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I have been out of the cult now for over two decades, processing my experience, learning about mind control organizations, and leading a new life in which I try to be of service to others.
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But It Didn’t Look Like a Cult!
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
You know the look on a person’s face when they’re too polite to say what they’re really thinking? That’s the look I get almost every time I tell someone I was once in a cult. The unspoken sentiment is this: How in the world could you—or any sensible person—be so stupid as to get duped into joining a cult? That’s because the word cult triggers extreme images. We think of Jim Jones’s followers forced to drink Kool-Aid laced with cyanide, members of Heaven’s Gate awaiting their ride on a comet, or perhaps [...] read more