Children of God

Silvia Plath

you guys should check this out

http://www.movingon.org/

if you thought you had it bad, here is a cult, that said OUT IN THE OPEN at one point that sex should be normalized for children in such a way, that one could participate children in sex and there was NOTHING WRONG WITH IT! Also on top of the brainwashing, people lived in seperate communes and children who disobeyed were sent to victory camps, where they were beaten and raped.

The funny thing is it sprang out of the whole hippy love drug movement!

There needs to be a more organized effort to fight against the kind of abusive cult activities, any ideas?

Arthur

Don't join one.

Arthur

No seriously (my above post probably seemed like I was trying to be sarcastic)

There are some excellent organizations that educate the public, provide discussion forums, and direct people to support groups for cult recovery. Probably the best one that I have seen is Fact Net. They provide many resources for education and recovery. Here is their link:

http://factnet.org

Another excellent site is Steven Hassan's website. He too provides education regarding several cults. His research is impressive. Here is his link:

http://freedomofmind.org

Hellrider

I read about that not long ago. There were headlines not long ago in newspapers all over the world, when one of the molested children, Ricky Rodrigues, took revenge, and killed some of his molesters. After that he commited suicide. He was a young man when he did it, around 20. He made a videotape before he did it, explaining why. I think something like that is just bound to happen with the JWs too, sooner or later. The molesters forget one thing: The kids sooner or later grow up, and they don`t forget.

lisavegas420

I remember reading about them too. Very sick bunch. The Children of God are also called The Family

This is a good web site about Ricky Rodriquez.

http://www.rickyrodriguez.net/

Ricky Rodriguez
Ricky came into the world on January 25th, 1975 on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. His mother, Karen Zerby, was the companion of David Berg (1919-1994), founder and leader of The Children of God / The Family, a high-demand, highly sexualised, apocalyptic religious movement. Nicknamed Davidito (his birth name was David Moses Zerby), Rick spent his childhood and early adult years living and travelling with his mother and Berg in Europe, Asia, and Canada.
From his birth, David Berg and Karen Zerby determined to make Ricky a “poster boy” for their followers. He was, according to them, a divine prince, destined to lead the Children of God through the biblical endtime. As such, they felt that Ricky must be moulded into an ideal follower, an incarnation of their beliefs and practices. His upbringing was exhaustively documented and highly publicized as a model for all parents in The Family to follow. As a result, Ricky's childhood and youth was spent in a highly controlled environment characterized by intense indoctrination, stringent discipline, and sexual initiation by adults.

This man never had a chance.

lisa

lisavegas420

In 1976, David proposed an unprecedented corollary to the Law of Love: He contended that, in certain circumstances, it would be acceptable for a Christian to have sexual relations with someone in an effort to demonstrate a tangible manifestation of God's Love, thereby helping them to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. This doctrine became known as "Flirty Fishing," a term that David adapted from Jesus' admonition to His disciples to "follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19). It was practiced by many Family members until 1987, when it was discontinued, largely due to the need to spend more time in other forms of outreach

http://www.thefamily.org/ourfounder/tribute/trib_21.htm

fullofdoubtnow

Well, the wts were bad enough, but these people are really scary.

blondie

When I was a young jw visiting Europe I ran into some "Children of God." They made jws seem totally sane.

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