Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:00 pm by everfree
A couple things to keep in mind:
In CofS, all communication regarding CofS and Scn is tightly controlled and filtered. As a result, outsiders - who rely on external, non-filtered means of communication - often know more about many aspects of CofS than those inside do.
That is clearly the case in that thread since the scnist was not aware of the OT III story for instance.
Also, lower level Scnists at first only get to see the more positive sides of CofS - who could object to learning communication? When you first run into negatives, like seniors screaming at their slaves - I mean juniors, it is easy to put it down to one time anomolies since it seems so at odds with what is initially taught to newbies.
The lower level orgs tend to be less abusive anyways.
So keep in mind that low level scn is most likely being completely sincere and is most likely mystified as to how anyone could also sincerely object to CofS.
To start opening their eyes some, you could try to gently point out some issues that even a newbie might have some vague knowledge of.
For instance, it doesn't take long to find out that the staff are generally dirt poor. You might ask if he's seen that yet. Let him know that it's the case in almost all orgs at any given time and has been the case without change for decades.
A newbie is also certain to be aware of the pricing of CofS. Ask if that seems at odds at all with the large amounts of $ CofS charges and has brought in during those decades. Shouldn't have some of that $ been used for medical benefits for the staff?
Can they understand how some could validly consider the near total abandonment of the staff as exploitation?
Gentle prodding like the above might get them thinking some. Be kind, be concerned about the Scnist as an individual.
Don't expect any huge, sudden breakthroughs. It can take a long time.
Best of luck.