The Stop Scientology Disconnection Project

everytime i see the billboard it gets my juices flowing. fuck this cult. i really didn't like them before. i fucking hate them now.

I agree. I never liked the cult, but this billboard brings it home that they are a bunch of degenerate assholes that deserve whatever they get.

I feel like making some troll calls. They are really pissing me off. This billboard will help others feel the right emotions against the cult of $cientology

“CALL ME” is right …. Thousand times in a row to their HQ and clog up their lines

If you want to accomplish something, organize a street protest instead.

Scientology: Parents use billboard to try and contact 'brainwashed' children.

The story has now hit Europe.

Independent: Scientology: Parents use billboard to try and contact 'brainwashed' children

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...nd-contact-brainwashed-children-a6977276.html

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Scientology: Parents use billboard to try and contact 'brainwashed' children

'You sign a billion-year contract... you work 100 hours a week for 10 cents an hour. It’s just brutal'

Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom 5 hours ago 8 comments

A Hollywood couple have erected a billboard begging their children to get in touch after they were "brainwashed" into signing "billion-year" contracts with the Church of Scientology,

Phil and Willie Jones, both in their 60s, are former Scientologists but have lost all touch with their adult children, Michael, 42, and Emily, 38, since these two joined the sect.

The pair hope the $8,000 billboard near Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium will encourage their offspring to make contact for the first time in two years.

The crowd-funded billboard bears the message "To my loved one in Scientology... call me", printed over the faces of hundreds of other individuals allegedly lost to the "disconnection" process which separated the Joneses from their children.



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Parents in Los Angeles are using billboards to try contact their Scientologist children.

And now Ireland.

Entertainment IE: Parents in Los Angeles are using billboards to try contact their Scientologist children
http://entertainment.ie/trending/ne...ntact-their-Scientologist-children/379418.htm

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Scientology's practices for dealing with those who have left the cult are well-known.

The process, known as Disconnection, involves essentially blanking former family members, lovers, friends and anyone who they believe to be a 'Supressive Person'. In some cases, it can go so far as harassment and even stalking.

Two parents in Las Vegas, Nevada, are now going to extreme lengths to reach their Scientologist children, whom they haven't spoken to in over two years. Phil and Willie Jones rented out a billboard space in Los Angeles' Echo Park near Dodgers Stadium. The parents, who are former Scientologists, attempted to erect a billboard near the Los Angeles Scientology Center on Hollywood Boulevard.

As Mr. Jones explained to THR, he's "pretty sure Scientology got to them on that. Then we found one on Hollywood Boulevard closer to La Brea, not far from where (Scientology leader) David Miscavige lives. We paid them in full, had the printing done, were one day from installation, and Scientology shut us down. They had one of their people call and offer to buy millions of dollars worth of billboard space all over the area just to shut us down."

Their two children, Mike (42) and Emily (38), are stilly deeply entrenched in the organisation after Phil's sister reported the parents to Scientology elders over doubts they had about the cult. The two were excommunicated immediately.

"If you leave Scientology and make any kind of critical remark at all, every Scientologist has to disconnect from you: family, friends, business. Because my wife and I were in it for so many years, our entire lives were surrounded by it. Literally overnight we were cut off from everyone, including our own children. There’s no recourse. You can’t call the kids up and talk about it. We’ve tried to phone, letters, we go to the building, and the security people come out: “You’re not welcome here.” We were at a loss as to what else to do, and that’s when we came up with the billboard. We wanted to make a statement: We want our families back. They’re holding them hostage."

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The cult's response is so typical. I love it. There is no guess work involved for the critics. If you want to know what the cult will do to you; then, just look up past cases on the internet. You will notice the same things always happen and the same words are always used by the cult. Nice to know that they are still so brainwashed by the machinery that Hubbard set up. It helps to know that your adversary's response is so predictable.

