I and my children are also survivors of this cult (I was recruited at 16), but I escaped in the early 1990's and became a public whistleblower over the abuse of the children in the group & was the key witness in two major court cases over the welfare of the children. Even though I was whistleblowing, and was helping a lot of teens and mothers and children get out, I just lost myself in the role of 'rescuer' & had no counselling or emotional or social support outside of trying to be strong for everyone else, including my own kids, so it took me a lot longer to come to terms with my own repressed trauma and complex PTSD. Anyhow, bravo to Danielle for being able to write a book about it. I want to read it but don't know if I can, as I still suffer from deep grief that I gave birth to children in this group who were harmed psychologically during our time of 'captivity'. Thankfully they are all successful adults living their own lives now, but the pain my involvement in the cult caused them still haunts me to this day.
@yuliaalexander13926
Жыл бұрын
I was not in cult. But sexualy abused. Was attacked with knife, couple times. Could be dead long time ago. But God rescued me at least 7 times. Because He loves me. And even more Behave me new life. New identity in Jesus. It not hurts or affect me. Because I am new creation . Child who has Father. Beloved. Not because I am good. But because of Jesus sacrifice. He died that I live.
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
Well you escaped the cult , our next problem is escaping the increasing problems of the world 🌎 ?
@MarioHernandez-wd6mp
Жыл бұрын
I am deeply sorry about what you and your children endured and saddened to hear you could not find the human sympathy and help you deserved and understandably still feel scalded. At the same time I commend you for surviving those painful experiences and succoring other victims. You have escaped the basement but not the house, a prison cell, but are yet to escape the prison's edifice premises. The entire world is groomed into blindness which is a wider cult with many subcults, where all humans are held captive, exploited and oppressed, and even more importantly led astray, by depraved antichrists and by demons, the spiritual dark forces who control this world stained by sin. It is difficult to escape that broader cult---and there are many who are complacent with the perversions that this outer cult professes and do not wish to come out of it. The ultimate peace and liberty that your soul seeks cannot be found in this world, and I wished I could preach to you a way of roses to compensate for your past tribulations, but must preach to you yet another ordeal and trying hardships to find the ultimate exit from the cult of satan, which is anything that constitutes sin, the way to perfection, the way out of the mortality produced by sins resulting in death and the damnation of the soul, a perfection achieved by faith in the true Jesus Christ, whose precious blood can cleanse human imperfection forever and grant them access to the Holy One, Jesus, whom the world does not know, as no one who practices sin knows Him who is pure. Turn to God with unwavering and untiring faith, that He may heal you.
@MarioHernandez-wd6mp
Жыл бұрын
@@yuliaalexander13926 The Lord God bless you and keep you, may He open the treasures of His mercy and guide you, perfecting you to make you conform to the glorious image of Christ. In the degree that you have seen afflictions, may you find compassion and solace, so long as you are careful to obey what He has commanded.
@KarahEaston
Жыл бұрын
First I want to see if I don't say this in the most best way possible please understand that I'm not always good with saying words and putting them together. I'm grateful to hear that you escaped from this dangerous group and also your children. I'm glad that you were able to have the strength and do all those things that you mentioned. As far as that last comment you made I would like to respectfully suggest that you were a child also and they damaged you and I don't think that you need to be beating yourself up or feeling bad that you gave birth to children in a cult. The fact that you were able to get them out is great. I hope that you can find forgiveness for yourself.
@ymimad49
Жыл бұрын
when I was a teenager living homeless, I saw some people playing guitars and singing songs about jesus, I ran over to listen. after a while I asked one of them about who they were and he said we are the children of god. I didnt know anything, they invited me to their commune, I stayed there about 2 months. they didnt normally leave me alone but one day when we were out on the streets selling their literature I suddenly found myself alone and I ran away back to being homeless again. It was a long time before I found out what I had escaped.
@kimboslice9445
Жыл бұрын
I hope today you are doing well. This world will suck you up whether it’s a nice sweet church or ppl on the streets with free love and Jesus. It really sucks and evil is always around the corner. How are you today? I hope and pray u are ok and learning the truth of what’s real and not. I left religion years ago. I still love God and and His Son Jesus. I’m still trying to learn the truth but really I’m learning to be a better person and treat ppl with kindness. Religion messed me up probably but He never has never forsaken me . I have no desire for an actual church. Church is anywhere. We are the church. It’s not a place or a building. It’s us.. our hearts. We got this! I’m still trying to figure it all out but God has laid on my heart.. you are mine.. stop the running in your head. So I lay it at His feet. I have to… Iits also what He expects. Such a beautiful loving Creator we have.😘
@Canyon2023
Жыл бұрын
Great escape after 2 months!! Glad you broke free!!
