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:''Not to be confused with [[Registered jack|RJ-45]].''
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[[File:M1911A1.png|thumb|right|An [[M1911 pistol|M-1911 Colt pistol]] in [[.45 ACP]], the standard military sidearm of the day.]]
[[File:M1911A1.png|thumb|right|An [[M1911 pistol|M-1911 Colt pistol]] in [[.45 ACP]], the standard military sidearm of the day.]]
'''R2-45''' is a [[Scientology]] [[Auditing (Scientology)|auditing]] process created by [[L. Ron Hubbard]]. The process of R2-45 specifically pertains to shooting the target with a [[M1911 pistol|Colt M1911]] pistol, causing the victim's "[[thetan]]" to leave the body ([[exteriorization]]). In 1952 during a meeting in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], Hubbard demonstrated the process of R2-45 by firing a shot at the floor.<ref name="ReligionInc">{{cite book | first=Stewart | last=Lamont | title=[[Religion Inc.]] | publisher=Harrap Ltd | location=London | year=1986 | chapter=1. L. Ron Hubbard: Guru, God or Demon? | chapterurl=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/lamont/guru.htm | isbn=0-245-54334-1 | page=192}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite journal | author=Robert Rawitch, Robert Gillette | title=Scientology Critics Assail Aggressiveness of Church | journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1978-08-28}} See [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=&type=historic&sortby=REVERSE_CHRON&datetype=6&frommonth=08&fromday=28&fromyear=1978&tomonth=08&today=28&toyear=1978&By=&Title=Scientology+Critics+Assail+Aggressiveness+of+Church&restrict=articles&x=60&y=18 official online archive].</ref> In a lecture of 1958, Hubbard comments that "Death is not the same as clearing but there is, remember, R2-45. It's a very valid technique. A lot of people have used it before now." <ref>{{cite paper |author=Hubbard, L. Ron |date=1958-07-15 |format=lecture |title=AAC Procedure Outlined - E-meter TRs }}</ref>
'''R2-45''' is a joke by [[L. Ron Hubbard]] in his book The Creation of Human Ability, where over 70 processes are described that can be used to free the human spirit from its dependency on the physical universe. These processes are numbered R1-4 to R1-15 and R2-16 to R2-77.


{{Rquote|left|R2-45: AN ENORMOUSLY EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR EXTERIORIZATION BUT ITS USE IS FROWNED UPON BY THIS SOCIETY AT THIS TIME.|L. Ron Hubbard, The Creation of Human Ability<ref>{{cite book |last=Hubbard |first=L. Ron |title=The Creation of Human Ability |year=1954 |location=pg 120}}</ref><br>([[all caps]] as per the original)}}
There exist people who try to defame the [[Church of Scientology]], [[L. Ron Hubbard]] and Scientologists by insisting that "R2-45" is a "process created by L. Ron Hubbard" that was actually meant to incite Scientologists to go and kill people.


While representatives of the Church of Scientology have publicly acknowledged that "Auditing Process R2-45" refers to "someone being killed and [their spirit] leaving the body", they insist that it was presented as a "jest" or "joke" by Hubbard."<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite news | title = A Sci-Fi Faith | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913995,00.html | work = [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] | date = 1976-04-05 | accessdate = 2007-01-01}}</ref> In the transcript for the lecture "Exteriorization", in which Hubbard refers in passing to R2-45, a footnote refers to the process as being "used humorously".<ref>{{cite paper |author=Hubbard, L. Ron |date=1956-01-19 |format=lecture transcript|title=Exteriorization }}</ref>
The U.S. Army has used .45 calibre guns like the [[M1911 pistol|Colt M1911]] pistol to shoot and kill people from 1911 till this day and L. Ron Hubbard has been in the US Navy during [[World War II]] where he encountered .45 pistols. Hence the reference which was made in jest on several occasions.