Willie Jones responds on The Underground Bunker.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/10/sp...eekly-social-media-review/#comment-2616807404

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Willie Jones • an hour ago

Hello to you all. I hope you make today a great day! I have never posted here but voraciously read all the comments daily and appreciate Tony and this community.

I have had something on my mind for awhile now and since writing things out is very therapeutic for me, I want to communicate how I see things. Phil and I have done some extensive traveling which really broadens one’s view of the world. What really strikes me is that no matter where you go, humanity is the same! What I mean by that is no matter where you are or what your racial background is, we all have the same desire to live the best life we can. We tend to share the same problems and emotions. The kind of environment we keep ourselves in can dictate the quality of our lives. A negative environment generally produces a negative result. A positive environment gives one hope of better quality of life.

Following the lives of the ex-scientology community has expanded my view of my entire scientology experience. My views when I was completely in the church mind set compared to now have brought me to a better understanding of what happened to me and my family. My journey has taken me up and down all the different emotions, self doubt and revelations. When I was in the mind set of one completely in scientology, I had the view (like so many others) that I was in a group that was superior in every way and those poor wogs just didn’t have a clue. I want to apologize now to anyone I may have offended with my arrogant thoughts and attitude. I can’t take it back but I can try and make a difference now. I could say scientology ruined my life or I can say, this experience taught me so much that I will never allow myself to be trapped again and hopefully pass down some hard earned wisdom.

Hearing first hand accounts of the horrors that so many have experienced in the sea org, coupled with my own experience, have brought me to the conclusion that the disconnection practice needs much more attention at this point, and hence our journey began. Not just because our children, Emily and Michael have cut us out of their lives, but because of the practice itself! It’s without a doubt, a devastatingly negative and toxic practice! Hubbard knew exactly what he was doing when this became part of the scientology culture. Disconnection is in the DNA of scientology regardless of how often we are told there is no such thing and have been proven time and again the truth of its existence!

Disconnection is not just cutting ties with family and friends it goes much deeper than that. It is an effort to cut off the fruits of observation for the person still in. The tech is designed in such a way that one is trained (and bullied) into 100% submission, especially for sea org staff. It goes something like this: You have a doubt or disagreement about something so you get word cleared to the unth degree. If this doesn’t handle it, you go to ethics and get hounded with various bulletins and policies. If you still don’t agree, you buy auditing at your own expense where you are steered into what your crimes are against the church. Scientology is never wrong, only you are wrong. Enough of this treatment teaches YOU MUST NOT QUESTION! Now you become, in my opinion, somewhat of a robot following orders for the good of the group.

OMG! You must not question? This is the very foundation of learning. Children learn by constantly annoying you with how, why, why, why. Questioning in our adult life is how we come to our own conclusions about various situations. We do it all throughout life. We always seek information in all aspects of our lives. In scientology however, you must follow to the letter the words of ONE MAN! You must not question! This is why the ex-scientology community is so terrifying to COB and his organization. We might say something that makes sense and cause one to question again. If they question, they may come to their senses and leave. We know this is the case by the rapid shrinking of the organization when they read harrowing accounts of high level execs and staff that have left the church. Scientology is desperate to hold onto who they have left, including our loved ones.

What I want for my children and the scientologist still in is the opportunity that Phil and I had, which is an unhampered ability to question! No one looking over there shoulder, no one telling them what to think, say or do. It is their right!

All the exposure going on in the ex-scientology community is making a difference. Thanks to all who contribute to shining the light, you are so needed.

I had been in a dark place for awhile but I have come up for fresh air and it feels good! Even though we are in a battle to exercise our 1st amendment right to speak freely about our thoughts and beliefs, I realize there needs to be a balance in our lives. So I say to you, even in the face of adversity, don’t forget the beauty all around you. Go to the mountains or walk in the woods, plant your garden or whatever it is that rejuvenates you. We need to be in a good place first before helping the rest. Negative energy destroys, positive energy heals.

