Shocking Stories of Abuse in Cults

[skyrider]

For those who visit GS........thought you'd like to know that tonight's Larry King show will be spotlighting SHOCKING STORIES OF ABUSE IN CULTS.

No surprises there, eh?

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[Nero]

Shocking? It would be shocking if he found a cult where the leaders and followers respected their fellow members.

[Belle]

Thanks, Sky! Will check it out for sure.

[cheranne]

Thanks.

[Watered Garden]

I probably won't get to watch, too much work to do, but hopefully some of y'all who do with give us a recap in the AM.

WG

[rhino]

Here is the preview ...

Inside a Cult It might be the most sinister and secretive cult ever! The group has a history of sex with children, seduction and even suicide. We pull back the curtain on The Family International. Has the sect changed its ways? Those who were members talk.

Tonight, 9 pmET!

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Do you know anyone who has been in a cult? Yes 27%

No 73%

This is not a scientific poll

I bet most people do know ex culties ... they just don't know about them ...

where was Larry King when we needed him? :o

[Rocky]

I'm confident some of us will record this edition of Larry King Live.... I just set mine to do so.

[now I see]

Just thought I'd let everyone know about CNN's Larry King tonight, where he's interviewing several ex-Children of God members.  There's some striking resemblences to what ex-twi'ers have gone thru with similar damage done to their followers who leave.  

Also Larry has a Psychotherapist, Rachel Berstein on, and an older ex-member, Miriam Williams, who wrote a book called, "Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult", who was drawn to the cult in a similar fashion as some of us were to twi.

I've also watched an HBO documentary on the Children of God cult too, called Children of God: Lost and Found, very good documentary, with eerie similitarities to twi in a lot of ways.

[cheranne]

I saw that too,very disturbing!

[Combination]

Pretty Nasty group apparently.

There was a stink over here a few years back (oztraylia) where the government moved in removing children from the group cause they were concerned the kids were being molested.

Having read a bit of there material I can say that, yeah, there are reasons to be suspicious, with a tendancy to sexualize kids ( and everything!) being quite apparent in their literature.

Apparently the founder, Berg, was a real shagrat.

Lookin thru their book " Thrilling Pictures of the Future", there sure are a lot of very scantily clad people in it.... and some of them loook...umm... well, pretty young.

Edited August 1, 2008 by Combination

[Mark Clarke]

Apparently the founder, Berg, was a real shagrat.

As in Shagrat, Meshag, and Tobedwego?

[brideofjc]

As in Shagrat, Meshag, and Tobedwego?

What a wit you are....too bad it's about this subject.

[RainbowsGirl]

That should be very interesting! Thanks Sky, I will be watching!