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As long as he didn't get caught, resulting in a bad PR flap for the CoS, he could have characterized that as an ethical act (according to Scientology "Ethics"). Co$ got paid, and he's going up the Bridge to help salvage this sector of the universe. That is the greatest good.

. If Scientology took his money, and then the bank robbery came up on a sec check, does anyone really think Scientology would return the money to the bank and turn him in? They might cut ties with him, barring him from doing future services, if they feel he could be a future risk to the organization's PR, but I doubt they'd report the crime or return the money. And if the bank robber wanted his money back, they'd just threaten him with turning in a police report if he didn't STFU.
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Oh my goodness, your assessment of Scientology's ethics level certainly seems a tad on the cynical side. I give the Church of Scientology a little more credit than that.
They might not be perfect, but I believe that they would earnestly try to
help the bank robber so that he did not lose his eternity. In fact, LRH researched and created an entire book dedicated to handling special case conditions with finely-tuned "
REMEDIES" for anything like the (
bank robber) example you (and
PirateAndBum) mentioned:
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sample page portion, below)
REMEDY F
Applies to: ANY PC.
What is Noticed: Criticizing own auditor in session.
What is Established: Has been being audited by auditor who is now
antagonistic to pc.
What to Do: Get an ARC Break Assessment done (Level III to VI) on appropriate
list and also on List One (L1 for Session ARC Breaks). Then have both
pc’s and auditor’s O/W’s pulled on each other.
REMEDY G
Applies to: ANY PC.
What is Noticed: Criticizing course or organization.
What is Established: Has been audited some time
without gain (minimal TA).
What to Do: Get an ARC Break Assessment run on pc, using the list for processes
last run and session list also. Do by-passed charge assessment, clearing
each appropriate list and session list. Then look for undisclosed PTP’s
and hidden standards, and handle by Itsa on solutions they have had
for each problem as it is found, until it does not needle register on
“How do you feel now about . . . . . . ?”
REMEDY H
Applies to: ANY PERSON.
What is Noticed: Refusing auditing.
What is Established: Has
never been audited.
What to Do: Discover what goal this person has had that has been thwarted.
Indicate it to person as the by-passed charge. Find who in the person’s
surroundings didn’t acknowledge, and spot incomplete comm cycles to
that person. Find other people in pc’s life who didn’t ack. Spot these
cycles, etc. Then handle as a routine case, but use only light processes,
Itsa on solutions to problems, then locational, and then havingness.
REMEDY I
Applies to: ANY PC.
What is Noticed: PC is nattery about cost of the Bridge, harshly criticizes LRH.
What is Established: PC states they were forced to rob a bank in order to buy their OT package.
What to Do: Take PC back in session. 1) If no F/N fly a rud. 2) Then switch meter sensitivity knob to highest
sensitivity level and sec check the exact time, place, form and event of the bank robbing incident; including
where the cash is hidden and precisely how much the balance of unspent loot is that remains. 3) End session
and send PC to the Ethics Officer who will assign PC a lower ethics condition and amends project to make up the
damage. 4) When calculating the severity of the amends projects use the formula "BOC + (10%) (AI) (T)". [ Balance
Of Cash they are still hiding, plus 10% Accrued Interest over the Time period they have withheld that data and
unethically refused to donate said cash to the Church's planetary clearing crusade. ] If PC complains or balks
about donating all the remaining cash plus 10% interest to Scientology, r-factor them that if they continue to
dramatize these criminal intentions, their tech estimate will necessarily be revised upward to also include
paying for the newly released HSBRR ("Hubbard Standard Bank Robbers Rundown").
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