Love to you all.

Willie

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What a wonderful message.

I had the view (like so many others) that I was in a group that was superior in every way and those poor wogs just didn’t have a clue. I want to apologize now to anyone I may have offended with my arrogant thoughts and attitude. I can’t take it back but I can try and make a difference now.

Motherfucking Emily and Mike should get off their high horses and talk to their parents. Someone should show them the error of their ways

yupyup .... these two gais mike and emily need to be taught a lesson. fucking kids should have talk to their parents

Those prior posters were right. Fuck Mike and Emily and fuck them hard. Anyone has the phone number where Emily and Mike work? I will call them and give them a piece of my mind … several times until they get it. My freedom of speech! Motherfuckers brainwashed assholes.

Leah Remini supports the Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard project.

https://twitter.com/LeahRemini/status/719642598617456640

Fairly complete and up-to-date coverage from the Washington Post. Lots of federal employees will read about this story -


‘We won’t stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Church of Scientology
By Lindsey BeverApril 11 at 2:15 PM
There’s a billboard in Los Angeles dotted with dozens of faces representing Scientologists who have separated from their families. It reads: “To my loved one in Scientology … call me.”
The massive message was placed in Echo Park this month by Phil and Willie Jones, former Scientologists who say they have lost their two adult children, Michael and Emily Jones, to a practice known as “disconnection,”
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The Church of Scientology dismissed the billboard in a statement to The Post.
“The billboard in Echo Park is simply the latest in a series of publicity stunts by Phil and Willie Jones to stalk and harass their adult offspring, Mike and Emily Jones, who are in their 30s and 40s,” the statement said. “For the past several weeks Phil and Willie Jones have been working with a reality TV producer staging stunts intended to harass their adult children, despite their children telling them directly to back off and stop.
“Clearly, there is no fact checking with billboards. It is shameful that two people desperate for publicity would hook up with a reality TV producer...”


More here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-reach-children-inside-church-of-scientology/

'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Church of Scientology

Washington Post: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Church of Scientology

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-reach-children-inside-church-of-scientology/

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‘We won’t stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Church of Scientology

By Lindsey Bever April 11 at 2:15 PM

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There’s a billboard in Los Angeles dotted with dozens of faces representing Scientologists who have separated from their families. It reads: “To my loved one in Scientology … call me.”

The massive message was placed in Echo Park this month by Phil and Willie Jones, former Scientologists who say they have lost their two adult children, Michael and Emily Jones, to a practice known as “disconnection,” which believers describe as a last resort

Code:

http://www.scientology.org/faq/scientology-attitudes-and-practices/what-is-disconnection.html

— ending communication with people who are “antagonistic to Scientology” to protect themselves from being torn from the religion.

The church “poisoned their minds against us,” Phil Jones told The Washington Post. “They think we’re out to destroy the world.”

[Opinion: Why it’s so hard to beat Scientology]

The Joneses, from Las Vegas, were in the church for more than 40 years and have now begun a campaign called Stop Scientology Disconnection to raise awareness about the religious practice that they say separated them from their children. They want to “make people more aware of Scientology Disconnection, as well as hopefully entice those in Scientology to take that step of calling their loved ones, family, friends, or whoever they have disconnected from due to pressure from the Church of Scientology,” according to their website.

The pair launched a GoFundMe page to help raise the more than $8,000 needed to pay for printing and installation costs. By Monday afternoon, they had raised about $16,500 and secured the billboard for a second month.

They hope to have it up through August.

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The Chicago Tribune now has the same article as the Washington Post article above:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-scientology-billboard-20160411-story.html

Heartbroken parents make a $14,000 plea to their brainwashed children.

And now the story hits Australia.

News.com.au - Heartbroken parents make a $14,000 plea to their brainwashed children

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...n/news-story/0152eee371be0a64cbe0eba7fa157b48

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Heartbroken parents make a $14,000 plea to their brainwashed children

APRIL 12, 20167:52AM

Gavin Fernando

news.com.au

@GavinDFernando

“I NEVER want to talk to you again.”