@ymimad49
Жыл бұрын
@@kimboslice9445 I am doing well, I am a follower of Jesus Christ now and I know what you mean about church, I now have a good church to go to but they are hard to find. but Jesus is the real thing.
@josephinemcguinness9340
Жыл бұрын
@@ymimad49 gospel Revolution Church slidell, Greg Henry 🙂
@cristineconnell7803
Жыл бұрын
@@ymimad49 Relationship not religion made by man! ❤
@academicant6438
Жыл бұрын
I encountered this group in Michigan around 1970 when I was about 17. They were hard-core recruiting. I was vulnerable, living in a dysfunctional family situation but fortunately I was not sucked in and trust me, the energy was like psychic vampires.
@JoyfullOne
Жыл бұрын
Glad you realized the danger and stayed away. Stay happy and well.❤
@conservativeamerican45
Жыл бұрын
GLAD GOD SAVED YOU THANK THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
@annberlin5811
Жыл бұрын
I think my neighbor tried to recruitment my mom in Detroit
@lexyshannon9428
Жыл бұрын
Oh geez, I live in Michigan currently. Do you know if they moved "operations", or if they are still noteably active in any areas of the state?
@dawnhughes9942
Жыл бұрын
My parents were members in Michigan in the 70s. Entire family fractured. All of us messed up and no contact. Family destroyed.
@louisetraxler3188
Жыл бұрын
I thank you from my heart for bringing this out. everybody needs to hear what goes on behind close doors. I was in a cult for 15 years. it is still being investigated for child molestation and rape, this is sickening, but they are going to jail. we survivors need to stick together. looks like all cults are alike. keep talking so proud of you.
@lorimiller4301
Жыл бұрын
Cont forget if someone is trying to get you to drink blood and eat flesh, even if its symbolic, it's a cult too. Its all brainwashing, scaring you that you wont have eternal life. Thats an outright lie. You are an eternal soul already, thats how we're made. We dont have to do or say a thing.
@theynot4u
Жыл бұрын
You're right. It does seem all cults are alike. They begin falsely claiming, "find Jesus here," then sink to unmentionable depravity. I'm glad you're free. I pray you find the truth.
@selfesteem3447
Жыл бұрын
Alike Yes.
@schoolinJOO
Жыл бұрын
i admire this woman’s honesty and willingness to put herself out there over the course of her life once she left. she’s a very intelligent woman and was as a young lady to see beyond her situation.
@dianedevery3711
Жыл бұрын
I live in Australia, came into contact with COG when I was 15. They would serenade me up the road to my bus stop, playing their guitars. This went on for some weeks until they tried to recruit me, my older brother stepped in and 'saw them off'.
@moonfire41
Жыл бұрын
Ive seen some ads for them around where I live too. So disturbing.
@Lizzypoohxo
Жыл бұрын
So "uncle Jerry" is Jeremy Spencer, formerly of Fleetwood Mac. I remember my dad telling me some time ago that he was a disgusting human that liked children, but i didnt realize he was in a cult. COG for that matter. How disappointing.
@veryimportantperson3657
Жыл бұрын
OMG thank you for explaining that. I had been googling around trying to figure it out. GROSS!!
@GypsyGirl317
Жыл бұрын
That's so sad that he was involved in this heinous cult.
@esth8175
Жыл бұрын
There are probably a lot more rich and famous people involved in this than we know. Hollywood is controlled by Satan.
@rubybrauner789
Жыл бұрын
Yuk fleet wood Mac was my favorite group in my young adult life. I’m sick
@Just-wiggling-thru-life
Жыл бұрын
Wow I didn’t realize this. Whew 😪
@vanollsum
Жыл бұрын
this lady has put everything she has endured so well in a row that her explanation is so easy to understand.... i almost forget what an intelligent brain she must have to be able to do that....all my respect goes out to her....and her road that led to this for us to understand it all.
@MiguelReyes-of1hf
Жыл бұрын
Survivor of the cult as well, also a combat Vet. This cult was horrific. I was beat to a pulp with a wooden board by an adult woman when I was 3. It lasted 2 days.
