#religious cult

[prismfever]

transification beam

#it’s really messy i’ll fix it up later #i literally just used poscas LOL #exjw #ex christian #ex jehovah’s witness #ex cult #religious cult #exmo #ex jw #ex evangelical #cult survivor #pimo #lgbt #trans #transgender #transmasculine #butch lesbian

[yo-aloe-vera]

Aaron Bushnell's family has come out against their son's actions, saying that Aaron was "mentally disturbed" and that they had tried to intervene with Air Force leadership "to get him help." They claim he was "brainwashed by Hamas."

They then clarified that they support Israel proudly.

These people who dare use mental illness as a weapon against their own son are members of a cult, the Community of Jesus. Calling themselves an "ecumenical, monastic community," they are known to control members--especially children--by working them to the point of exhaustion and terrorizing them mentally. They fed Aaron on a steady diet of paranoia and distrust of anyone who differed from their whackadoodle cult.

Yet AARON was the one who was "brainwashed" and "mentally unstable."

First of all--if he was mentally ill, it in no way takes away from the profundity and selflessness of his action. "Mentally ill" needs to stop being thrown about as an epithet by which we can dismiss and demean others.

Second of all--It's highly unlikely he had any diagnosable disorder or had shown signs of one up to now. The military in general, and the Air Force in particular, get very, very nervous about mental illness. Not nervous enough to treat veterans with PTSD, mind, but nervous enough to discharge those suspected of being mentally ill with a quickness.

Lastly--what the fuck constitutes mental health in an era when children are murdered before our eyes daily and it's sold as a war for democracy? We're being gaslit at every turn. Had Aaron thrown himself in front of a bullet for a brother in arms, he'd have been hailed a hero. Doing the equivalent for the children of Palestine? He must be mentally ill.

No one is healthy in our environment. Those of us who are functional, I'd wager, are dissociated to a degree that isn't exactly normal. We speak of mental illness as different sets of "maladaptive" behaviors, but what does it mean if you're well-adapted to a constant state of warfare, economic instability, and social collapse?

Fuck Aaron Bushnell's parents. This Sunday, a week after their son's death by fire, they'll walk into their tawdry "Church of the Transfiguration" and genuflect before the image of a man dying of self-sacrifice. A man who said "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

They will prattle on and on about martyrdom, because communities like that love them some martyrs--when they're safely enshrined in the tabernacle of history.

But they'll never, ever once, in their pathetic, twisted little lives, find the strength of a martyr within them. Their son did. And they came out and said it was because he was crazy.

#Aaron Bushnell #genocide #community of jesus #religious cult #religious cults #mental illness?

[calesleftboob]

I feel like a lot of cult survivors are now witches

I love it

#exjw #religious cult #cult survivor

[hiraetheanine]

TW: RAMCOA, Mentions of Christianity/Catholicism, Last Dawn Programming, Execution Day Programming, Callback/Chi Programming.

I am a RAMCOA victim, but I cannot remember the majority of it. I recently came to a discovery about something I have believed for a long time.

This is the only place I feel as though I can say it despite it possibly not being safe. Perhaps I can find other people through this who have been through the same thing.

I turned 18 this year. I was told I would die by 18. I don’t remember being told this, but for as long as I can remember I thought I would die by 18. In headspace we had a clock counting down our inevitable death.

As the date approached our memory was jogged and we remembered what we were supposed to die by. A green comet. We accepted that fact and fully believed in it, so we did not plan for a life after 18. We theorised what would happen after death. It did not scare us, it comforted us.

Then our birthday came and a month after a green comet passed by the Earth. Green comets are rare.

Our birthday was anticlimactic and afterwards we split an alter who thought they were dead (or multiple) and fell into a severe depressive episode. But that day and the days following up to it were full of dissociation and an extreme mess.

It’s been a few months since then. Sometimes our Chi program acts up and searches for anything and everything about the group to go back. Or people who will abuse us again, the same way, or even worse. It craves it. It wants it to happen. Sometimes our paranoia gets the best of us and worries that they’re back. Something triggers it, but I’m not sure what. Sometimes we wish to die. Sometimes we become hypervigilant and look for all information we can about green comets.

I have a few theories about what the group was, but no names. I don’t know if the green comet was a big part of the group or not. I don’t remember anything. Sometimes I fear I’m making it up, but I remember other groups such as a predator ring and more, and reactions to things that shouldn’t cause a reaction. When I first started reading about RAMCOA it caused a system shut down, it caused us to run away from home, it caused us to sit at 2 am with homeless people talking about the world, it caused us to pass out and have seizures from stress. And now we’re diagnosed with a seizure disorder and have seizures multiple times a week, typically induced by stress. Despite that, I still feel like I’m making it all up, or that I have a delusional disorder of some kind. I think I’m writing this in hopes to have any sort of comfort that I’m not alone or delusional as people have said I am.