Those are the final heartbreaking words Phil Jones heard from his son two years ago, before he and his sister walked away from their family to live with the Church of Scientology forever.

Phil and his wife, Willie, have made numerous attempts to get in touch with them — calling on the phone to no avail, being turned away from their places of work — and now, in perhaps their grandest attempt yet, they’ve raised thousands of dollars to spend on a huge billboard they had put up on Glendale Boulevard, in Los Angeles.

It reads: “To my loved one in Scientology ... call me.”

The Hollywood couple paid for the billboard through the help of a GoFundMe campaign, which has to date raised more than $16,000. It is estimated that more than one million people will see it.

In addition to getting in touch with their children, they say they want to “make people more aware of Scientology Disconnection”, as well as encourage all those within the organisation to call their loved ones outside of it.

The Joneses were members of the infamous church for more than four decades, but left because there were too many financial demands. They now describe it as a “cruel and vindictive organisation.”

Phil estimated he had given between $100,000 and $150,000 to the organisation, and even then, he told The Hollywood Reporter, this amount was “a lot less than most Scientologists end up giving”.

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Ex-Scientologist parents erect giant billboard in bid to contact their 'brainwashed' children.

And now back to England.

The Sun: Ex-Scientologist parents erect giant billboard in bid to contact their 'brainwashed' children

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...st-parents-look-for-brainwashed-children.html

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Ex-Scientologist parents erect giant billboard in bid to contact their 'brainwashed' children

Hollywood couple spend $8k urging kids to get into contact with them

By YASMIN JEFFERY

14:59, 10 Apr 2016

A HOLLYWOOD couple have spent $8,000 on a billboard begging their children to get in touch with them after they were “brainwashed” into signing “billion-year” contracts with the Church of Scientology.

Phil and Willie Jones, both in their 60s, are former followers of Scientology and lost touch with kids Michael, 42, and Emily, 38, after their two children joined the religious sect.

The pair hope the billboard, located near Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, will encourage their adult offspring to get into contact with them for the first time in over two years.

The crowd-funded billboard urges “To my loved one in Scientology... call me" over hundreds of snaps of other people allegedly lost to the “disconnection” process responsible for separating the Joneses from their kids.

Phil and Willie Jones says they met as teenage Scientologists, and were quickly drawn into the sect by what Mr Jones has called “hypnotism”, “brainwashing” and “mental conditioning”.

The ex-Scientologist estimates he has forked out between $100,000 and $150,000 to the Church, telling the Hollywood Reporter the hefty amount was “a lot less than most Scientologists end up giving.”

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The Washington Post article previously re-published by the Chicago Tribune is now up on MSN:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘w...ldren-inside-church-of-scientology/ar-BBrCD2L

Call me: Parents plea for Scientologist family members to break silence.

And now a Russian news agency.

RT: Call me: Parents plea for Scientologist family members to break silence

https://www.rt.com/usa/339266-scientology-billboard-echo-park/

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Family members of Scientologists are fighting to get their loved ones back, one billboard at a time. A billboard in Los Angeles reads: “To my loved one in Scientology … call me.” Now Scientology leaders are firing back against the allegations.

There are over 9,000 billboards in Los Angeles, but this one stands out. Instead of advertising plastic surgery or DUI attorneys, this display was purchased to reunite families torn apart by Scientology.

Phil and Willie Jones are ex-Scientologists who joined the church in their late teens. They estimate that they gave over $150,000 to the controversial church, but they also gave even more: their children. Their son and daughter, Michael and Emily Jones, are members of the Sea Org – a billion-year commitment according to the religion, requiring 100 hour work weeks and a wage of 10 cents an hour, according to Raw Story.