@bailey2777
Жыл бұрын
That is horrific and I'm sorry you had to go through it 😢 Blessings to you and may you find peace and happiness 🙏🙏 Children should be protected and feel safe. Have a wonderful day sir 🌷 and Thank You for your service 🤗
@MiguelReyes-of1hf
Жыл бұрын
@@bailey2777 It started at 3 didn't stop until 18 and that's the worst part about it. We were beaten plenty. Another Service member once asked me "how f***** awful was your life that you enjoyed boot camp that much?" lol.
@bailey2777
Жыл бұрын
@@MiguelReyes-of1hf Funny, but not funny. So glad you can still have a sense of humor 💜 GOD BLESS 💜🙏 You are so strong and beautiful. Thank you again 👍🫶
@MiguelReyes-of1hf
Жыл бұрын
@@bailey2777 🥰🥰
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
Remember we must give account for every word when we meet the Lord . Your testimony might be speaking of a different group , definitely not the Family I met .😮😢
@amariebfree5326
Жыл бұрын
I love that she uses knitting as a focus and coping tool. I've knitted through most of my trauma and in my daily life I also knit while I listen to audiobooks. It helps me focus for sure, plus I love all fiber art.
@well-dressed-bird
Жыл бұрын
River & Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan grew up in this cult as children.
@erikkasepiphany
Жыл бұрын
I wonder what River went through, he obviously turned to drugs because he was numbing out trauma I imagine.
@kristiehoff6312
Жыл бұрын
Research them all. Theres a story on the 3 u mentioned here...
@_ar.ti.facts_byritadrake
Жыл бұрын
The military for me felt like a cult - my family was severely abusive and the military was not a safe haven as well. I struggle with my religion- due to being quite and Catholic being un seen and un heard in my house was the only escape from sexual , physical , mental emotional abuse 😢 this was very important 💜💜 so glad people are speaking out against injustice 💜🔥
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
Leave us alone no more shell for me please. Thanks
@mammawlee
Жыл бұрын
So very sad for you. Most kids can find ONE source safety - Church, school, something😂😂😂
@mariaquiet6211
Жыл бұрын
Figures, they shave your head, scream at you, "break you down", fill you with slogans, tell you you're not special, obey the hierarchy, and be willing to die. It's basically a government cult
@mammawlee
Жыл бұрын
😔 I am sad for you
@astrospirit
Жыл бұрын
It is
@SolaScriptura-n-cats
Жыл бұрын
The sickest thing of all, to me, is that these atrocities are done in the name of God… when God, my loving, forgiving Creator Redeemer, would have NOTHING to do with people like that!! I hope they are caught and brought to justice! These poor, innocent children. smh 😞
@montepowell
Жыл бұрын
That’s the definition of blasphemy these people doing wicked in the name of GOD. They will have their judgement
@gushutchinson8758
Жыл бұрын
That's your view.. Not at all the way I understand the biblical god and his character and behaviour.. I see a selfish vain Genocidal, megalomaniac. He is certainly a, mass murdering infantile narcissist. Makes perfect sense when an evil cult is inspired by an evil cult of witch burning woman hating pedophiles... The Christian Church with it's awful biblical god are just as bad as the Jews and Islam.. An evil frightening bunch of sociopathic concepts... Each to their own.. I can't see what you can and that is a fact.
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
Obsidian cat mom - I do wholeheartedly agree with you the perpetrators of sin be stopped , but you're deceived into thinking it's in the true Bible believers, not saying there are a few devils , Judas , remember ? But sister - look in the regular world , not in some Christian cult group ? Be honest and look at the present world if you're looking for the greatest sin and evil , this should clear your mind ! 😮😊❤
@courtneyawalsh
Жыл бұрын
That really is the sickest part. The “god” they worship is really Lucifer.
@christsheep
Жыл бұрын
Be careful giving your sympathies to these people. As an ex-member of this cult I’m telling you that this woman believes everything the cult did. She’s only removed God and kept the rest. Don’t trust this snake.
@amysmiles9751
Жыл бұрын
This women is absolutely amazing. She is an example of the human spirit. We have the ability to make it through trauma. I hope her words get to people who really need it.❤
@777JC77
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in an abusive home. I relate with what she said about working my body to the extreme, perfectionism, dissociation.
@debraolson7553
Жыл бұрын
Same🥺
@courtneyawalsh
Жыл бұрын
All cults use similar gross mind control tactics.
@patmanchester8045
Жыл бұрын
You grew up in a mini cult. controlling, abusive homes are just like their bigger versions of cults. Only you have no one to commiserate with,
@activ8me3
Жыл бұрын
@@courtneyawalsh So true.
@activ8me3
Жыл бұрын
@@patmanchester8045 That is an interesting and true observation.
