YOu know you are in a cult if you are doing things that you would have found repugnent before joining that have been elevated to a "blessing" toward someone , other than yourself.
You eagerly join their leadership training program, thinking it's to learn to be God's best by training with God's best, only to find yourself working menial jobs, falling asleep in mind-numbing classes, and eating food you wouldn't fed your dogs.
You actually look forward to piling on every piece of clothing you have to stand on the freeway in the freezing cold with your thumb out to hitchhike to another location that you must be to in a certain amount of time or face the wrath of leadership.
You find yourself abducted on the way to one of these blessed locations and having unspeakable things done to you, only to refuse to file a police report because you have to get to where you are going or face the wrath of leadership.
You return from this experience, only to be told by leadership that you have failed due to lack of believing, and they will decide whether or not to kick you out. You then spend the next year and a half on pins and needles, never receiving counseling for the experience but instead feeling like God's worst among God's best.
You finally near the end of this training experience, only to be told two months before graduation that you are truly worthless and have no business being there, causing you to run away in shame and leaving all your belongings and "friends" behind.
You then spend the next twenty years surviving and attempting to build a life (albeit one outside the protection of the household) all the while knowing you're a worthless piece of crap as a human being-they said so, so it must be true). You make no close friends and build no lasting relationships-after all, who would want to be involved with damaged goods and a worthless piece of crap?
You then discover Greasespot Cafe, and discover it was all a lie-and now you don't know anymore who you are.
You eagerly join their leadership training program, thinking it's to learn to be God's best by training with God's best, only to find yourself working menial jobs, falling asleep in mind-numbing classes, and eating food you wouldn't fed your dogs.
You actually look forward to piling on every piece of clothing you have to stand on the freeway in the freezing cold with your thumb out to hitchhike to another location that you must be to in a certain amount of time or face the wrath of leadership.
You find yourself abducted on the way to one of these blessed locations and having unspeakable things done to you, only to refuse to file a police report because you have to get to where you are going or face the wrath of leadership.
You return from this experience, only to be told by leadership that you have failed due to lack of believing, and they will decide whether or not to kick you out. You then spend the next year and a half on pins and needles, never receiving counseling for the experience but instead feeling like God's worst among God's best.
You finally near the end of this training experience, only to be told two months before graduation that you are truly worthless and have no business being there, causing you to run away in shame and leaving all your belongings and "friends" behind.
You then spend the next twenty years surviving and attempting to build a life (albeit one outside the protection of the household) all the while knowing you're a worthless piece of crap as a human being-they said so, so it must be true). You make no close friends and build no lasting relationships-after all, who would want to be involved with damaged goods and a worthless piece of crap?
You then discover Greasespot Cafe, and discover it was all a lie-and now you don't know anymore who you are.
Yes-the joys of being in a cult.
hey topoftheworld,
Ouch, ouch, ouch...I feel your pain.... :(
If that is you that you are speaking of - as I am assuming - I have sent a prayer on your behalf...
Honestly, I didn't just post what I did to troll. I haven't been around much cause the stuff just got to me, even after all this time.
This thread serves a useful and truthful purpose, and it just got me going. My story is just one of many-whether you were in TWI or something else.
It burns me that so much of what we did was not to please God, but please the organization and the people running it-and that's a big freaking clue that we were in a cult.
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Bolshevik
You are taught to diligently "keep the door shut tight" to prevent attacks of the Adversary. Axing people who fail to do so.
But when leadership blunders repeatedly over long periods of time, their response is "Awe, its just the adversary"
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waysider
You know you are in a cult when:
You find that things you once considered nonsense suddenly seem like brilliant insight because they are being uttered by "leadership".
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You know you are in a cult when:
You are taught to keep the "trap door" closed so the adversary can't get you, only to find out he has access to your life through the leadership!!!
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excathedra
you've been on the motorcoach
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nyunknown
You know you are in a cult if you don't believe in zenu!
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NY?