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The Washington Post article previously republished by the Chicago Tribune and MSN has now been republished by Tamapa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/scient...children-inside-church-of-scientology/2272774

I guess it is possible that people in Clearwater and at Flag Land Base may hear about it.

The Washington Post article has now been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times and now the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-scientology-billboard-20160411-story.html

Update on Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard project.

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

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UPDATE #10 49 MINS AGO

Billboard Update:

We've hit enough for a 3rd month now. The billboard company is holding July and August for us until Friday. If we can get to the target amount we can pay for and secure the billboard through August. Thank you to all who have donated to date. We are making an impact.

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The Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard made front page of Tampa Bay Times.

From Sunny Sands on the Underground Bunker.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/12/as...you-to-read-a-short-essay/#comment-2619787940

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Sunny Sands • 11 hours ago

The Call Me billboard made the front page of the Tampa Bay Times today (F5):



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Entire Tampa Bay Times front page for perspective.

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/publication/Times_1A/20160412.pdf

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Bump - there are like 30-some hours left to raise the last $5000 dollars and leave the Jones with a reasonable cushion of time to meet with Lamar during business hours, Pacific time, on Friday.

Dollars to donuts that Tony posts a reminder about this on Thursday.

I wonder how much money it ACTUALLY costs. I would love to see a real invoice for the expenses … not that we have never been conned before by ex/scientologists ….

A typical OSA "black PR" insinuation is to accuse anyone raising money to fight the cult of being corrupt.

Seen it a hundred times on WWP.

An accurate guess because all those privacy protected domains now point to CoS's "meet us" fake site.

Gave a little more.

The Washington Post article has been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times, the Baltimore Sun, and now the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/15/family-battles-scientology-to-see-their-kids/

The Washington Post article has been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Portland Press Herald, and now the Columbia Daily Tribune:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts...cle_652feb72-3247-5732-b9f6-15447520412a.html

The Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard has made Swiss news.

http://www.watson.ch/Blogs/Sektenbl...erzweifelt-bei-Scientology-ihre-Kinder-suchen

it is actually pathetic that the media and Phil keep calling Phil Jones’ son and daughter “kids” when they are both about 40 years old. Despite what Phil Jones might think they have the right to do whatever the fuck they want as they are adults and do not need mom and dad permission to do anything – especially when they were the ones that brought them into this cult.

Clams and family (and friends for that matter):
From the start, they are taught that kids are adults in kids' bodiesl. right?
Clam's utter lack of feelings towards family members and thinking that someone's life is no big deal is totally shameless.
But after all, it's Scientology that makes sheeple think that way and brainwashes them to think they are just dragging around a meat body which is just a shell and they will "drop their body" when they are done with it. The perfect way for a cult to separate families and friends from each other and easier for the sheeple to stop caring and seeing their family members and friends. True sign of a cult.
How utterly callous and cold.

Call Me Stop Scientology Disconnection car signs.

From Cece on Tony Ortega's blog.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/21/ho...iscaviges-worst-nightmare/#comment-2635598147

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Car signs have arrived. To join in on the fun message me at https://www.facebook.com/cecegangle
I'm starting to feel like I can breath again. Thanks guys ((Hugs))



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Guess if you put one of these on your car and keep it moving, you will be ok. Wouldn't park a car anywhere with this on it?
But you can also get name fagged if the person is not already out ? Or even if they are out, will their cars get keyed or worse?
IDK, am I too paranoid?

Stop Scientology Disconnection Car Signs in Action at PAC Base!

Photojournalist Fred G. Haseney at Jenny at LAX has a brilliant photo-essay about Stop Scientology Disconnection car signs in action at PAC Base. I'll give just a teaser below. Be sure to read and see it all.

Jenny at LAX: Reconnecting the Disconnected and Declared: Lockdown at PAC Base!

https://jennyatlax.wordpress.com/20...sconnected-and-declared-lockdown-at-pac-base/

Sample:

Every protest a win.