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In Reply to: Re: The family's bogus NGO work posted by Traveler on November 07, 2008 at 08:23:35:
This has given me pause to think: In addition to the incessant drive to preservation of self that sadly characterized much of the moulding of the average disciple's soul in the COG/Family in the late 70's and into the 80's, may other factors not also have played a role in assisting their flight from the Biblical obligation to be charitable?
Could the Family clowns in the scenario that unfolded in Laos have been following someone else's playbook? Consider the following statement ascribed to none other than L. Ronald Hubbard of the Church of Scientology:
'Casualty Contact': The Hubbard method
L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, said the following about recruiting followers in times of tragedy:
"Every day in the daily papers one discovers people who have been victimised... [The Scientologist] should enter the presence of the person and give a nominal assist, leave his card which says where church services are held with the statement that a much fuller recovery is possible by coming to free services... Handling the press he should simply say that it is a mission of the church to assist those in need."
February, 1956
"Casualty contact is very old, is almost never tried and is almost always roaringly successful... This is a pretty routine drill really. You get permission to visit. You go in and give patients a cheery smile. You want to know if you can do anything for them, you give them a card and tell them to come around to your group... Your statement, 'the modern scientific church can cure things like that. Come around and see' will work. It's straight recruiting!"
September, 1959