I had never heard of zenu(Shhhh!--- I substituted "x" for the "z", don't tell anyone.)
I must be in a cult 'cause I google it and it all seemed pretty far fetched to me.
You might even say it seemed intergalactic.
I wonder if Tom Croose agreed to appear in T@p Gun because his character got to fly a familiar craft?
Just wondering.
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YOu know you are in a cult if you are doing things that you would have found repugnent before joining that have been elevated to a "blessing" toward someone , other than yourself.
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doojable
....after blowing your nose you check the tissue for spiders....
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mstar1
ROTFLMAO Doojable
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Excie:
You know you are in a cult if you are a guy and you wanted to see the inside of the motorcoach. (Sorry, didn't know what was going on in there)
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You know you're in a cult, when you actually believe that another person is speaking for God when he/she tells you you're a piece of sh!t.
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Woooah Shifra THAT was powerfull.
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another spot
When you can't meet the constant demands for money and told you aren't believing to give them more,
and if you do that often enought you get kicked out.
When you can't make a simple decision without permission.
Any infraction real or imagined results in threats of death.
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Bolshevik
Behold! The power of holy poo-poo.
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topoftheworld
You know you're in a cult when........
You eagerly join their leadership training program, thinking it's to learn to be God's best by training with God's best, only to find yourself working menial jobs, falling asleep in mind-numbing classes, and eating food you wouldn't fed your dogs.
You actually look forward to piling on every piece of clothing you have to stand on the freeway in the freezing cold with your thumb out to hitchhike to another location that you must be to in a certain amount of time or face the wrath of leadership.
You find yourself abducted on the way to one of these blessed locations and having unspeakable things done to you, only to refuse to file a police report because you have to get to where you are going or face the wrath of leadership.
You return from this experience, only to be told by leadership that you have failed due to lack of believing, and they will decide whether or not to kick you out. You then spend the next year and a half on pins and needles, never receiving counseling for the experience but instead feeling like God's worst among God's best.
You finally near the end of this training experience, only to be told two months before graduation that you are truly worthless and have no business being there, causing you to run away in shame and leaving all your belongings and "friends" behind.
You then spend the next twenty years surviving and attempting to build a life (albeit one outside the protection of the household) all the while knowing you're a worthless piece of crap as a human being-they said so, so it must be true). You make no close friends and build no lasting relationships-after all, who would want to be involved with damaged goods and a worthless piece of crap?
You then discover Greasespot Cafe, and discover it was all a lie-and now you don't know anymore who you are.
Yes-the joys of being in a cult.
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rascal
Geeze ((((Topper))))
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JavaJane
Oh, Topper!
That sucks! Well, now you know you are no longer in a cult because you are thinking about who YOU really are! It's a fun journey, my friend...
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THAT was a big nutshell, topoftheworld!!
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caribousam
hey topoftheworld,
Ouch, ouch, ouch...I feel your pain.... :(
If that is you that you are speaking of - as I am assuming - I have sent a prayer on your behalf...
-CS
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another spot
Yeah, me too.
We joke about the cult thing here sometimes, but it really isn't funny. I believe most if not all of us know that.
If I had words good enough or powerful enough to say, I would.
I am nonetheless sorry for what you went through.
A. S.
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topoftheworld
Honestly, I didn't just post what I did to troll. I haven't been around much cause the stuff just got to me, even after all this time.
This thread serves a useful and truthful purpose, and it just got me going. My story is just one of many-whether you were in TWI or something else.
It burns me that so much of what we did was not to please God, but please the organization and the people running it-and that's a big freaking clue that we were in a cult.
Took me a long time to admit that.
Don't stop with your stories-please-keep going.
Thanks for the good thoughts.
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doojable
Hey Toppers!
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polar bear
You know you are in a cult if-
You think the whole world revolves around you and you little group of twi friends. (Then one day that bubble bursts, or you sart blowing bubbles.)
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Out There
You always keep a pack of Kool Shorties and small bottles of coke and broken Life Savers on hand just in case
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