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Which religion or thought was translated the best?
Meaning all you can think of the Bible, the Kabbalah,Buddhism,etc which way of thought was most correctly past down, as the original text was intended.
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Haha, so true.
If there's any question about what Hubbard taught, you can buy the Dianetics and Scientology books and read exactly what he wrote, exactly as he published it. I'm not aware of any other religion where it's possible to do that with the founder's own texts.
On the other hand, the Scientology organization publishes secondary texts, such as a dictionary, which undergo constant revision. Also, the organization has secret texts that they don't allow anyone to publish, which gives Scientology a monopoly over the "true" interpretation of the public texts. And secret texts can be altered without anyone knowing about it.
So on one hand, it's not possible to change any of Hubbard's published texts without everyone being aware of it. But on the other hand, there's other material that can be changed at the whim of the leadership with no one the wiser.
Generally, our problem is we expect a religion to be what we want it to be rather than what it really is.
Given the diversity of schools, what is amazing is the texts still remain in good condition.
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