Bare-Faced Messiah (PDF) - Apologetics Index

Chapter 15
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 248):
On 5 January, L. Ron Hubbard issued a statement from Saint Hill
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Manor: 'All I can make of this is that the United States Government . . . has launched an attack upon religion and is
seizing and burning books of philosophy . . . Where will this end? Complete censorship? A complete ignoring of the
First Amendment? Are churches to be attached and books burned as a normal course of action?'
In the web edition:
Because it is not clear whether "attacked" was misquoted in the book or misspelled in Hubbard's quoted statement,
this spelling error was not corrected.
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 250):
At Saint Hill Manor, Hubbard at first professed himself to be pleased about the Australian inquiry and even hinted
that it bad been set up at his instigation. But it soon became evident that the inquiry was basically antagonistic to
Scientology and when an invitation arrived from Melbourne from him to appear, he contrived to find compelling
reasons to refuse.
In the web edition:
"for him to appear".
Chapter 16
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 266):
It was important for Hubbard to be discovered in this dramatically debilitated condition at this time, . . . Hubbard, it
was said, was the 'first person in millions of years' to map a precise route through the 'Wall of Fire'. Having done so,
his OT power has been increased to such an extent that he was at grave risk of accidental injury to his body;
indeed, he had broken his back, a knee and an arm during the course of his research.
In the web edition:
"had been increased".
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 271):
While Hubbard was fulminating against international conspiracies . . . He immediately
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instructed von Staden and Pool to start negotiating the purchase and to make arrangements for the Royal
Scotsman . . .
In the web edition:
von Staden and Pook
Chapter 17
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 290):
The harbourmaster quickly grasped the message, . . . Appraised of this warm welcome, the Commodore began to
look upon the island and the Greek people with particular favour, even to the extent of granting an interview . . . on
the subject of the recent coup d'etat in Greece . . .
In the web edition:
"coup d'état" (with acute accent, as elsewhere in the book)
Chapter 18
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 298):
In frequent communiqués from the ship . . . Out in the Atlantic, cruising on his flagship, the Commodore's preoccupatioon
with Communist conspiracies . . .
In the web edition:
"pre-occupation" is spelled correctly.
Original paragraph from the U.K. edition (page 302):
From 1970 onwards, messengers attended Hubbard day and night, . . . When he was asleep, two messenger sat