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 ::Superbuttons - your assertions are the same apologetic arguments that always come up on this topic. Fact is, this is mentioned in the standard works, it is part of the Book of Abraham which is highly controversial, and is a core belief of the Mormon church. If you only talked about ""saving ordinances"" related to the Mormon church on the wikipedia, then 90% of Mormon topics wouldn't exist here - because there are only 5 or 6 saving ordinances. There is no ""deep"" doctrine (I have heard this phrase so many times before) - there is one doctrine. Xenu the intergalactic overlord isn't taught to any Scientologists until they reach the upper levels - but it is still part of what they actually believe is true about the universe. And in my opinion highly relevant to being included in any discussion on Scientology because it shows just how wacky they are. If Mormons are uncomfortable talking about what is actually in their scriptures, and what Joseph Smith thinks Egyptian hieroglyphics say - then why don't they drop this from their doctrine?  "