From: jimcat@printroom.its.rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Some views on Scientology
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Date: 20 Jul 91 19:45:06 GMT
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In article <17115@life.ai.mit.edu> whatis@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (....What Is?....) writes:
>In article <cf7l=3Dwb@rpi.edu> jimcat@operators.its.rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak) writes:
>> - As far as L. Ron Hubbard was concerned, the primary purpose of
>>   Scientology and Dianetics was to make money for Hubbard. 
>>   ...there is no doubt 
>>   that the whole thing was a money-making scheme.
>
>I worked for the Church for 5 months.  It is NOT a money-making scheme.
>I was hardly paid at all.  That's the main reason I left; otherwise I
>enjoyed working there.  They are the most dedicated people I have ever
>met in my life.  Calling them a money-making scheme is close to an
>outrage.
 
 I hate to be the one to break this to you, but... did it ever occur to 
you that while you were working for the Church, and being "hardly paid 
at all" for it, the _Church_ was making money? Paying your workers less
means less overhead which means more profits. 
 
 Hubbard founded Scientology to put money in _his_ bank accounts, not 
those of everyone in the Church. Now that Hubbard's gone, it's the 
people at the top of the Church organization who are reaping the benefits.
As you yourself have testified, there's not much trickle-down to the 
rank-and-file Church workers.
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