"Shattered" minds - alt.religion.scientology

Message from discussion "Shattered" minds

Rebecca Hartong

More options Nov 20 1998, 3:00 am

Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology

From: "Rebecca Hartong" <hart...@erols.com>

Date: 1998/11/20

Subject: Re: "Shattered" minds

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Ron Newman wrote in message ...
>In article <733ojd...@enews1.newsguy.com>, "Rebecca Hartong"
><hart...@erols.com> wrote:

>> I don't believe Scientology is any more harmful than dozens of other
rigidly
>> heirarchical and expensive belief and/or marketing systems.

>Other hiearachical and expensive marketing systems don't
>engage in practices that are so directly harmful to the participant's
>health. I've never heard of anyone dying because of Amway, for instance.

I wrote *belief and/or* marketing systems.

But, at any rate... Surely, the vast majority of Scientologists do not
suffer any apparent ill health that can be directly attributed to the
practice of Scientology. The Lisa McPhersons of Scientology are, thank
goodness, the exception rather than the rule. As such, I don't think it's
unreasonable to attribute her death at least as much to the stupidity of the
individuals who were responsible for caring for her as to the Introspection
Rundown (and, by extension, Scientology) itself.

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