The vague possibility of mind control was: Re: Recovery Without the "Anticult"--It Can Be Done! - alt.religion.scientology.xenu

Message from discussion The vague possibility of mind control was: Re: Recovery Without the "Anticult"--It Can Be Done!

Peter McDermott

More options Aug 2 1997, 3:00 am

Newsgroups: alt.support.ex-cult, alt.religion.scientology, alt.religion.scientology.xenu, alt.cult.maharaji

From: n...@petermc.demon.co.uk (Peter McDermott)

Date: 1997/08/02

Subject: Re: The vague possibility of mind control was: Re: Recovery Without the "Anticult"--It Can Be Done!

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In article <5rt3g8$...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>,

pe...@fc.hp.com (Perry Scott) wrote:
>"Mind control", borrowing from meme theory, is a forced infection of
>contrary (or even self-destructive) ideas into the victim. In the case
>of Scientology, the Hubbard-ese is inserted into the victim's mind under
>various guises - self-improvement, spiritual gains, etc. This
>bait-and-switch, while not unique to Scn, is a form of uninFormed
>consent. I oppose it.

Not only is it not unique to $cientology, I can't think of many
ideologies that actually *do* deliver what they promise.

Christianity? How do you *know* whether you'll get into the
kingdom of heaven? The American Dream? Tell it to the folks
in Harlem or Compton.

It seems perfectly reasonable to argue that Scientology is a
scam that dupes those foolish enough to buy into its crap, and
yes, it does exploit and coerce those who have bought into
the cult, but I don't see how you can logically argue that
that constitutes coerced mind control.

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