"In the group I was involved with called the "Trumpet call of God", we had an entire study conducted during Sabbath which was focused entirely on "Being Separate"; it was an intense 4 hour lecture on how we need to be separate from all things worldly, including our own family members who did not believe in the letters produced by the leader/prophet. We were to separate from the church (meaning the mainstream churches) and from all "unbelievers". We were taught by the prophet in letters and study sessions about these same things over and over and were warned about "worldly" reading material, anything other than the prophet's letters and the Bible (which was severely undermined anyway) and even watching the news or weather network. I asked the prophet at one point, if this meant I had to stay away from my entire family for good and he told me that he believes that God wants us to be completely separate from our families who did not believe in Jesus and the letters. We were told to "silence the scoffers" by separating or blocking them out so they would not hurt themselves by mocking God and the prophet any more than they had already."