Help! I'm looking for an ex-Scientologist who knows about Scientology's interview techniques. Why? My former cult (not Scientology) has an active 'lieutenant' interviewing cult-members and promoting the cult. We who have left the cult (but still monitor it) think that he is using Scientology's 'auditing' techniques, etc. Can someone confirm this? Please contact
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This cult has a phrase "to pay the gay away" which is what Owen's cult-members call it when they pay him money. His streams can be extremely descriptive in an obscene way. Graphic images are created in his listeners' minds. In order to expunge those images, the ritual is to pay Owen money. Owen openly admits that this is what he is doing as way to generate income: He is
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In the same livestream, the cult leader explains to his members why he did not establish a legal Trust. A very short explanation: "We have a Trust. It's called me!"
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Yes. I understand that Beartaria Times is one of the products of one of the LLCs in the commercial network of this group. I understand that Beartaria Times exists as an app and also as a periodical in physical print form.
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Here is the video explaining my current understanding of the situation:
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Today 13 Sep 2024, Owen Benjamin was effectively forced, live and on screen, to reveal that some land property that his cult-members paid for is now owned by an unnamed LLC. No further details have been revealed. This is contrary to the agreement that he made with his members that he would maintain ownership of the property as a private individual in a personal, private capacity and perhaps, at h
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Apart from the monetary aspect, the cultural aspect of relations among the "bears" meets most of the criteria of cult-like behavior listed on the culteducation site. These behaviors are still able to apply, even across a geographically distributed, online environment and using anonymizing pseudo-identities. This was surprising to me. A feature of this cult is the periodic waves of disaf
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The Owen Benjsmin "Bear" cult grew out of the "truther" comnunity (from among his fan base as a former actor and comedian) during the political changes in 2019-2022 that affected many countries throughout the world at that time. It seemed to start as an online social network of like-minded individuals who took a common approach in response to those changes. The members call th
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