| «The point of this page is to counter a few of the
lies Scientology is putting out on their web page. I
have comment on each one of their points, one by one, by
copying the question and putting my answer to their
response in my web page. The way you'll probably want to
do this is to read the question, click on it to go to
Scientology's web page, read their answer, then back up
and read my response. [...] «Q.
"Does it cost a lot to be a member of the Church and take services?"
R. Make no mistake about it, folks, Scientology 'donations' are FIXED
and REQUIRED donations. It is in this way that they most resemble a
business. They may let you slide for a few months, maybe even a year,
but much after that and you'll certainly be branded a 'freeloader' and
drummed out of the Church.
What's this you say? You quit school to devote more time to your
auditing and now you've got no source of income? Well have we got a deal
for you, just sign this
billion year
contract and you can have lots of free auditing! (Yes this contract
is for real, see this
page from a
Scientologist for confirmation.)
The comparison between the Saint Hill course and a real college
education is both laughable and frightening. Laughable because it brings
to my mind a picture of a Scientologist putting this course in place of
a college education on a transcript and trying to get a job. Frightening
because Scientologists really do believe it.
The comparison to tithing is even worse. Tithing is voluntary, at least
in mainstream Christian churches (and, I'm sure, many others). You don't
get drummed out for being a freeloader if you don't give money and/or
time.
They also seem to want to center on auditing, not on the 'bridge to
total freedom' up through the OT levels. The
full
track costs quite a bit more.
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