Notice: Fredric Rice may have removed segments of the replies given to
questions if they contained copoyrighted materials. After a very short
while, Scientology "experts" refused to answer questions and
started cut-and-pasting copyrighted cult propaganda. Additionally I
removed URLs in some of the replies, and left them in others. And it's
also important to note that eventually the unfortunate "Greg
Churilov" cultist was ejected from
askme.com for his typical Scientological behavior.
Anonymous asked this question on 4/17/2000:
My sister's neighbor and his wife recently split up after her church
(she's a Scientologist) said she had to "disconnect" from him. I
thought that was a little weird- the Scientology religion doesn't
ask people to do that, do they?
Greg Churilov gave this profoundly unmitigated lie on 4/18/2000:
Actually, yes they do.
But they do this in VERY SEVERE cases, such as incidents of domestic
violence, or drug abuse, or a situation where the individual is
greatly harmed by the relationship (codependency, etc.)
As such, to keep the unfortunate cultist in the cult -- and paying money,
of course, since that's the whole point -- the cult's leaders order their
followers to "disconnect" before the family member can help them
escape.
This practice is one of the classical earmarks of a destructive
cult. In this particular cult, the cultist is ordered to write a
"disconnection letter" to the happless family telling them not
to try to contact them or speak to them ever again.
Other dangerous cults employ this classical cult earmark, of course. The
Scientology cult isn't the first and, unfortunately, is likely not the last
- flr]
The idea of disconnection is always looked at as a VERY LAST RECOURSE
after having exhausted ALL other means of resolving difficulties.
(Although some people jump to this option as a copeout - something
VERY frowned on).
The Lisa McPherson Trust is planning to assist family members who's loved
ones have been ordered to "disconnect" find out whether their
loved ones inside of the cult are still alive and, if possible, to let
them know where they are being held - flr]
Further facts
about this criminal empire may be found at
Operation Clambake and FACTNet.
Subject: Question about a friend.
[And that's an extremely evil lie. The Scientology cult orders followers
to "disconnect" from their family when anyone in the family trys
to help the cultist escape. According to their mad messiah Hubbard, anyone
who wants to leave the cult is ipso facto insane and anyone who helps them
is "tone 1.1" and "PTS" -- Potential Trouble Source.
[More of the same Satanic lie. In fact many pickets and protests outside
of the criminal cult's offices are directed solely at loved ones who have
been ordered by their cult's ringleaders to "disconnect" from
their family.
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absurdly idiotic web pages, check out www.scientology.org or any one of the
many secret front groups the cult attempts to hide behind.