Here’s what Scientology claims Scientology Disconnection is:
“A Scientologist can have trouble making spiritual progress in his auditing or training if he is connected to someone who is suppressive or who is antagonistic to Scientology or its tenets. All spiritual advancement gained from Scientology may well be lost because one is continually invalidated by an antagonistic person who wants nothing more than to do harm to the person. In order to resolve this situation, one either “handles” the other person’s antagonism with true data about Scientology and the Church or, as a last resort, when all attempts to handle have failed, one “disconnects” from or stops communicating with the person.”
Here’s the actuality:
There is no ‘self-determined decision’ by the individual in Scientology about disconnecting from a friend or relative. If they fail to do so immediately then they will suffer the same fate of losing family, friends, and any business contacts they may have.
As defined by L. Ron Hubbard:
“The term handle most commonly means to smooth out a situation with another person by applying the technology of communication.”
“The term disconnection is defined as a self-determined decision made by an individual that he is not going to be connected to another. It is a severing of a communication line.”
“A person who disconnects is simply exercising their right to communicate or not to communicate with a particular person. “
“There is no policy in Scientology that requires Church members to disconnect from anyone, let alone family and friends who simply have different beliefs. To the contrary, the moral code of Scientology mandates that Scientologists respect the religious beliefs of others. The Church encourages excellent family relationships, Scientologists or not, and family relations routinely improve with Scientology because the Scientologist learns how to increase communication and resolve any problems that may have previously existed.”
Here’s the actuality:
When I dared to offer some questions, which some might construe as criticism there was no “handle”. Overnight I lost about 150 friends, family, and business contacts, all of whom were Scientologists. There wasn’t a single person who called, or emailed, or wrote to ask, “So, what’s going on?”. And once disconnected from there is absolutely no chance to contact any of these people to have a discussion or explain why you left. Silence. Completely cut off from decades of contacts.
Scientology says:
“Scientologists respect the religious beliefs of others”
Here’s the actuality:
Hubbard attacked Christianity as an ‘implant,’ and said that Christ was a fiction.
Hubbard is quoted as stating that Christianity evolved from the “R6 Implant”: “The man on the cross. There was no Christ!
(*An implant in Scientology is a form of thought insertion. The R6 Implant regarding Jesus was, according to Hubbard done deliberately and with evil intent 75 million years ago by an evil alien called Xenu. )
Scientology says:
“family relations routinely improve with Scientology”
Here’s the actuality:
There are hundreds, if not thousands of family members who have been torn apart by Scientology disconnection, some not seeing their family member for 10, 20, 30 years and more.