JustSheila
Crusader
It occurred to me that the Church of Scientology first started using the "I'm not Auditing You" statement before a security check after a few lawsuits going around with the IRS.
That stretched pretty far back, around '76, I think, maybe a little earlier.
It started over that raid on Big Blue by the FDA over the emeters because L Ron Hubbard had claimed that with the use of these miracle machines that only HE had patents to use, one could cure people of cancer, diseases and just about anything!
So in '77 the FBI raided Big Blue, the FDA took all the Emeters for about a month, a bunch of doors were busted down, lots of burritos ate by all with a few laughs from the roach coach at the old horseshoe entrance, and COS went to court.
That was a partial win. COS was required to mark every single emeter as "Religious Artifact For Religious Use Only" or something similar, and not use the instrument outside of church services.
Then Sec Checks came in. Somehow they didn't quite comply with the requirements for e-meter use.
Even ASI and the schools had to use some "wordclearer" sort of machine that wasn't actually an emeter, because they weren't religious instruments.
Point is, who paid taxes on all the income collected for a non-church related action? Who did (or did NOT) authorise COS to use the e-meter outside of religious services?
Maybe it never was authorised.
Maybe this is still part of that "secret" deal with the IRS and they just got slack.
Maybe the COS should have been paying taxes as a business for every single security check given anyone on an emeter when it was clearly stated to be a "religious artefact" with strict regulations for its use in accordance with the original agreement with the IRS.
Maybe the US FDA needs to backcharge COS one fine for every instance when the religious artefact emeter was used in a non-religious security check that was reported paid with a church donation.
Security checks are not religious in nature or service. That makes the charging for and delivery of security checks a non-charitable, profit-oriented business, then. COS can't have it both ways.
That stretched pretty far back, around '76, I think, maybe a little earlier.
It started over that raid on Big Blue by the FDA over the emeters because L Ron Hubbard had claimed that with the use of these miracle machines that only HE had patents to use, one could cure people of cancer, diseases and just about anything!
So in '77 the FBI raided Big Blue, the FDA took all the Emeters for about a month, a bunch of doors were busted down, lots of burritos ate by all with a few laughs from the roach coach at the old horseshoe entrance, and COS went to court.
That was a partial win. COS was required to mark every single emeter as "Religious Artifact For Religious Use Only" or something similar, and not use the instrument outside of church services.
Then Sec Checks came in. Somehow they didn't quite comply with the requirements for e-meter use.
Even ASI and the schools had to use some "wordclearer" sort of machine that wasn't actually an emeter, because they weren't religious instruments.
Point is, who paid taxes on all the income collected for a non-church related action? Who did (or did NOT) authorise COS to use the e-meter outside of religious services?
Maybe it never was authorised.
Maybe this is still part of that "secret" deal with the IRS and they just got slack.
Maybe the COS should have been paying taxes as a business for every single security check given anyone on an emeter when it was clearly stated to be a "religious artefact" with strict regulations for its use in accordance with the original agreement with the IRS.
Maybe the US FDA needs to backcharge COS one fine for every instance when the religious artefact emeter was used in a non-religious security check that was reported paid with a church donation.
Security checks are not religious in nature or service. That makes the charging for and delivery of security checks a non-charitable, profit-oriented business, then. COS can't have it both ways.
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