? No. But people stop calling bullshit, and start paying attention.
Which leads us to the opening question: Where is the damn treasure? The artifacts? The new insights or leads regarding history? The new tech?
At this point, countless Scientologists have recovered memories of past lives. Nobody has ever recalled anything that is verifiable? Nothing is verifiable? Really? Such a poor showing. Personally, I'm disappointed about how selfish everyone is being.
Nobody has ever recalled the location of buried or lost treasure? A ship lost at sea?
Nobody has ever been able to direct historians to the location of lost artifacts?
Long ago I was friends with a guy who was working on his Ph.D. in history. His thesis had to do with the movement of the certain length of the front line during Napoleon's campaign in Russia, and whether that indicated collaboration by Russian peasants who shook off ethnic solidarity in favor of seeming liberation and ideological belief and fervor. You were there as a Russian peasant. Why didn't you help out my friend? You knew whether you and your fellow village members stuck with mother Russia, or were seduced by Napoleon. Why didn't you speak up? Why don't you? Don't you understand that your historical insights are valuable?
Nobody has recalled anything from their past life as a Tibetan monk only to have some modern day monk, or academic, say, "How could you possibly have known that? That is secret knowledge known only to those who have been accepted into the highest levels of the order?" Or, "How could you have possibly known that since we first discovered the relevant parchment last week, 15,000 miles away?"
Where is the new / old tech? Let me explain. In advanced physics in high school I learned Einstein's special theory of relativity. Everyone who majored in physics in college learned both the special and the general theories of relativity. Everyone; it was required. Thousands and thousands of students every year learn the theories of relativity.
Of course, students in the 1800s couldn't learn either theory of relativity because they didn't exist at that time.
So numerous Scientologists have now recalled their past lives as members of advanced civilizations. Did none of you attend high school that during past life? Did none of you attend college in that past life? If you did, why don't you please enlighten us about the advanced theory of quantum relativity that finally unites the general theory of relativity with quantum physics? After all, just like how every physics major in college today learns the theory of relativity, every physics major in college in your advanced civilization learned the theory of quantum relativity.
You lived a past life as a member of the advanced civilization of, say, Zobedobe. You went to college. Maybe you didn't even major in physics, but you took Zobedobe physics 101 as part of your breadth requirements. Like everyone else, you learned the theory of quantum relativity. (If you tell the truth, it was kind of boring because the theory of quantum relativity is so simple.) Why don't you share it with the rest of humanity? Or use it to invent the quantum infabtabulator? I mean, even the poorest people in Zobedobian society had a quantum infabtabulator, just like pretty much everyone in the U.S. has a telephone.
Or you lived a past life you were a member of the advanced civilization of Dowoptodowop. You at least know where your planet was, and where the star was that it orbited. And, thanks to Scientology technology, you know how long ago you lived that life. So why don't you go to an astronomer and say, "5 million years ago I lived on the planet Dowoptodowop orbiting the star Dowop. From the perspective of earth, it was located at coordinates X, Y, Z." Let the astronomer calculate the current location of the star and see if the planet still exists.
Why are you holding out on us? Why are you so selfish? Or why don't you use your secret knowledge to invent the new quantum infabtabulator, or discover treasure, or locate the ship lost during World War II? Why?
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