Ya whats really hard are those who dont even have a choice to be there in in the first place.....those who were unfortunatly born into it or adopted into it through parents and grand parrents...like my friend She never was recruted, thus she does not know any other way She believes that she is going to hell and that God hates her. She does not HAVE to attend but her mind is still controle
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I dont think that when it comes to scam that it is a person's 100 percent reponciblity because they fail and loose large sums of money because the scamers dont fully inform the scam-ee for example: What if an employer guarentted you a job where you will be selling houses to earn millions and by buying houses and reselling them with pictuers of nice houses, boats and happy people s
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Here is something I been thinking of while studying my world civ. class
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You probably hit nail on the head with the "role of the rescuer"...because I come from a dysfuctional family, and for a long time I cared for my mom who has lupus and tried to "fix" my family because I love them alot. I assumed the role of the rescuer/protector at a ypoung age....my siblings went the other way in turning a blind eye to the situation....so I felt that it was m
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I totaly agree!!!....It is kinda of a relief..like many who come here...I too was in a cult...and it is good to hear that I am not a complete idiot. I tend to blame myself for some kind of subconscious thing that I draw freaks like a magnet....I posted yesterday in afflicted families on this forum about some girl thinking I am her warewolf cub sister.....I draw loonies like that all the time.
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Corboy, thank you so much for your advice....I will apply these things..ya she is freaky I am worried about her boyfriend attempting to rape her....I think I will notify her college to deal with it. Thank you....ya she obsessed with me.....I never experieced this before but it is creepy....thank you for your advise Jojo
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I post here time to time seeking to help others...but tonight I need help!! I met this girl through a friend...she took to me imedately....next thing I know she claims to be my psychic sister....we do have alot in comon our birthdays are 7 years and 1 day appart....something keeps telling me that things are not all well with our new relationship.....She is highly spiritual and almost superst
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I went to an overeaters anoyonmos and an-non and both felt really weird....I dont like the whole introduction...of "Hi I am Jojo, an overeater." That feels creepy to me....I am more than that....I am also artistic, funny, creative, a great writer, playful, nurturing..and so on...I dont like the idea of one's whole identity being summarazed to their disorder. To me that is just s
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i was in a religious cult that we were more than free to go..but we were taught that we were the "move of God" and told how special we were to be the forerunners in this great (not existant) movement and we could leave ..hell the pastor would open the door wide open for us to leave...but we were also told very indirrectly that will will be left behind in god's movement....and our
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I have a friend who is in a group similar to that. They are a small church who have families involved..they are scary....My friend is under so much presure from her father and his family to follow the doctrine. She finds herself being faithful only so long then droping out...but her guilt rides her badly and she has ended up on crack and prostitution to support her crack habit just to escape her
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Wow what you described was very similar to this campus based apostolic cult I was in called Banner of the Nations in Savannah georgia....they did all the above plus more ..like fasting for weeks and all night worships that induced trance states then he (Frank Spencer-the leader) piled a bunch of crap in our minds about physical imortality and "breaking down spiritual barriers to world domina
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I have seen the ads for herbalife...and even in the ads they are very presuring and almost demanding....showing these people that are hyped up to the max.....It just just seems weird on the outside....I dont want to see how corrupt it is on the inside. My mom always tells me that people show you the tip of the iceberg of whats on the inside...corperations are likewise If things are a liitle f
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Thank tou dor replying..it has been a while since I wrote that....anyway I have not been in all AoG's but I been in 2 or three and they are similar in the hell thing .....right now I dont believe in Hell or heaven but in reincarnation....makes more sence to me....I dont believe in Jesus as God anymore....but just there is a univeral energy ..that people call God But This energy like o
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thank you for posting the whole article on "psychology of Jesus" It is a rare honest look at religion..nit just christianity...but one can use these critical thinking guidelines to examine the roots of a religion. Like take Buddhism ..Siddharra goes around homeless for many years seeking "truth" then he sits under a tree and goes into a trance and "knows the meaning of
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Hey all I have come to terms withe fact that I was in a cult, grieved and mourned and now I believe that I want to take the organization to court. How do I go about finding a good lawyer that will take my case seriously and not rip me off? any :idea: 's Jojo
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I read an article writen by a team of historians and psychologists...and they found: Evidence that Jesus had paraphrenia (violent type of schizophrenia) he was a vey dogmatic peson with a violent personality..carring-on about end of the world, proclaming to be God's son....and a message of hell..mostly. Later followers suger-coated his message in the bible he was not nailed to the c
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I was in this cult ( Banner of the Nations) that specificly seeks recruters from Savannah Collge of Art and Design...saying that they are the "gate of Zion" in which all the world will come to know "God" Anywayu this is a warning to all those living in that area or know of other Apostolic churches. They specificly target certain people by thier critera for "readine
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But do you know anything about them other than who they say they are?
