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Anonymous asked this question on 5/4/2000:

I used to work in a sandwhich shop that was pretty close to an office of the Scientology cult that was located on Colorado Blvd. along where the Rose Parade is run every year, here in California.

One day I was with a co-woker as we walked past the place on our lunch break. I never would have gone in alone but since I was with my friend, we thought we would run in and see what it was about. We had worked close to the cult for years and never gave them much thought.

There was some little kid... couldn't have been more than 10 year old or so... that met us at the door. The kid was filthy and stank, desperately needing a bath. That was enough for me to want to leave but my friend whispered to me, "in for a penny, in for a pound." Whatever that means we stuck it out and started to get a lot of smooth talk about taking that stress test that they're always trying to sell people.

The kid's parents... at least I think it was his parents... came in and tried constantly to seperate me and my friend. We wouldn't let ourselves be seperated so we spent all the time in that little front hallway thing that the cult had. We were trying to politely leave when we hear some woman just screaming loudly.

We could see this woman sitting in a chair leaning over an ash tray screaming like an insane person at it to 'rise up!' She turned red and just kept screaming at the ash tray! One of the parents of this kid that was trying to seperate us walked quickly over to the woman, said something, and looked back at us extremely embarrassed.

My friend and I got the hell out of the place. I admit that we were very scared that these insane people would follow us out and we walked quickly away. After half a block or so, we both started shaking and laughing and we hoped that the people inside wouldn't recognize us at work since some times they would send people in for lunch or some times dinner.

What's that all about? Screaming like someone possess of Satan at an ash tray, for God's sake?!!!???

lrfarny gave this response on 5/9/2000:

No, no nothing of the sort.

My, you really ought to go back there. You have misunderstood what you saw.

The drill you saw was part of a series of drills in communication. This particular drill concerns eing able to direct your intention to a specific point in space. It is an extremely useful skill in talking with people, making speeches and a whole host of other things.

It is done with an ashtray so that the person doesn't have the added complexity of having a person on the receiving end until later.

One phase of the drill concerns showing the student that volume is not what is being takled about. This is done by having him give commands to an ashtray loudly. He quickly realizes that this has nothing to do with projecting his intention.

Do go back there. I think you would find the course interesting.

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Anonymous rated this answer a 1.

Someone named "desertphile" and Arnie Lerma already covered what these Satanic rituals are all about. You're lying to me because you have Rejected your Lord Jesus and are following the works of Man.

It is my hope and pray that you reject Satan in all his forms and some day come Back to Jesus, giving up these Acts of Satan.

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