| [Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/992165b7e7f720c5]
He was a member of the Church of Scientology for five years and
collected debts for [NOK] 300,000. Magne Berge is now warning
against the methods of the sect.
He broke out of the movement after having been economically
ruined on self help courses and Scientology books. After
fighting for several years Magne Berge won in 1997 in high
court. The Norwegian Church of Scientology had to pay [NOK]
600,000 in compensation in addition to legal cost. Berge got
private loans for totally 300,000 kroner to pay for courses and
books. "I could not end one course before I had signed up for a
new one. That went on for five years," Berge says.
"I was mentally broken after a divorce, I would not have
joined this circus if not. People must be aware that if they let
themselves be tricked by the Scientologists, they will
experience their soul, time and money depart," Berge says.
But he believes the Scientologists have learned after the
golden age in the eighties and all the lawsuits thereafter:
"They probably don't dare to create new debt victims. They
are inventive and will likely limit themselves to only take the
money you earn..." |
