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In the Church Of Scientology , It has long been considered essential that the word of founder L. Ron Hubbard is incontrovertible, and that his works, or "Tech", must be preserved unaltered. To this end, Scientology's enormous underground Trementina Base maintains a scriptural archiving project to preserve the Tech for future generations. However, since Hubbard's death and his replacement by successor David Miscavige , there have been many subtle and not-so-subtle alterations and omissions from Hubbard's texts and even recordings. These alterations to the " Standard Tech " have caused controversy both inside and outside the Church, especially among Free Zone practitioners. {Link without Title} '' is the owner of the copyrights. Whether these changes represent a major degradation of Hubbard's original writings, or merely minor edits and improvements that do not change the fundamental thrust of his message, is a matter hotly debated among some Scientologists. EXAMPLES OF ALTERED TEXTS ''Advanced Procedures and Axioms'' Original Version: "Logic 4 - A datum is a facsimile of states of being, states of not being, actions or inactions, conclusions, or suppositions in the physical or any other universe." (1st edition) New Version: Logic 4 - A datum is a symbol of matter, energy, space or time, or any combination thereof, in any universe, or the matter, energy, space or time itself, or any combination thereof, in any universe. (current edition) ''Scientology: A New Slant on Life'' This book is filled with small contextual alterations, such as: Original Version: "Actually a little child derives all of his "how" of life from the grace he puts upon life." (1965 edition) New Version: Actually, a little child derives all of his pleasure in life from the grace he puts upon life." (1997 edition) Furthermore, there are eight chapters that were in the original edition which have been completely expunged from the current edition, and twelve new chapters that were not in the original. {Link without Title} ''Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought'' Original Version: "Scientology is that branch of psychology which treats of (embraces) human ability. It is an extension of DIANETICS which is in itself an extension of old-time faculty-psychology of 400 years ago." (1973 edition) New Version: "Scientology is an applied religious philosophy." "Scientology is further defined as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universes and other life." "Any comparison between Scientology and the subject known as Psychology is nonsense." (1997 edition) EXAMPLES OF ALTERED RECORDINGS ''Philadelphia Doctorate Course'' Original Version: "It's a very simple remedy. And that's-just make sure that the remedy is passed along. That's all. Don't horde it, don't hold it; and if you ever do use any Black Dianetics, use it on the guy who pulled Scientology out of sight and made it so it wasn't available. Because he's the boy who would be electing himself 'The New Order.' And we don't need any more new orders. All those orders, as far as I am concerned, have been filled." (1982 edition, tape 20) New Version: "It's a very simple remedy. And that's-just make sure that the remedy is passed along. That's all. Don't hoard it, don't hold it." The remaining sentences have been edited out. (1991 edition, tape 20) EXTERNAL LINKS
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