Disconnection Policy

In the Church of Scientology, the disconnection policy is one of the most disheartening polices that breaks apart families and disconnects friends and loved ones.

Disconnection is a policy by which Scientologists "voluntarily" stop communicating with people they know outside of the Church of Scientology. When a Scientologist faces opposition to Scientology, they have two choices: handle or disconnect.

Tolerance for opposition to Scientology is not tolerated, which often leads to the "choice" of disconnection. Unlike in every other religions where people can still talk with each other even if they disagree on personal beliefs, Scientology requires that disconnection take place or else the Scientologist risks becoming tainted and impaired in their perusal of spiritual enlightenment.

But Scientologists can also be ordered to disconnect from friends and family even when they do not feel suppressed by them. The Church orders the disconnection when it feels that the Scientologist is being "suppressed," but in a voluntary manner. The Church says they must either disconnect or they will be disconnected from.

This policy has broken many families apart, both inside and out of the Church of Scientology. Parents that watch their sons and daughters get sucked into the world of Scientology are suddenly cut off from their beloved children. And members of Scientology that suddenly wake up and leave the Church are abruptly cut off from their friends and loved ones still trapped inside of the Church, which feeds them lies and dishonesty about the member that left. It is a policy that still unfortunately hurts many people to this day.

Communication is one of the basic tenets of Scientology. They strongly advocate talking and communicating with people. Communication is one of the fundamental building blocks that Scientology is built on. It is the essence of Scientology. But unfortunately, disconnection proves this is not the case. Scientology disconnects friends. Scientology disconnects families.