Jamiers, I believe we were discussing whether or not parents are aware that they are sending their children to a camp that is trying to indocrinate them, not whether or not the parents have signed a health form. At this forum, we are more concerned with proselytization and less with whether or not teenagers are bouncing off "The Blob" without a health form signed by their parents. ;)
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I just wrote a post which I think I lost. If not, sorry for the double post! Rrmoderator, I doubt that YL has begun parental notification, but I could be wrong. YL has this article on keeping kids safe linked to wikipedia (where there was once a link to articles about the leader convicted of molestation): It mentions making leaders and work crew kids sign something, but not parents.
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Wow, thank you for all of the responses. I will try to answer your questions as best as I can. ProfNachos, I do think that YL is widely accepted in the evangelical community. The church I attended in college listed YL leaders as missionaries (of sorts) whom they supported. However, the liberal PC(USA) church in which I was raised was wary of YL. In high school I thought my family's ch
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Dave, I agree that Young Life is a cult in the sense that it encourages separation from the outside world, implies that all other types of Christians are inferior, and practices mind control, although I know that some people take offense at the term. Some definitions of a cult don't fit, but that doesn't mean the organization is benign. I think that Young Life is organized in an ir
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