Replying to a message of TIM RICHARDSON to ED HULETT:

 TR> On 01-17-09, ED HULETT said to ROSS SAUER:

 RS>> Practically anyone can set up a pulpit, Mimi spoke of how Scientology
 RS>> began.

 RS>> A Sci-Fi writer set up his own pulpit and presto! Instant religion!

 RS>> Some guy in Missouri claimed an angel (Moroni) gave him gold
 RS>> tablets,. he set up a pulpit, presto! Instant religion!

 TR> You don't understand........Otto just threw himself under the bus!

If memory serves, Mr. Smith was in upstate New York when those tablets
appeared and later moved to Illinois with his followers.

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