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