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“Public records show that Ms. Mills visited more than a dozen medical professionals in the months prior to her death.“.

What public records would show that?

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Jun 20·edited Jun 20

"Well, she told us in her priest-penitent confidential sessions, of which we do not keep records that you are allowed to see."

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“There is no such thing in Scientology as an “assist to drop the body,” by this or by any other name.”

Let me guess, it’s because R2-45 is a *process* not an *assist.*

See https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Scientology_cult_recording:_R2-45_is_the_act_of_shooting_a_person_with_a_firearm,_20_Nov_1959

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"And the drop the body assist, that is what the Cause Resurgence Rundown is based on.” Claire nails it again. If that retort is the best the $cienoverse can come up with, the Mills lawsuit is pure gravy. It seems that Dave Miscavige is involved in 'case supervision' of Whitney Mills. I would think that after the Lisa McPherson murder, he would have learned his lesson. In $cientology hubris isn't a bug, it is a feature.

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Well, that settles that. If it's in CAPITAL LETTERS, it MUST BE TRUE!

(this is sarcasm, for any OSA people who might be reading)

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"“It’s the basis for the Running Program because one of the instructions is to circle an object in space until you can get yourself oriented and back to Earth,” Mike Rinder says..." -- Oh so that's why LRH is decades late from returning. He's still running in circles around some rock in space because he hasn't gotten himself oriented properly yet. I guess the KOOL crop symbols weren't enough.

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I clearly remember an "assist" book. I think is was soft cover. It had the drop your body assist in it. If anyone has a copy that would be really helpful.

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For a group that thinks “drop the body” is a wonderful way to describe death, they’ve got little or no traction out of the gate. I do hope that this collision of nonchalance about death and refusal to acknowledge or treat a mental breakdown properly is given the press coverage it deserves. The people at her house not letting her get treatment coupled with Minkhoff’s medical malpractice are the reason she is dead. Whether or not she used the assist to drop the body, she died a horrific death because she was denied adequate care.

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Why does every Scientology Organization have Medical Liaison Officers on staff and listed on their organization board?

“The Church does not provide medical advice. See Scientology.org FAQ on medical care. Public records show that Ms. Mills visited more than a dozen medical professionals in the months prior to her death.”

As Claire said, they lie blatantly. And as far as “drop your body” assist; how about showing the video of David Miscavige talking about Hubbard causatively “leaving his body” to do advanced research.

In my opinion Scientologists have a horrible time dealing with death because Hubbards dogma is so full of lies and science FICTION.

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I have served as the MLO (med. liaison officer). This person begs the financial people for money for prescriptions and gets people driven to the doctor. They have no medical training. While I was MLO, people would come to me with various minor ailments. My standard and only remedy was Drink More Water. Surprisingly this often worked.

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Scientology never learns from its mistakes but keeps sliding by with ridiculous contracts and arbitration.

This is Lisa all over again and with the same malpractice quack doctor Minkoff. Xenu can you please come and get your people! We’re done here!

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exactly!!!

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I worked in a technical capacity for the church. I have seen drop the body assists programmed (ordered by a case supervisor) but not in cases like this one. They would normally be for someone who was terminally ill and trying to die. I don't know the exact process but it seems to be something similar to what anyone might tell their dying loved one "You can go and leave this body, go with God", etc. The crux of this case seems to be denying effective mental health treatment. Pep talks from Dr. Minkoff are not going to handle a psychotic break. This woman had probably been pushed up the bridge (given a lot of complex auditing) over lots of red flags and at a certain point, it became impossible to resolve her issues. If you take a sledgehammer to your engine to fix an oil leak, after awhile your engine is ruined.

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