Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: I apologize for lack of funds.....
From: "teddybar@accessnv.com<Ted Mayett>" <teddybar@accessnv.com>
Date: 28 Jul 1995 17:11:52 GMT

while on-lines in scientology i was hit on constantly
for money.  people who have never been part of it
have no idea.

new releases come out 3-6 times a year.  by new release i mean tapes.
these are not new tapes always but rather re-packaging of existing
tapes.  although i believe that sometimes they are actually newly released tapes.

many times the tapes do not match the tape pack title.
i've heard other scientologists say the same thing.

besides tapes there are books on hubbard's life, books with
photographs by hubbard.

also there are policy letters packaged in a "new" bundle.
this last one , whose title escapes me, was three binders
that contained policys relevant to the grades auditing i believe.
these three binders sold for $187.00.  one of the staff kept pushing
me to buy them.  and pushing and pushing.
i figured that he was under pressure from uplines to sell at least
one pack.  one day he said, well the price is right.
i agreed quite loudly by saying, "the price is right, three of
anything in this building for $187.00 is a good price."

i have had ias call and ask me to leave $20.00 under the door mat
and that they would pick it up.
    i have been called for a $10.00 donation.  TEN dollars.
these people expected me to turn off my computer, leave my apartment,
and drive 7 miles round trip so that i could donate ten dollars.

once at an ias event (fund raiser) i offered the chick in charge
a $2,000.00 postulate or $40.00 cash.
i asked for a receipt for the $40.00 cash and was told that i would get it in the mail.
mind you, this is after the irs victory, which made donations
tax deductable.  never got that receipt.
but they never got another dime from me either.

anyway, scientology had become for me a place where i would go
to apologize for lack of funds.

used that line a lot.  some of them would actually say to me
that i didn't have to apologize.

that i did not have to do.  but i did have to lie.
the mother fuckers forced me to lie.
now i can lie when i want to and i'm good at it.
but my stomach knots up when i 'm forced to lie.

you see in scien not having money is okay,
you merely postulate the situation away.
but you cannot say
you absolutely cannot say that you have the money but will not
  part with it.

so, should you ever feel a dramatic need to lie in your life.

check out scientology.

and that's the truth.

ted mayett