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How do individuals get involved with cults in the first place, and what steps can be taken to “deprogram” and heal those who have been drawn into these damaging groups?

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cult intervention, cult recovery, cults, deprogramming

These questions and more are addressed in Cults Inside Out, written by a leading cult expert Rick Alan Ross. Over the course of three decades, Ross has participated in around five hundred cult interventions, provided expert court testimony, and performed…[Continue Reading...]

RNZ investigation reveals 11 alleged paedophiles active within the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, investigation, Jehovah's Witnesses, New Zealand, sexual abuse

An RNZ investigation has found 11 active Jehovah Witnesses have child sex abuse convictions or serious allegations made against them. Most members of the religion appear to have no idea who the offenders are. The identities of the men and…[Continue Reading...]

Amy Duggar Accuses Jim Bob & Michelle of ‘Brainwashing’ Women

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Amy Duggar, Brainwashing, Duggar family

Amy Duggar has never been one to hold back when it comes to her true feelings about her relatives, and she's definitely not showing any signs of stopping now. In a new interview with the Daily Mail, Amy accused Jim…[Continue Reading...]

9 Things You Should Know About Falun Gong and ‘The Epoch Times’

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Epoch Times, Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, Shen Yun

The Chinese government is focused on the “Five Poisons” that they believe are a threat to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): Taiwanese independence, Tibetan independence, Xinjiang separatists, the Chinese democracy movement, and the Falun Gong. While many Americans have at…[Continue Reading...]

Faith-healing couple plead guilty to denying medical treatment for 13-year-old son

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child dead, Faith healing, Followers of Christ Church, medical neglect, Oregon, parents plea guilty, Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two members of a faith healing church in Oregon City pleaded guilty to denying their son medical care on Tuesday. Brittney and Jake Heimbigner, members of the Followers of Christ Church, admitted they didn’t get their…[Continue Reading...]

EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are ‘fleeing’ faith after leaders ‘lied’ to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged James Huntsman, lawsuit, LDS, Mormons

A movie mogul and member of a powerful Mormon dynasty has accused the church of 'lying' about how it has spent billions of dollars of members' money in a bombshell interview with DailyMail.com. James Huntsman, the son of billionaire Mormon…[Continue Reading...]

The Healy wearable: Just a newer, weirder multi-level marketing scheme

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged gadget, Healy, MagHealy, MLM, multi-level marketing

Healy World only entered the multi-level marketing world a few years ago. But it's been blitzing social media in the past few months to try to gain new distributors. In the past, these schemes usually pushed nonessential consumer goods like…[Continue Reading...]

QAnon’s weirdest obsession: Why does the radical far right fear the Masons?

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, Free Masonry, Free Masons, Masons

In my most recent nonfiction book, "Operation Mindf**k: QAnon & the Cult of Donald Trump," I focused extensively on a "QTuber" named Rick Rene, because I viewed him then and now as the perfectly imperfect microcosm of the entire messed-up…[Continue Reading...]

Is your online community a little bit culty? These are the signs

Published August 14, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult-like, cultic, cults, culty, warning signs

When Rae was pregnant with her first child, she joined a car seat safety group online for advice. While helpful information was on offer, the Perth local aged in her 30s describes an "undercurrent of nastiness" led by an "army…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell, LDS member, holds extreme beliefs. What role did they play in murders?

Published August 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murders

By trial witness accounts, Lori Vallow Daybell was a good mom for most of her life. The Idaho resident, now 50, once worked as a hairstylist in Arizona, before moving to Rexburg, and was a devoted member of The Church…[Continue Reading...]