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Subject: It does my heart good
Answered by: honorarykid
Asked By: 1UglyHombre

1UglyHombre asked this question on5/6/2000:

You have no idea how much this site has cheered me today! I thought I would NEVER see so many people so well informed about Scientology in one spot. It was just a few years ago that all these facts {in your answers} would have 'earned' the wrath of CS Inc. and you would all have been sued for speaking your opinion and telling the truth.

If any of you lot are ever in the UK down Durham way, the pints are on me!

Otch, yes this is reall a question. When Scientologists learn about Xenu in OT#3, what keeps them from going dog-mad, or otherwise realizing they have been duped? Most blokes who get conned are very upset when they realize they have been japed; why aren't Scientologists?

honorarykid gave this response on 5/6/2000:

Good question. 1Ugly (I hope I'm not being too informal here ;-)

The answer is that some Scientologists do leave when OT3 is finally revealed to them. But most do not, at least not right away.

You must understand that some of these people have been promised such grand things, and believed them, hoped for them, and even counted on them, sometimes for years.

To the extent that they dedicated their lives to Scientology, this was the major goal they were aiming for.

I think it's not so easy to simply give up all that, to give up all that one has hoped for.

Too, by the time they get to this level, they've already swallowed a whole bunch of what I believe you Brits call codswallup?. The step to OTIII isn't quite as crazy sounding if you've already assumed a bunch of other crazy stuff.

But the main thing to consider is the other coercive mechanisms that Scientology has at it's disposal. Some people probably go through OT III and think to themselves "this is the biggest load of crap" but then continue to go right along with the program. They know if they quit in disgust, they may end up disconnected from family members who won't share in their disgruntlement.

1UglyHombre rated this answer a 5.

Hi. Please call me "1" or even "Ugly" or if you're ever in Peru, "Hombre" will do.

I litigated some of the criminals in the UK when Hubbard's peculiar clan was kicked out. Rather than pay fines, he left and took his jolly band of hoods with him.

Further facts about this criminal empire may be found at Operation Clambake and FACTNet.

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