Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: THE SEARCH FOR SATAN Message-ID: <9510302155.0USKQ05@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Mon, 30 Oct 95 21:55:12 -0800 Lines: 61 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. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"