Aims to serve as a quick introduction to Scientology and the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup.

Glossary of terms. Includes alt.religion.scientology terminology as well as Scientologist jargon.

Answers some of the questions that may be uppermost in an a.r.s. newbie's mind.

Covers alt.religion.scientology history and culture, Scientology itself, and related topics. By Martin Hunt.

When computers are seized because they contain allegedly stolen intellectual property, and police pierce the security anonymous remailers, the days of the Net as a cozy cocktail party are over. Welcome to a flame war with real bullets. [Wired]

Summarizes the most significant postings from the Usenet group alt.religion.scientology for the preceding week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as they'd like.

"Always controversial, in recent months a.r.s. has become the primary battleground in cyberspace in the dispute over Scientology's Advanced Technology documents." [Westword]

Odds and ends from alt.religion.scientology.

Originally posted to the newsgroup news.groups.reviews.