Inside a Cult It might be the most sinister and secretive cult ever! The group has a history of sex with children, seduction and even suicide. We pull back the curtain on The Family International. Has the sect changed its ways? Those who were members talk.
Just thought I'd let everyone know about CNN's Larry King tonight, where he's interviewing several ex-Children of God members. Â There's some striking resemblences to what ex-twi'ers have gone thru with similar damage done to their followers who leave. Â
Also Larry has a Psychotherapist, Rachel Berstein on, and an older ex-member, Miriam Williams, who wrote a book called, "Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult", who was drawn to the cult in a similar fashion as some of us were to twi.
I've also watched an HBO documentary on the Children of God cult too, called Children of God: Lost and Found, very good documentary, with eerie similitarities to twi in a lot of ways.
There was a stink over here a few years back (oztraylia) where the government moved in removing children from the group cause they were concerned the kids were being molested.
Having read a bit of there material I can say that, yeah, there are reasons to be suspicious, with a tendancy to sexualize kids ( and everything!) being quite apparent in their literature.
Apparently the founder, Berg, was a real shagrat.
Lookin thru their book " Thrilling Pictures of the Future", there sure are a lot of very scantily clad people in it.... and some of them loook...umm... well, pretty young.
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Nero
Shocking? It would be shocking if he found a cult where the leaders and followers respected their fellow members.
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Belle
Thanks, Sky! Will check it out for sure.
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cheranne
Thanks.
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Watered Garden
I probably won't get to watch, too much work to do, but hopefully some of y'all who do with give us a recap in the AM.
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Inside a Cult
It might be the most sinister and secretive cult ever! The group has a history of sex with children, seduction and even suicide. We pull back the curtain on The Family International. Has the sect changed its ways? Those who were members talk.
Tonight, 9 pmET!
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Do you know anyone who has been in a cult? Yes 27%
No 73%
This is not a scientific poll
I bet most people do know ex culties ... they just don't know about them ...
where was Larry King when we needed him? :o
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Rocky
I'm confident some of us will record this edition of Larry King Live.... I just set mine to do so.
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now I see
Just thought I'd let everyone know about CNN's Larry King tonight, where he's interviewing several ex-Children of God members. Â There's some striking resemblences to what ex-twi'ers have gone thru with similar damage done to their followers who leave. Â
Also Larry has a Psychotherapist, Rachel Berstein on, and an older ex-member, Miriam Williams, who wrote a book called, "Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult", who was drawn to the cult in a similar fashion as some of us were to twi.
I've also watched an HBO documentary on the Children of God cult too, called Children of God: Lost and Found, very good documentary, with eerie similitarities to twi in a lot of ways.
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cheranne
I saw that too,very disturbing!
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Combination
Pretty Nasty group apparently.
There was a stink over here a few years back (oztraylia) where the government moved in removing children from the group cause they were concerned the kids were being molested.
Having read a bit of there material I can say that, yeah, there are reasons to be suspicious, with a tendancy to sexualize kids ( and everything!) being quite apparent in their literature.
Apparently the founder, Berg, was a real shagrat.
Lookin thru their book " Thrilling Pictures of the Future", there sure are a lot of very scantily clad people in it.... and some of them loook...umm... well, pretty young.
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Mark Clarke
As in Shagrat, Meshag, and Tobedwego?
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brideofjc
What a wit you are....too bad it's about this subject.
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RainbowsGirl
That should be very interesting! Thanks Sky, I will be watching!
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