However, critics of Scientology have pointed out that Hubbard also used it in apparently non-humorous contexts. On March 6, 1968, Hubbard issued an internal memo titled "RACKET EXPOSED," in which he denounced twelve people (Peter Goodwin, Jim Stathis, Peter Knight, Mrs. Knight, Nora Goodwin, Ron Frost, Margaret Frost, Nina Collingwood, Freda Gaiman, Frank Manley, Mary Ann Taylor, and George Wateridge) as "Enemies of mankind, the planet and all life," and ordered that "Any [[Sea Org]] member contacting any of them is to use Auditing Process R2-45."<ref name="Wallis">{{cite book | last = Wallis | first = Roy | year = 1976 | title = [[The Road to Total Freedom]] | publisher = Columbia University Press | location = New York | isbn = 0-231-04200-0}}</ref><!--p. 154--><ref>{{cite paper | author=L. Ron Hubbard | title=HCO ETHICS ORDER | date=1968-03-06 | version=No. 30 INT | publisher = Advanced Organisation Yacht Royal Scotman, via U.S. Dist. Court. S.D. of N.Y. | url=http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/cult/hco-ethics-order-30.html | accessdate=2006-06-07}}</ref> Former Scientologist [[Bent Corydon]] wrote that in late 1967 at [[Saint Hill Manor|Saint Hill]], he personally received a copy of an order naming four former Scientologists as enemies and "[[Fair Game (Scientology)|fair game]]" and ordering any Sea Org member who encountered them to use R2-45.<ref>"Racket Exposed", ''The Auditor'', issue 37, 1968. [http://www.gerryarmstrong.org/50grand/cult/auditor37.html Excerpt]</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Bent Corydon|author2=L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. |authorlink2=Ronald DeWolf | year = 1987 | title = L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? | publisher = Lyle Stuart | location = Secaucus, New Jersey | isbn = 0-8184-0444-2}} Convenience link at http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_or_Madman.txt .</ref><!--p. 337-8-->
L.Ron Hubbard wrote many books, all of which can be acquired in the public domain, e.g. with public bookstores, online bookstores and all of the Scientology organisations. In the course of the years, some people have tampered with the books. In 2007 all Scientology books have been re-issued in the original form as meant by L. Ron Hubbard. Therefore, R2-45 can still be found in the book The Creation of Human Ability even though it has given rise to considerable misinterpretation and attacks and, apparently, still does so, with some people, till this day.

==See also==
*[[Suppressive Person]]
*[[Scientology controversy]]

==Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/r2-45.html ''Auditing Process R2-45: Did Hubbard order murders?''] at Xenu-Directory, a Scientology Critical Information Directory.

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Not to be confused with RJ-45.
An M-1911 Colt pistol in .45 ACP, the standard military sidearm of the day.

R2-45 is a Scientology auditing process created by L. Ron Hubbard. The process of R2-45 specifically pertains to shooting the target with a Colt M1911 pistol, causing the victim's "thetan" to leave the body (exteriorization). In 1952 during a meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Hubbard demonstrated the process of R2-45 by firing a shot at the floor.[1][2] In a lecture of 1958, Hubbard comments that "Death is not the same as clearing but there is, remember, R2-45. It's a very valid technique. A lot of people have used it before now." [3]

R2-45: AN ENORMOUSLY EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR EXTERIORIZATION BUT ITS USE IS FROWNED UPON BY THIS SOCIETY AT THIS TIME.

— L. Ron Hubbard, The Creation of Human Ability[4]
(all caps as per the original)

While representatives of the Church of Scientology have publicly acknowledged that "Auditing Process R2-45" refers to "someone being killed and [their spirit] leaving the body", they insist that it was presented as a "jest" or "joke" by Hubbard."[2][5] In the transcript for the lecture "Exteriorization", in which Hubbard refers in passing to R2-45, a footnote refers to the process as being "used humorously".[6]

However, critics of Scientology have pointed out that Hubbard also used it in apparently non-humorous contexts. On March 6, 1968, Hubbard issued an internal memo titled "RACKET EXPOSED," in which he denounced twelve people (Peter Goodwin, Jim Stathis, Peter Knight, Mrs. Knight, Nora Goodwin, Ron Frost, Margaret Frost, Nina Collingwood, Freda Gaiman, Frank Manley, Mary Ann Taylor, and George Wateridge) as "Enemies of mankind, the planet and all life," and ordered that "Any Sea Org member contacting any of them is to use Auditing Process R2-45."[7][8] Former Scientologist Bent Corydon wrote that in late 1967 at Saint Hill, he personally received a copy of an order naming four former Scientologists as enemies and "fair game" and ordering any Sea Org member who encountered them to use R2-45.[9][10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lamont, Stewart (1986). "1. L. Ron Hubbard: Guru, God or Demon?". Religion Inc. London: Harrap Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 0-245-54334-1. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Robert Rawitch, Robert Gillette (1978-08-28). "Scientology Critics Assail Aggressiveness of Church". Los Angeles Times. See official online archive.
  3. ^ Hubbard, L. Ron (1958-07-15). "AAC Procedure Outlined - E-meter TRs". {{cite journal}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Hubbard, L. Ron (1954). The Creation of Human Ability. pg 120.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "A Sci-Fi Faith". TIME. 1976-04-05. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  6. ^ Hubbard, L. Ron (1956-01-19). "Exteriorization". {{cite journal}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Wallis, Roy (1976). The Road to Total Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04200-0.
  8. ^ L. Ron Hubbard (1968-03-06). "HCO ETHICS ORDER". No. 30 INT. Advanced Organisation Yacht Royal Scotman, via U.S. Dist. Court. S.D. of N.Y. Retrieved 2006-06-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Racket Exposed", The Auditor, issue 37, 1968. Excerpt
  10. ^ Bent Corydon; L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. (1987). L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?. Secaucus, New Jersey: Lyle Stuart. ISBN 0-8184-0444-2. Convenience link at http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_or_Madman.txt .
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