My Theories:

1. Green Comet is a metaphor for the Fourth Horseman of Revelation.

2. The cult was a copycat cult of the Heaven’s Gate.

3. It was personalised.

Green Comets are rare, so why specifically green? The Fourth Horseman of Revelation is Death, and rides a pale green horse. I have had a fear of horses, but I thought it was due to my mother’s own fear. It feels like a fear but not my own fear at the same time. We are catholic and come from an extremely Catholic country. The four horsemen are catholic/christian. My step dad was incredibly religious, but he died when I was around 11.

I don’t know too much about Heaven’s Gate but when I try to find information about a green comet cult, it shows up. I recall, when I was younger, naming something Heaven’s Gate before knowing what it meant.

A friend of mine said that the group could have personalised it to me specifically. But I hope not. I don’t want to be alone in this.

I’m not entirely sure what to believe. I think there is a hope that I can find survivors of the same cult, and reassurance that I’m not alone and I’m not making this up.

#ramcoa #tbmc #ritual abuse #organised abuse #organized abuse #hc did #hc did system #ramcoa system #cult survivor #death cult #ra #mc #oa #cult #religious abuse #religious cult #our post

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

#Eric's Electrons #cult #cult mentality #critical thinking #ideological cult #religious cult #cult of personality #religion is a mental illness

[rookcoppinger]

Asking your parent if you can have social media because you’re almost 17 and applying for jobs and nobody believes you don’t have social media

Which is true I have secret accounts but I’d rather ask now than have her find my secret accounts later on.

Aaa I’m scared

#social media #strict parents #high school #religious cult

[vavandeveresfan]

When the redesign of one of your favorite villains looks like he runs Heaven’s Gate.

.

(for those who don’t know about Marshall Applewhite)

#Gabriel Agreste #miraculous ladybug #I do not like this version of Gabriel AT ALL #Marshall Applewhite #Heaven's Gate #religious cult #1997 #mass suicide

[kelcipher]

One of the best descriptions of Christian Nationalism I've heard. It's on the rise, and scarier tha maga.

#christian nationalism #far right extremists #religious cult #evangelicals

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Lost Little Angels by Holly S. Roberts

Detective Eve Bennet #2

Truth can be stranger than fiction…or so Mark Twain’s character said…as I read this book, I hoped that what I was reading was not true only to find out later that this tale is based in fact and that true life  is just as heinous, if not more so, than what took place in this book.

What I liked: * Eve: strong, intelligent, raised in the FLDS religious cult-escaped, survivor, haunted by her past, supported and supportive of her team, falling for Clyde, has a tough time in this book * Clyde: ex-sniper, seasoned homicide detective, strong, intelligent, quiet, divorced, patient, wise, excellent at his job, there for Eve at work and outside, hopes for a future with Eve * Collin, Ray, Bina, and Tamm: the rest of Eve’s team chosen for their skills, personalities, backgrounds, and what they bring as individuals to make the team strong * That I was drawn in from page one and compelled to read to the bitter end – I cared about the characters and how the case would be resolved * Seeing the cult through Eve’s memories and experiences as she applied it to the solving of the case * The group dynamics and continued character development of the team

* Being able to “hate” the bad guys

* That it made me think, care, and google to find out more

* Knowing that there will be another book to look forward in the series

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Knowing that what I read may be just the tip of the FLDS iceberg and that such cults continue to exist with horrible things happening with almost no way out

Did I enjoy this book? Yes – though not always easy to read

Would I read more in this series? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

She wakes suddenly, realizing with a panic that her darling baby daughter should have woken long before now. Racing to the pink-colored nursery, she lets out a deep cry as she opens the door. The crib is empty. Her little girl has vanished. It’s after midnight when Detective Eve Bennet receives a distraught phone call from an unknown number. The voice at the other end begs her not to hang up—a baby has gone missing. But what the caller says next makes Eve’s heart race. “She isn’t the first. There are many, many more.” Rushing to the missing girl’s home, Eve finds the house empty, and when she knocks on their neighbors’ doors, not a single person answers. Whoever reported the missing baby doesn’t want to be found… Secrets are held tight in the small town of Hilldale and as an outsider, Eve knows that the only way to uncover the truth is to persuade someone to talk. She finally has a breakthrough when a young wife goes against her husband’s wishes and tells Eve it’s not just babies being taken—mothers are disappearing too. The woman leaves Eve a hand drawn map leading her to an isolated trailer park. What she finds there shocks her to her core. But she hardly has time to think before she notices a lone figure watching her every move. She’s not alone. Can Eve save herself in time to finally unmask the truth before more innocent children disappear forever?

AUTHOR BIO

Holly S. Roberts is a retired homicide detective and the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Completion Sports series. She writes romance and thrillers as Holly and cozy mysteries under the pen name Suzie Ivy.She's excited to announce her new thriller series, published by Bookouture Hachette that takes place among the FLDS cult, run by Warren Jeffs. The story is gritty, ripped from the headlines, and filled with thrilling action.For more information, heat levels, and trigger warnings, visit her website at wickedstorytelling.com.

#Holly S. Roberts #Detective Eve Bennet 2 #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense #Fiction #Police Procedural #Missing babies #Isolation #religious cult #abuse #bookouture #netgalley

[the-jesus-pill]

You’ve got to forgive yourself for being traumatized and needing to learn how to function again. 

