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		By: Maria mc		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490334</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria mc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amazing! I can&#039;t wait to read it]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazing! I can&#8217;t wait to read it</p>
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		By: Mike Rinder		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490023</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490008&quot;&gt;carmen&lt;/a&gt;.

Just go to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Years-Escape-Highest-Scientology/dp/B0B72F2VV8/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490008">carmen</a>.</p>
<p>Just go to Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Years-Escape-Highest-Scientology/dp/B0B72F2VV8/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Years-Escape-Highest-Scientology/dp/B0B72F2VV8/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=</a></p>
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		By: Carmen		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490009</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489369&quot;&gt;Nick&lt;/a&gt;.

I am thrilled that you have written this book!  I&#039;ve been following the saga for a while now;  our family was effectively in a cult (World Wide Church of God, Herbert W. Armstrong was the leader).  I grew up thinking that mascara was evil and that pants with a fly on a girl&#039;s jeans were epically bad.  The PTSD is real. I&#039;m 53 and still impacted.   I very much appreciate that you have invested your soul into revealing the true nature of this organization.  I look forward to buying the book - I just can&#039;t seem to figure out how to preorder? Specifically the audiobook. Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated.  Also, have you gotten your book into the library system?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489369">Nick</a>.</p>
<p>I am thrilled that you have written this book!  I&#8217;ve been following the saga for a while now;  our family was effectively in a cult (World Wide Church of God, Herbert W. Armstrong was the leader).  I grew up thinking that mascara was evil and that pants with a fly on a girl&#8217;s jeans were epically bad.  The PTSD is real. I&#8217;m 53 and still impacted.   I very much appreciate that you have invested your soul into revealing the true nature of this organization.  I look forward to buying the book &#8211; I just can&#8217;t seem to figure out how to preorder? Specifically the audiobook. Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated.  Also, have you gotten your book into the library system?</p>
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		By: carmen		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-490008</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[carmen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489394&quot;&gt;Geoff Levin&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m trying to figure out now to preorder the book/audio book.  How&#039;d you do that? With thx.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489394">Geoff Levin</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m trying to figure out now to preorder the book/audio book.  How&#8217;d you do that? With thx.</p>
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		By: SL1978		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489579</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SL1978]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As much as I would love to read the book, I think the story told via voice would be really special. Some voices are boring and stiff but Mike&#039;s is always fun to listen to. And please, laugh a bit if there are funny parts. LOL!  Makes it fun. :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As much as I would love to read the book, I think the story told via voice would be really special. Some voices are boring and stiff but Mike&#8217;s is always fun to listen to. And please, laugh a bit if there are funny parts. LOL!  Makes it fun. 🙂</p>
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		By: xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489521</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489421&quot;&gt;GL&lt;/a&gt;.

Of course.  

When you use taboo words, you get a scolding, and wilco&#039;s not a confidential word, it&#039;s just a Hubbard prejudice not to have staff running around saying &quot;Wilco&quot; and then not do anything.

The more you inspect really this Hubbard prejudice, it&#039;s more evidence of how stupid even to worry about things Hubbard worried about and made a big deal of.   Hubbard was always injecting more into situations and problems which just didn&#039;t need more to be said about them.

So the myriad rules, and the &quot;SP penalties&quot; even, are just making a mountain out of a molehill.

Hubbard was on a kick to keep all the staff and followers he could , as his &quot;captive audience&quot;.   So he just came up with volumes of stupid requirements. 

I wish today, the word &quot;XENU&quot; could become a curse word.

Like if you bumped your head on a doorway, you could saw not &quot;DARN&quot; or curse, but say &quot;XENU!&quot;

That&#039;d throw a wrench right back and Hubbard&#039;s anti XENU word use.  

Start a fad to have everyone say not &quot;Oh darn.&quot;    But say &quot;Oh Xenu.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489421">GL</a>.</p>
<p>Of course.  </p>
<p>When you use taboo words, you get a scolding, and wilco&#8217;s not a confidential word, it&#8217;s just a Hubbard prejudice not to have staff running around saying &#8220;Wilco&#8221; and then not do anything.</p>
<p>The more you inspect really this Hubbard prejudice, it&#8217;s more evidence of how stupid even to worry about things Hubbard worried about and made a big deal of.   Hubbard was always injecting more into situations and problems which just didn&#8217;t need more to be said about them.</p>
<p>So the myriad rules, and the &#8220;SP penalties&#8221; even, are just making a mountain out of a molehill.</p>
<p>Hubbard was on a kick to keep all the staff and followers he could , as his &#8220;captive audience&#8221;.   So he just came up with volumes of stupid requirements. </p>
<p>I wish today, the word &#8220;XENU&#8221; could become a curse word.</p>
<p>Like if you bumped your head on a doorway, you could saw not &#8220;DARN&#8221; or curse, but say &#8220;XENU!&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;d throw a wrench right back and Hubbard&#8217;s anti XENU word use.  </p>
<p>Start a fad to have everyone say not &#8220;Oh darn.&#8221;    But say &#8220;Oh Xenu.&#8221;</p>
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		By: GL		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489421</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GL]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489308&quot;&gt;xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty&lt;/a&gt;.

I guess that means using &quot;Wacko&quot; and &quot;Weirdo&quot; was frowned upon as well?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489308">xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty</a>.</p>
<p>I guess that means using &#8220;Wacko&#8221; and &#8220;Weirdo&#8221; was frowned upon as well?</p>
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		By: Mike Rinder		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489402</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489400&quot;&gt;Pete&lt;/a&gt;.

That’s the audiobook - not written by Hubbard]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489400">Pete</a>.</p>
<p>That’s the audiobook &#8211; not written by Hubbard</p>
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		By: Pete		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489400</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489324&quot;&gt;Todd Cray&lt;/a&gt;.

Isn&#039;t Dianetics at #5?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489324">Todd Cray</a>.</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t Dianetics at #5?</p>
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		By: Geoff Levin		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/a-billion-years-update/#comment-489394</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Levin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preordered the book. Thanks Mike. More people will know the truth about Scientology.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Preordered the book. Thanks Mike. More people will know the truth about Scientology.</p>
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