Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.cs.utwente.nl!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!global-news-master From: informer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Why I am a public critic of CoS Date: 01 Jul 1998 11:47:08 EDT Organization: inFormer Ministry Lines: 37 Message-ID: <359d581d.3935580@news.concentric.net> References: <3596DDBB.BF5ACF08@home.com> <1998062912453600.IAA16744@ladder03.news.aol.com> <3599a173.1402238@news.concentric.net> <35992be1.2964729@news.concentric.net> <35983E24.C135F5BF@home.com> <359de6eb.115345900@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts039d11.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:80824 stevea@castlsys.demon.co.uk (Steve A): yhn >> > It's only about who you're gonna alow to own your soul. (or >> > repossess your thetan) claire >> I didn't pledge it as collateral.Regardless of what you might think. steve >The whole point of much of our objection to Scientology, Claire, is >that a great deal of trouble is taken to ensure that your soul _is_ >pledged as collateral. You tear off little pieces of your soul and hand them over at each step up the bridge. >It might not be explicit, and it might not be >obvious, but it's happening now, even as you deny it. Take some time and think what it takes to move up a step in the cult. How much money. How much of your life would it take to become, say, a Class 4 auditor? >Like Dennis, I suspect that you won't begin to realise just how much >you are in hock to the cult until you're about to leave or you've >already gone. The miricle of coming to this newsgroup was that there were folks here who actually seemed to understand me. That got me through a lot of bad times. I am thankful every day for the caring I have seen displayed here. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *