Scientology: You can leave any time you want

Question answered by FreeZone in Scientology

FredricRice asked this question on 10/4/2000:

Everyone will have heard by now that Scientology cultists attempted to keep one of their followers from leaving with his father in Burbank last week and had to be arrested by Burbank police officers.

And the Bubank police officer said that this happens all the time with this criminal cult.

Question: Is there a Hubbard policy which specifically states that cultists are supposed to kidnap followers when they try to leave? I've not seen any such policy posted to the Internet yet however I've got to assume that -- given the numerous other criminal activities this cult has been indicted for, perhaps there's a policy against allowing people to leave.

If so, I'd love to see an extract of the policy. And so would the estate of Lisa McPherson, come to think of it.

Thanks.

FreeZone gave this response on 10/4/2000:

I've never seen any such policy and I'm reasonably certain that if it exists - which I doubt - it comes from Miscavige rather than Hubbard.

I think behavior of this kind tends to be a consequence of several policies that are very much Hubbard. Hubbard specifically praised 'unreasonableness', and dismissed 'reasonable' conduct as weak and placing you at effect. He spoke of 'Tone 40' intention. If you take this literally, it's pretty much impossible for anyone to leave unless you allow it - the strength of your intention would hold them without you lifting a finger.

Last and definitely not least, Hubbard pushed evaluation by statistics and heavy punishment for declining statistics. If you don't think your intention alone should have been enough to stop an angry student from leaving, your boss uplines probably does - and has been trained to dismiss statements like 'he couldn`t pay for the course' or 'he saw critical mateial on the internet' as justifications and reasonableness. Most Co$ officials are far more afraid of internal ethics procedures than they are of the law - not surprising since the former are so much harsher.

You rated this answer:

Thanks, it could very well be that punishment was expected, yes. If it makes it to the newspapers, though, that's going to help others decide it's time to leave.

Thanks. I doubt there's a specific policy as it would have stood out in the materials which were seized in 1977.

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