@LeaveNoTrashBehind
Жыл бұрын
I'm real surprised that this cult is even still around today that's pretty terrifying..
@winniecash1654
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, lawmakers and judges are in on this. Slap on the wrist for perps.
@TamaraSmith-jr5ci
Жыл бұрын
I'm in Washington state and I think it's the same thing I'm seeing in my neighborhood it's hard to get the law to even pay attention to my allegations
@TamaraSmith-jr5ci
Жыл бұрын
They have individuals infiltrated into it law makers , police departments , fed x drivers , UPS drivers , postal service , realtor companies , property management companies , local politicians affiliates to funmations crunchyroll , warner productions security companies
@TamaraSmith-jr5ci
Жыл бұрын
Apt buildings fitted with hidden survallane equipment inside the units and tenants being secretly trafficked on the internet without knowledge of it on the dark web
@winniecash1654
Жыл бұрын
@Tamara Smith maybe the local law people are involved or paid to keep quite.
@momsmusic8136
Жыл бұрын
My heart and Prayer's go out to all past & present victims of this horrifying cult, May you all find peace and healing and go on to live a happy, healthy, Blessed life... God Bless you all 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
@christinaevilsizer4929
Жыл бұрын
“Sexually liberated “ children turn to drug alcohol sex etc and sometimes much worse , I know personally. This is the MOST EVIL thing anyone can do is to violate a child and destroy their innocence and life. And we don’t often make it out of the destruction our lives become. Love and prayers to all survivors ❤❤❤
@kingedwardtitus7624
Жыл бұрын
I've been a Unification student since '75. My best friend raised a family as a part of Children of God and in Oklahoma. Now he is a computer security professional and still well loved by our towns community. Btw in high school we played trumpet in our 160pc marching band. At that time he was the 3rd highest level trumpet player at high school level in the nation. In the UC the founder educated Absolute Sex which is a sacred union between one man and one woman in the Blessing of Marriage. Pretty sad the sacrament of Holy Union in the original union of a son and daughter of the living God Is targeted by predators. The target of the adversary has always been the family as the foundation of the Kingdom of God's heart on Earth as it is in Heaven. The adversary always preys on children and young people. Fascinating testimony thank you for this episode 👍
@Hiro.the.God.
Жыл бұрын
I hope you get well soon. You dont sound well at all.
@kingedwardtitus7624
Жыл бұрын
@@Hiro.the.God. One man's standard of ability is another man's challenge. Sounds like you might have some. Everyone is a unique expression of the living God, our original parent of heart. There are all types of religion. Marxism is a religion. Global fascism and classist sociopaths are religious. In a way they have generated a techno generation of socially engineered psychopaths with weapons of mass distraction. "You might want to have that checked out" "Check it" "Check it out first" Some people just don't understand the original purpose and value of their pineal gland and allowed it to be disabled, for various reasons by the propaganda and chemical efforts of a dominant paradigm led by eugenicistic imo morons destroying themselves and everyone and everything around them in the name of money and power. That's just developmentally disabled. Pity the fools and don't let them destroy your original nature of love, wonder, respect, beauty and compassion. It's all about the happiness and well being of the whole.
@kingedwardtitus7624
Жыл бұрын
One man's mental illness is another man's religion. ELT Two main viewpoints God's holistic wellbeing happy view and individualistic materialistic fear and miserable view. Spectrums
@debraolson7553
Жыл бұрын
@@Hiro.the.God. Went over your head😂
@nancystockwell7829
Жыл бұрын
You mean the unification church founded by Sun Myung Moon?
@rebeccamarquez1760
Жыл бұрын
This video makes me think about the nearly 40,000 children that have been lost while crossing the border. Apparently no one knows where they are!! 🤔
@debraolson7553
Жыл бұрын
40,000++
@Proverbs--tx6yr
Жыл бұрын
The handlers know where they are…
@dawnsites4232
Жыл бұрын
Many Hispanic children with no photos go missing from Northern Virginia. Most of the alphabet agencies and govt contractor corporate headquarters are located in this area. The Finders are associated with this area.
@dawnsites4232
Жыл бұрын
We have detailed metrics for everything today, except this type of information. Even the Centers for Missing and Exploited Children website barely provide any metrics pertaining to the children. For example, how many children go missing in the US every year. 800,000+ each year and crickets from them.
