"daveem m" <daveem@webtv.net> wrote in message news:26414-38F7B53F-54@storefull-165.iap.bryant.webtv.net...

> What was the one thing you saw, heard, or experienced that finally set
> you free from the grip of Scientology?
Let me tell you about an old room mate of mine that used to work for the Philadelphia Org.

When I met him he had left the org and was living in another city in the south that had an active org. He "applied" a lot of the "tech" in his day to day life. He always had a dictionary out when he was reading. He really liked MS Excel because he could generate "stats". In most ways he was also a very talented and fun guy but he also hated to be wrong or to "lose"

in games. Oh well...

Anyway, when he talked about Scientology, LRH and his time in the Philly org he talked about working long, long hours for almost no money. because he believed what they had to offer was real. So he learned about "clears" and heard about "OT's" and expected that these people would be living proof of the benefits promised by LRH: extreme intellect, exteriorization, perfect recall, absence of illness, improvement of physical form and financial condition are a few examples.

So he worked and worked and then gradually he begin to notice that people who had gone "clear" forgot things. They forgot names. They forgot what they read. And the OT that was at the org? Well the OT apparently couldn't read minds or leave his meat body in the chair while his thetan went exterior to read a book down the hall. Plus he could beat these people pretty regularly and pretty soundly in chess.

Nagging doubts ensued.

He left. No OT's there. But he doesn't seem to "not believe" so much as he seems to doubt the way that the current "church"

works. As a matter of fact it was his encouragement to attend an LRH birthday bash that served as my intro to the cult. He himself seemed to have no desire to make his presence known to the local org (and believe me when I say they really, really encouraged me to "bring him in" when I let it slip that he used to work for the Philly org) and as far as I know never did.

People want something to believe in and LRH promises a bunch of stuff. Too much stuff. Even intelligent people can be drawn in if they feel something lacking in life. I was. It was a short lived mistake.

What I am saying is that you have to get people to look at what is promised versus what they actually see. When it gets to the point that you reply to your bosses question about something that you delivered him on a form last week with "You tell me.

You saw it. You're clear. Don't you remember?" and hear "Well, I could but I choose not to" in reply then you know it's time to leave.

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