Michael Voytinsky
Canadian critic.
Scientology Explained
| «Imagine yourself going to a Catholic
confession. Now imagine the same confession, but with you
connected to a lie detector. Imagine now, if you will, this
confession lasting for several hours. Picture the priest taking
notes during the confession and putting them in a file folder.
"Your confession is entirely confidential," he assures you. If
this image does not disturb you yet, add paying $200 for each
hour spend in the confessional. That is the central rite of the
Church of Scientology, known by the harmless sounding term of
"auditing".» |
An afternoon with
Scientologists
| «I visited the Ottawa Church of Scientology today
with a couple of friends, and now I am trying to put the
experience in words. This is not an easy task — I
have little in my experience which approaches the degree
of irrationality that I encountered today. Half-crazed
Fundamentalist Christian street preachers look like
paragons of rational and intelligent thought in
comparison. It was like being inside a bad
Saturday Night Live sketch that just went on and on
and on, with no punch line in sight. Nevertheless, I
will attempt to relate my experiences and hope for the
best, and pray that the reader does not casually assume
that nothing this ridiculous could be for real.» |
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