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I only met two self-proclamed former satanists in my life...both were paranoid schizophrenics....so the revevancy of whether or not they were satanics or they had hallucinations at work they thier boss was sacerficing to demons is really unknown but the reason for the "Satanic panic" came about in the eighties from fundamentalist Christians who saw people dressing weird and had mohoks
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I got a book about some guy who went to somalia and was teaching the course in miricles and was introduced to these gyrus that only purpuse is to project peace into an area by meditation called the "emissaries of light" ....all they do is meditate and they comunicate psychicly to thier servants to provide themselves with more energy. The whole "concept" is to release ones unw
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Personly Coz....Right now, I am in confusion....I dont know what to believe. Part of me says God was there in an abstract form, but the other side of me says that it was just the plasbo effect because I really believed it was God....therefor I was hypnotized....there was a time in the "church" where I thought God refused to talk to me....everybody was "falling out in the spirit&quo
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I will look into it....ya they believe in "picking up where the first apostles left off at before organized religion" at least that is their pitch line Those organizations are just weird. The only good thing that came out of it is my relationship with my best friend....she left shortly after I did....she was always very skeptical..it is her nature ..she is inelectual Thank you
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You are a very wise person, I have studied some gnostism since I droped the cult...basicly searching for truth on my own I discoved for myself that reincanation exists. To me it just makes sence I learned that all sound religions lead to God as all spokes on a wheel lead to the axis most of all I learned to follow my heart an my gut intuition..and that truth for one person may not be
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My mom told the therapist that I joined a "contraversal group" that was the cause of my psychosis, and I am still being treated for psychosis with medicine and probably always will be for the rest of my life. I will talk to my therapist at school about it, she is reliable. My psychratrist is kind of a quack, but he is the only doctor in the area other than public mental health that
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I will indeed post my whole story online!! I am still ashamed to tell my mom what happed because I feel like such an idiot....I have not talked to a coucilor, psychratrist in detail about this. I mostly suffered alone because I am to proud to let people I know think of me as such an idiot. I shouldn't be that way because the valivictorian of our college was heavly involved in this group
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Sylvia, you been so much ..thank you for helping me in this time of confusion What have you learned about what has been taken out of the bible? Jojo
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My father and family go to Asembly of God but some things concern me Strong belief in Hellfire punishment even after inital salvation if a person "sin" after they are "saved" atonment is made up by asking for forgiveness for EVERY wrong doing liitle or big. people "falling out in the spirit" behavor similar to a hypnotic trance induced by pastor "laying o
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Rick ross has a section on his site on how to help a friend in a cult..go to the main site then click on getting help...and there should be links to help you
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I have a major pet pieve with this movie ....ultra consertative christian pastors will shun someone for watching "Jason goes to Hell" or some other horror flick but presure people to view thier savior being mutilated in epic timing. At least Jason's victims were dead in minutes! This is not a faith booster but a brainwasher. people keep presuring me to watch this movie...an
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Believe me on this the WBNnetwork.....run like the plauge is after you hon, and from other apostolic groups .I was in a cult that was a branch of that organization called "Banner of the Nations" they are crazy...they forbid taking medicine..."healings must be from God" I was involved in this group and they believe that one is programed for death thus one must have a
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