Over the weekend I went to church as I normally do and attended Sacrament meeting which many Christian's believe is important, as does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After Sacrament there is an hour of teaching which often involves a Sunday school teacher who asks for participation from the class, usually.
In my new Ward the teacher will often ask a question of the person in the front, then the person sitting next to them is supposed to give an answer to the question, then the next person, and so on. The first question we had that everyone was expected to answer was relatively easy, a few Sundays ago.
The question we got last Sunday was,
"Tell us how you teach your family about the principles in the Book of Mormon."
My family used deception to get me out of my apartment and into a compound a thousand miles away to learn "life skills" or TR's (Training Routines) as taught in Scientology and at Narconon Fresh Start.
They were told by Dan Carmichael, Intake Coordinator at Narconon Fresh Start that I had a level three addiction (all potential customers/victims are told this) and something needed to be done right away.
Since I escaped the compound and experienced homelessness, things with my family have been rocky to say the least. I am not willing to admit addiction. Nobody is willing to admit they were scammed out of $38,000.
In an effort to get details about Dan Carmichael and the intervention performed on them (called the pre-intervention) I asked them questions and they all have maintained aligence to him and his objectives which include ignoring me and making my life as difficult as possible (called forcing rock-bottom) for the last 6 years.
The Sunday school teacher and the classroom was not ready for my answer as to how I teach my family the principles we find in scripture.
Here is what I could have said:
"My family believes I am a drug addict and will not respond to me."
I didn't wait for the question to get to me. I quickly got up and left as quietly as possible.
Part of me felt annoyed with the Sunday school teacher and her question. I thought it was insensitive to ask such a question because it made the wrong assumption that I had a relationship with my family.
Then it hit me... nobody who who raises their family in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is without a family! That is the whole point.
That is why I pay my tithes.
That is why I go to church.
That is what is so great about the Church of Jesus Christ.
