Inside Scientology |
Experiences
Dianetics
Church of
Scientology
(written at age 11)
by Molly Hutchinson
The title page reads
Experiences
Dedicated to:
Melissas Fridlin
Written by:
Molly Hutchinson
Inspired by:
My Parents
[The text is in the center of a cross
on every page, carefully drawn with
pen and ink.]
My name is Molly Hutchinson. I've
had something happen in my life that
will always stick with me.
About two years ago, my family was
having some problems. My parents were
always fighting about one thing or
another. Because of this my Mother
started seeing a psychologist. She
told my Mother that my Dad should
start seeing somebody for help, too.
When my Dad found out, he told one
of his friends about it. His friend
asked him if he had ever heard of some-
thing called Scientology. Dad said
no. My Dad's friend told him all about
Scientology. He told Dad that he
could go to the Scientology Center and get
a type of therapy called auditing.
Dad decided to go. He spent about
$50. to $100. on his first session
of auditing. The session did do some-
thing for Dad.
Dad told us about the auditing
and about Scientology. He wanted us
to go and see the center. At first,
Mother didn't want to go. She didn't
agree on spending that much money
on it. But then Dad talked her into
it. He told her all the things about
it, and she agreed to go. That's
how we got into Scientology.
Now let me tell you something
about Scientology. By now you probably
think that Scientology is an okay
thing. That's not true. Scientology
is a "Cult "!
They call their centers Missions.
They get people to come to the Missions
by advertising courses on how to
get along with others, how to communi-
cate better, and on a lot of different
things. The thing is that a lot of
young people are into this kind thing.
The courses cost a lot of money,
and once you finish one course, the
people at the Mission persuade you
into another course which costs more
money. Then they persuade you into
getting some auditing which costs
even more money. This goes on and
on, and on, until you are almost
entirely brainwashed, and broke.
And that is the perfect definition
of Scientology. I know from experience.
My Parents got so wrapped up in
Scientology, that they were even offered
jobs at ASHO. ASHO is the name of one
of the largest Missions in the United
States.
Anyway, my parents took the jobs,
and we were going to move to Los Angeles,
California.
Let me tell you about what our living
conditions were going to be like. We were
going to live in an apartment. Mom
and Dad would have to to to work every
day of the week. My sister and I would
have to go to Scientology school. We
wouldn't learn things like Spelling
and English. We would only learn about
Scientology. After school we would
have to go and work at the centers. We
would answer phones, clean, and just
do general chores.
We would have separate sleeping
quarters from our parents. We would
only see our parents at family hour.
Family hour is an hour set aside
for the parents to be with their
children.
Luckily, we got out of Scientology
just in time. The day we put the
for sale sign up in our front yard
was the day we got out of it.
My Father had to go pick up
something at a type shop. When
he got there his regular typesetter
was not there. Another lady was
there instead. Dad got into a con-
versation with her. He told her
that we were going to move. Dad
asked her if she had heard of
Scientology. She told Dad that
she had worked for Scientology
fifteen years ago. She told Dad
all of the negative things about
Scientology. Dad never heard any
of this before, and he was very
shocked to hear it! He immediately
came home and told Mom everything.
We got out of Scientology that day.
The next day a friend of mine,
named Melissa Fridlin, invited my
family to come to a play at her
church. When we got there, we
found out that the minister of
the church knew a lot about cults.
He was very thankful that we left
Scientology.
My family started going to the
church services. We finally decided
to join the church.
Now that it's all over, I am
very happy with my church, and I'm
glad to be a Christian. Now that
we are Christians my family is
getting along better than ever!
Molly Hutchinson
Dedicated to:
Melissa Fridlin
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