Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: MY BIG WIN WITH SCIENTOLO
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 95 08:06:32 -0700
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av282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Martin G. V. Hunt)

>I was lured into the cult of Scientology in 1986, and wasted two years of
>my life as their virtual slave, working 16-18 hour days, ruining my health
>and mental well-being.  When I escaped the trap, I first felt lost,
>disassociated and afraid.  After this came anger at what had been done to
>me, how I had been conned out of thousands of dollars and thousands of
>hours of my life, at how I had been ripped off on a very fundamental inner
>spiritual level.  After this came a period of study and recovery from the
>cult, followed by a sense of depression at how powerful Scientology was,
>and how little I could do to prevent them from achieving their horrible
>goal of "clearing the planet."
>
>Then I found ars while cruising around the Internet back when it was a
>very small group, with perhaps a dozen new posts per day.  I posted
>"What is Scientology," an explanation of what Scientology really was,
>and immediately felt a rush of returning power.  Ars has been rough
>and tough and mean at times, but it has been great therapy for me.  I
>feel a thrill of excitement every time I see my thoughts and comments
>and ideas from tens of thousands of posts ago showing up again and again.
>Ars has formed a gestalt of antagonism to the cult and the publication of
>the truth behind the PR machine and lawyers and billion-dollar
>Scientology war-chest; here, we have a voice who were silenced.
>
>This is empowerment.  Alt.religion.scientology is Scientology's Waterloo.
>
>Thank you for listening, and keep up the good fight.
>
>ttyl,
 
    Martin, old friend.  It's very nice to have you back posting 
    again.
    
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           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"