My personal account of Cult life.

Personal stories from someone who was involved in a bible based organization that is highly regarded as a "cult" in the USA. Deemed as a heretical cult in the country of it's origin.

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Hello my name is church, I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about me. I have no shortage of critics. Perhaps you have heard that I am… Boring Shallow Cheap A waste of time You’ve heard that I am full of: Hypocrites Clowns Greedy people The self-righteous Maybe you have visited me before and discovered: Horrible music Passionless singing Dry preaching Rude congregants Maybe you needed me and I was: Too busy Too “righteous” Too broke Too blind Maybe you joined me and found I was: Distant Demanding Dull Preoccupied Maybe you tried to serve in me but were caught off guard by: Business meetings Committees Teams Bureaucracy Maybe you left and were surprised that nobody: Called Cared Noticed Invited you back Perhaps your experience has driven you to: Speak negatively of me Swear to never come back to me Proclaim that no one needs me Believe you’re better off without me If this is true, I have something to say to you: I’m sorry I was wrong I blew it I made a huge mistake But remember, I never said my name was: Perfect Flawless Complete Arrived My name is church. I welcome the: Hypocrite Dry Self-righteous Shallow I welcome the Sincere Passionate Forgiving Selfless I cannot shut my doors to the people who make you: Angry Uncomfortable Impatient Self-conscious But I would remind you that we couldn’t always worship in the same room. In the Old Testament there was a division between the: Gentile Jew Man Woman In order for us to all worship in the same room Christ was: Shamed Beaten Killed Resurrected Which is far worse than being: Bored Uncomfortable Embarrassed Ignored So why not come back to church and let all of these messed up people: Challenge you Sharpen you Strengthen you Humble you I can’t promise you that the people will be great. This is church. It’s not: Heaven Paradise Beulah Land The Celestial city Come back. God wants you here. The body needs you here. The world needs your witness here. You belong here. Hello, my name is church. I miss you. I love you. I’m sorry. Can’t wait to see you.

The Unappreciated Pastor (via seekingafterthingspraiseworthy)

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A 2nd Gen’s video on GPA/STF life

[formercultmember-blog]

A lot of the same rhetoric in my group as well. Showing that rejection from others in the world was always SATAN.

Also how the harder you work for your group/cult would store up more blessings for you in heaven.  Same BS, different cult.

[parkocksoo-blog]

if cult is one of the suggested search,

youve got to doubt it and find out for yourself

unless youre either

1. brainwashed to the core

2. PURE ignorant and stupid to the max 3. in DENIAL

mostly, iyf members are all of the above.

#winning 

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations alerted campus law enforcement to a few scams that are targeting university, faculty, staff and students.. Via: www.igloobe.info .

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This Is How Cults Work | VICE | United States

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Ian Haworth, an ex-cult member, has been running the Cult Information Center since 1987. I caught up with him recently to get an insight into how a modern day cult operates.

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Click here to support Former Cult Member Fights Back by Michele Colón

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Anyone who has ever been affected by a cult or anyone who has had their 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech infringed upon should donate to this cause. My name is Michele Colón and I am a former member of the World Mission Society Church of God. The World Mission Society Church of God, an apocal…

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Second coming Jesus.

False prophet.

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Waco survivors story.

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Cults are dangerous, and the aftermath can sometimes be worse.

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Mind control techniques, group techniques, social pressure within your cult.

Get out now, if this video sounds like the organization you are involved in, you may need to reanalyze your faith.

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Cult Calendar– March 26

Heaven Can’t Wait

On March 26, 1997, surviving Heaven’s Gate member Rio DiAngelo received a Fed-Ex package with a videotape ("Do’s Final Exit,") and a note:

“By the time you read this, we will have exited our bodies.”

That day, police arrived at a rented 9,200-sq.-ft. mansion in a gated San Diego community to find the other 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult dead in the largest and most publicized mass suicide to happen in America. The members, aged 26 to 72, killed themselves in three waves on March 24, 25 and 26 to coincide with the arrival of the comet Hale Bop and a trailing UFO.

Most of the bodies were arranged neatly on their beds with their faces and torsos covered with a purple cloth. Each body, dressed in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nikes, had a five dollar bill and three quarters in their pockets, luggage at their side and armband patches reading “Heaven’s Gate Away Team.”

The group, led by Marshall Applewhite, (pictured above, the third to the last to commit suicide) ate a final meal of turkey pot pie, house salad with tomato-vinagrette dressing, blueberry cheesecake and iced tea, together at Marie Callendar’s earlier that week. Their recipe for death:  phenobarbital in apple sauce, washed down with vodka and a plastic bag over the head.

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The Waco Siege.

Cult Compound in Waco, Texas Raided (1993): After hearing reports that Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh had been abusing children and amassing a store of weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) gathered resources and planned to raid the Branch Davidian compound, known as the Mount Carmel Center located just outside of Waco, Texas. With a warrant to search for illegal firearms in hand, the ATF attempted to storm the compound on February 28, 1993.

A gunfight ensued (debate continues over which side fired the first shot). The shooting lasted nearly two hours, leaving four ATF agents and five Branch Davidians dead.

For 51 days, the ATF and the FBI waited outside the compound, using negotiators to try to end the stand-off peacefully. (There has been much criticism as to how the government handled the negotiations.)

Although a number of children and a few adults were released during this period, 84 men, women, and children stayed in the compound.

On April 19, 1993, the ATF and FBI attempted to end the siege by using a form of tear gas (called CS gas), a decision approved by US Attorney General Janet Reno. Early in the morning, specialized tank-like vehicles (Combat Engineering Vehicles) punctured holes in the compound’s walls and inserted CS gas. The government was hoping that the gas would safely push the Branch Davidians out of the compound.

In response to the gas, the Branch Davidians shot back. Just after noon, the wooden compound caught on fire.

While nine people escaped the blaze, 75 perished either by gunshot or by fire inside the compound. Twenty-five of the dead were children. Koresh was also found dead, from a gunshot wound to the head.

Nearly immediately, questions were raised as to how the fire was started and who was responsible.

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The first disturbing reports of the deaths of Congressmen Leo J. Ryan and four other members of his party, did not reveal the whole shocking story when news broke out about shootings taking place as the victims attempted to board a plane at Port Kaituma airstrip in Guyana.

Within hours, it was revealed that 408 American citizens had committed suicide at a communal village they had built in the jungle in Northwest Guyana. The community, known as The People’s Temple’ was led by an influential religious guru, the Reverend Jim Jones. 

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Investigating churches.  Enough said.

Families torn apart, the fear of going to hell and suffering eternal damnation, and the brainwashing of young college students.