Mandy Mullen’s story about Scientology (“Weird Science,” PostScript, Nov. 15) is all lies in the service of Anonymous, a hate group that targets our Church, or even anyone who just falls onto their radar.
Mullen says Scientology was supposed to help her back problem, but signs in the Church say we do not practice medicine or treat physical conditions. Ms. Mullen signed enrollment forms attesting that she knew this was the case. The rest of what she told the Post was just as untrue and malicious. It is made up.
The truth about the Church of Scientology is not to be found in the lies of an avowed enemy of the Church, but in the observations of people who looked for themselves and benefited. Those people are the reason Scientology is in a period of unprecedented expansion, with 8,070 churches, missions and groups helping people in 165 countries around the world. That expansion has been greater in the past five years than the previous 20.
Scientology is a practical religion, which by the testimony of millions of people around the world has helped them lead happier lives, lives of greater respect for themselves and others. It provides courses which help people achieve their own goals, and to be able to help others as well. And it provides a kind of counseling which participants say has helped them regain their zest for life, their integrity, and the ability to solve their own problems. Anyone can come into a Church of Scientology to find out for themselves.
Rev. John Carmichael
President, Church of
Scientology, Manhattan