In article <soluvmmfdbm11@corp.supernews.com>, "Ford Greene wrote:

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>What about this one?
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>You have a cult the members of which are convinced is the remedy to all
>human suffering, frailty, etc. and you agree to pressure a newcomer into
>affiliating by not telling him the truth of what the "commitment" will
>entail and using thought reform techniques to undermine his ability to
>reason and impair his capacity to exercise consent so that he won't leave
>the cult.
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>Conspiracy to brainwash or legitimate religious conversion?
It certainly isn't a legitimate religious conversion. My opinion is that Hubbard's so-called "bridge" is a well-planned con game.

The fact is that I never would have joined Scientology had it not been so completely misrepresented to me. Misrepresentation constitutes fraud in my book, and while it may not be illegal, it certainly is dishonest and manipulative. Since it is done for financial gain, it constitutes a criminal act, in my opinion.

And the ugly truth of the matter is that all Scientology staff members participate (most of them unknowingly) in the conspiracy to commit fraud. I have a name for this: contagion of suppression.

I myself was an unknowing pawn in the cult's con game for years until I realized what I had become a part of.

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