alt_religion_scientology/FACTNetARS20020505

When Beth Erlich was 11, she signed her first contract.
A billion-year contract.

Beth didn't understand it too well. But her father had explained:
If she signed the contract, she would help save the world.

"I thought that, of course I want to save the world."

The young girl had just pledged her life to Scientology.
The contract is a standard document whose unusual duration is not questioned
in a church that believes in reincarnation.

For the next several years, she grew up in Clearwater as a loyal
Scientologist. In her early teens, she said, she worked until 10:30 almost
every night, including school nights. She said she didn't complain when
dinner was rice and beans, or when cockroaches scampered across her room.

Now, eight years have passed since Beth last saw Clearwater. She has left
the church.

But the nightmares haven't stopped....

You can read the rest at
http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/media/sptimes-11.10-11.91

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