I certainly don't believe these people got anything for their money, but they also should have known that what they handed over was never coming back to them. Who honestly expects a refund on trying to buy salvation? The Church of Scientology is, in my opinion, a business, and like any business, they are going to aggressively pursue capital and aggressively try to avoid returning any of it. The fact that they try to con people into believing that the products they're selling will save your soul doesn't make them much different from a cosmetics company promising youthful looking skin from their $100 a jar cream.

Many churches expect their members to tithe, and many people all over the world give a large portion of their wealth to already wealthy churches, getting nothing in return. The only difference is that they don't tend to complain, and the practice is accepted by the governments in their areas.

I was frankly a little happy to see Scientologists knocked down a peg, but that's just my bias.

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