‘I found out the woman I’m dating is in a manipulative cult.’
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What would you do if you discovered you were dating someone who was in a church that many people believe is a cult? It’s a question one Reddit user is facing, after discovering that the woman he’s dating is a member of the World Mission Society of God church.
In the Two Hot Takes sub-Reddit, the poster said that initially, his girlfriend told him she was Christian. He was “totally fine” with that, but after learning more about the specific church she’s a member of, he’s having second thoughts.
“I found out it was this church that believes their leader — who is an 80-year-old Korean woman — is Christ, and all sorts of other crazy s**t,” he wrote, adding, “So it is obviously a cult.”
Until now, the couple have been hitting it off, but with the news that she’s a member of the somewhat controversial organisation, he doesn’t know what to do.
“I really like her,” he explained. “She is a really nice and smart person and we have a great time together.”
What’s more, he believes that the church preyed on her vulnerability as a Chinese woman who has only been in the country “for a couple [of] years and has only lived in [his] city for a few months”. He said that he was concerned for her, “because it’s a cult”, he alleges, “and they take advantage of people both financially and mentally.
“I have a feeling they saw that she was a foreigner who didn’t know anyone and they took advantage of that,” he said. “She talks about how everyone in her church is nice and helps her with English.”
While her involvement with the church hasn’t affected their relationship directly, in that she “doesn’t mention” it very often, and hasn’t tried to convert him, he still feels at a loss for what to do.
Content retrieved from: https://www.mamamia.com.au/dating-someone-in-a-cult/.
