Ex-Cult Members Shared The Moments They Realized Something Was Wrong, And I’m Truly Shocked By Some Of These Stories
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Recently, I came across this Reddit thread, “Redditors who were raised in cults, when was the first time you realized something was wrong?” and I was suuuuuper intrigued.
And folks, the thread did not disappoint. Here are the most interesting stories:
Some submissions deal with topics like sexual assault.
1. “When I realized that the doors to the 13-story former hotel building we were all living in were locked, and you had to sign out to leave. No one (from children to adults) could leave without an explanation of where they were going and when they’d be back.”
“My family was highly involved for years, but the year we lived at their training center was actually horrifying. Strictly controlled what was allowed in/out, surveillance for everything. The sad part is that most of the families that lived there were essentially slave labor that worked for the ministry and were given free room and board. Many of them had nowhere else to go and were trapped even if they wanted to leave.”
2. “I was raised in a very strict manner by religious parents in an extremely legalistic Southern Baptist church. I was extremely sheltered, allowed only one movie (maybe) and one hour of TV a week, ONLY Christian movies, books, TV shows, radio, etc. I never interacted with kids outside of the church bubble, as my parents started a Christian school so that I wouldn’t have to go to the ‘evil public school and be brainwashed.’ For me, it was when my pastor and my youth pastor took me aside during a church camp and said they were worried about my salvation, as I hadn’t led anyone in the sinners’ prayer and didn’t go on ‘visitation,’ which was door-knocking on Sunday afternoons to talk about Jesus. Instead, I played harp as part of the instrumental group every Sunday and Wednesday and sang in the choir when I wasn’t playing, which I practiced during the same time as visitation.”
“They basically told me that since I showed most of the other fruits of the spirit like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc., they thought I was a Christian. But since I ‘openly boycotted’ visitation, I couldn’t possibly be a full Christian, and they wanted me to work on that. I was 15! I never interacted with non-Christians and was part of the instrumental group and choir, which practiced during visitation! How could I do that if everyone I knew was already Christian?? 🤔 It led to some serious questions, but I couldn’t really do anything until I escaped to college three years later.”
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