Recovery isn’t always nightmares and depression, it’s forgetting to eat, being scared of what others might see as completely normal things, it’s getting random panic attacks, not knowing how to take care of yourself, not knowing how to live like an adult, even if you’re twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, of feeling like you’re failing to function in a world where everyone seems to have their shit together. 

If you need help, ask for it. Go to forums and ask for advice. Take advantage of community resources. Buy pre-sliced veggies and fruits, eat instant meals if you can’t cook for yourself today. Hire someone. Ask a neighbor for a favor. Buy any item you think might make life easier, even if you feel like you aren’t ‘disabled’ enough to have it. 

Some of the depression posts (ie open your windows, take a shower, go outside, call a friend) are really helpful but they’re not always enough. I’ve found advice for spoonies, people with chronic pain or other disabilities have the best tips because they know what it’s like to be bedridden, out of energy, stuck in a brain fog. 

You may never return back to the energy you had when you were younger and you might always need to use crutches to help you through life. It’s the same with medication. 

Trauma is a real thing that happens to you, it physically alters your brain and it’s alright to have lasting scars. 

You’re not broken, your life is not over and you can still be happy. 

It’s not your fault.

#felix speaks #trauma #recovery #deconversion #ex cult #ex religious #ptsd #cptsd #healing #disabled #actually traumatized #spoonies #things i need to remind myself with too #it sucks to have to come to terms with the fact #but youll be so much better off once you stop denying yourself the help you need #also re: buying items meant for the disabled #do it! #you are not taking resources away #if you need it you need it #and the more in demand these items are the better theyll be made in the future

[valnvy]

i go insane everytime i think about them

#lottielee #lottie matthews x laura lee #laura lee #lottie matthews #charlotte matthews #yellowjackets #wlw #doomed yuri #religious imagery #theyre so cute #they’re so tragic #yj #yellowjackets s1 #they were totally in love #something about the girl who baptized you in the wilderness #situationship so bad she started a cult

[calesleftboob]

Watch me get my phone subscription taken away bc I have this

As my WhatsApp icon.

(For info jehovahs witnesses are against lgbt)

Yay! No telephoning if I'm in danger for me!

Or she'll take my phone away.

Anywho, fun times! She's probably gonna sulk for a few days now. Peace and quiet!

Sorry she being the mother who birthed me and enjoys manipulating and gaslighting and raised me in a religious cult ⭐️

#jw #jehovah witness #ex-jw #ex jw #religious cult #cult

[seraphimfall]

i’ve read so much tradcath bullshit the last two years. i can confidently say tradcath men fit into one of two categories:

“protestant-raised and converted to catholicism because of his crippling porn addiction and racist tendencies. reposts crusader and conquistador memes. is hated in his local parish.” tradcath

“catholic-raised band kid who ate his lunches with the religion teacher. smells like mildew. cut off all his friends that came out as gay after high school. now larps as an aquinian scholar and cries after jerking off.” tradcath

#|| the disciple || #ex catholic #ex christian #religious trauma #exvangelical #deconversion #apostate #apostasy #ex fundie #extian #deconstructing christianity #ex religious #ex cult #ex cath #religious deconstruction #deconstruction #catholic guilt #progressive politics #leaving the church #losing my religion

[benandstevesposts]

They Asked To Name Names? Here Goes...

They Asked To Name Names? Here Goes…

This is one hell of an ad. The question is whether people will actually watch it and share it. pic.twitter.com/G6cadAzEEW— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 2, 2022

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#arizona #christian nationalist #cult #democratic #democratic party #fox #fox idiots #Fox Lies #gop violence #hate #hate group #idiots #kkk #liberal #Lincoln project #news #politics #religious cult #republicans #the Lincoln project #Trump #Trumps Crime #Trumps GOP #voting #white nationalist

[n4b3]

games radar and oni press recently posted an interview with the writers of the cotl comic that is being developed and THE LORE thats coming seems quite promising

so excited to see how the lore expands!! go check the Kickstarter out!!

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl lamb #i was a bit scared lamb would end up w another set of pronouns but seems like the writers are working w they/them! #since they are referring to the lamb as 'them' #PLEASE DONT DISSAPOINT PLEASPLEAPLSELAP #still follows the story of the game religiously but we'll see lambs actual character and their past so im rlly excited about that

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

I saw a comment somewhere that basically said aziraphale and crowley are like two different reactions you can have to religious trauma.

so crowley is the self proclaimed “sinner”, has accepted that he’s “going to hell”, and hates the church/cult he left. for him going back means going back to that box of repression.

but aziraphale’s trauma seems to be much harder for people to understand, he’s the person who was slowly cast out because of the cracks showing in their facade, they want to be loved by the church/cult still. they crave belonging and want to be welcomed back.

I’m definitely more of a crowley but I like to talk more about aziraphale because I also relate to him in certain ways, plus people misunderstand him a lot.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #religious trauma #good omens 2 #ex evangelical #ex cult #ex religious #gomens #aziracrow #crowley