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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: THE SEARCH FOR SATAN
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HARTONG@netins.net (Rebecca Hartong)

cbbrennan@delphi.com wrote:
>> There was a great show on Frontline a couple of days ago, called "The Search
>> for Satan." Showed some of the wonderful treatment available to people in
>> psychiatric institutions these days. Things like being tied down and
>> overdrugged until you admit certain
>> things. It was on the educational station, and very educational. It should
>be
>> repeating, it will show this Sunday in Southern California.

richieb@teleport.com (RichieB)
>Wow, Cory!
>
>I'm glad you've mentioned Frontline.  I've been meaning to get in
>touch with them and suggest they do a program exposing the
>criminal cult of $cientology.  You've given me some extra
>incentive with this post.

Rebecca:
>It IS interesting that she should mention the Frontline program.
>
>Over the past couple of years, my interest in scientology "auditing" has led
>me to do quite a bit of reading about false memory syndrome and the phenomenon
>of "ritual abuse survivors".  I believe there are a lot of similarities
>between the tactics used by scientologists and those used by the unscrupulous
>psychotherapists shown in the Frontline program.
>
>Scientologists persuade their victims that their problems are due to
>the presence of "engrams" (supposedly accumulated during times of pain
>and unconsciousness in this lifetime or a previous life) and that the only way
>to eliminate the influence of these "engrams" is through a lengthy series of
>very expensive auditing sessions.  Auditing involves "remembering" whatever it
>was that caused the "engram".
>
>Compare this with what the therapists on Frontline were doing:  they would
>persuade their victims that all of their problems were due to events of
>which the patient had no memory whatsoever and that the only way the
>individual could ever get well would be to undergo very expensive therapy
>aimed at "recovering" the lost "memories" of abuse.
>
>It's amazing--and sad--what an impressionable and vulnerable person will
>believe and submit to in their search for understanding and a little peace of
>mind.  People who take advantage of folks like that--whether they're
>masquerading as psychotherapists or as scientologists--are absolutely
>despicable.  Thank God, the "therapists" shown on the Frontline show aren't
>typical in the field of psychology.  I'm not so sure the same could be said
>for scientology auditors and staff members.
 
   The most fascinating Frontline I've seen (and all of the 
   segments are good journalism) was the one on Facilitated 
   Communication.  If you ever get a chance to see it, it is an 
   inside look at a Therapy Cult and the autistic kids it uses as
   props.
   
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