Re: Speaking of Scientology...

"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In a way, that sounds like an MCSE. ;-)

At least with an MCSE you stand a shot at getting a decent-paying job. As far
as I can tell, only a very, very few people up at the top of Scientology
actually *make* money from it.

Although I suppose that if you're Tom Cruise, it's perhaps almost a symbiotic
relationship... he pays them millions, they take him on fancy cruises and keep
him in the public's eye, etc.

I have a hypothesis that many people spend money on material goods, their
favorite religions, etc. in proportion not so much to the quality of the
goods, but rather in proportion to how much money they have to begin with.
Scientology is smart in that, if you've got $100 they'll take it and give you
some book or phony class, whereas if you've got $1M they'll take it as well
*and give you the red carpet treatment at a gala cruise with a world class
buffet, etc.* -- something that you don't get from, e.g., the Mormons.

I knew a guy in college who worked for the alumni foundation doing
fund-raising cold calls, and he said their script included initially asking
people for $50,000 (!) -- the idea being that if people don't have that kind
of money, obviously dropping it is no problem, but starting at, e.g., $100 and
working up to $50k is very difficult, even with people who have it. Similar
idea, I think...

---Joel



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