@carleyminsker5621
Жыл бұрын
@@dawnsites4232 bc Alexandria has something to do with secret societies, one of their main hubs in the US is located there and that goes hand in hand with sex trafficking
@ChickenButt-v3g
Жыл бұрын
Subscribed from ADVChina. This is so powerful and amazing in terms of providing a candid view in truly horrible things that should be taken action against. Thank you.
@AW-uv3cb
Жыл бұрын
This woman is so incredibly strong for being able to not only get out of it, but also expose them. And it's so shocking and infuriating that things like that keep happening and well-meaning people get trapped and brain-washed just so a small bunch of psychos can have an ego boost and abuse children and women. Makes me want to break things when I think about it. It was hard to listen to, but thank you for not shying away from it. Some things need to be said and heard, even when it's not easy.
@davidstriderlindsley2712
Жыл бұрын
Everything this young lady is saying is absolutely true. I joined as a new Christian in LA in 1971 and spent time in Texas. I left the cult about 8 years later when they started the sex thing. I’m sure I probably know her grandparents.
@robholt54
Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@diviningrod2671
Жыл бұрын
What part of LA?
@JustMe-gs9xi
Жыл бұрын
i want to thank this lady/ woman /survivor
@winniecash1654
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for what you went through. Truly no child should be treated like this. It's heartbreaking to think there are people who would treat children this way. I wish I could rescue all the children. This hurts so much. It's the most base of human depravity.
@suefleming
Жыл бұрын
I'm so proud of you for being so strong ! God loves you so much !!!❤❤❤
@JustMe-gs9xi
Жыл бұрын
@@winniecash1654 thank you so much
@JustMe-gs9xi
Жыл бұрын
@@suefleming Thank you SO much! God is my All -- peace peaace to you
@winniecash1654
Жыл бұрын
@@JustMe-gs9xi amen and hallelujah!
@aj2thamaxx742
Жыл бұрын
I still think about Ricky Rodriquez story from The Children of God documentary……. I hate the fact that he never got the help he needed. I’m glad this young lady got out and has been able to tell her story.
@schoolinJOO
Жыл бұрын
i think about him and the mental chaos and torment he was going through was so palpable. may god rest his soul
@johnene
Жыл бұрын
I saw that documentary long ago. I didn't realize that was this.
@D-me-dream-smp
Жыл бұрын
His story was incredibly tragic and sad.
@BeeBlot
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. This is not the girst time Ive felt understood while listening to a cult survivor. I was a csa survivor,military brat, raised by very abusive alcoholics and likely narcissists. Multiple generations thick. I remember reading a book about COG when my ex-husband and I were exploring an intentional community. There were things that made sense to my cptsd brain, about not being ashamed of nudity and living more "naturally "....this was a few years before I remembered the first csa I experienced.... i also remember reading about polyamory and discussing this Idea, eventually exploring it in our marriage. I thought i was just wired differently. After several failed attempts and a great deal of heart break, Ive come to believe it was the cptsd driving that. Im almost 54 and i finally feel ready for a healthy relationship, and I thank my lucky stars that i was able to stop the cycle of abuse in my family. I have a great rapport with my kids and grandkids, whi h makes up for having lost my entire family of origin and extended family due to speaking out. God bless the pattern breakers. 🙏
@mzB321
Жыл бұрын
🙏
@bridittebargeot2679
Жыл бұрын
I was in that cult, too, from birth untill 9yo. I was still subjected to so much violence, sexual abuse, and i struggle with it untill now. My parents, fortunately, left because they started realising that their kids where in danger. I am grateful for that. But i still remember how the whole life resolved around sex. Sex, sex, oh, and spanking. And we changed our locations constantly. Oh, yeah, FFing, i remember how the adult women got all dressed up to go do it...
@anne-marieh6128
Жыл бұрын
Stay Brave! You ‘re amazing- and deserve everything good and to be protected and safe.!!!
@AW-uv3cb
Жыл бұрын
So glad that your parents got you and themselves out of that. Just sorry that it took so long. I wish you only good things in your life going forward.
@bridittebargeot2679
Жыл бұрын
@@AW-uv3cb thank you 🙏🏻
@Belovelyava
Жыл бұрын
God IS love,those people were satans spawns! I’m sorry you endured this,yet you are here. Survival is the best revenge. I pray you find peace, I have through the real Jesus. You are a victor!
@isabelle8836
Жыл бұрын
Your parents knew you and siblings were in danger and took you out. You have very smart alert parents
@littlewingmyoho
Жыл бұрын
I just finished her book .So interesting to meet her on your show.Such an amazing woman
@debbiecoburn9087
Жыл бұрын
I don’t understand how this woman can even write a book about everything she went through and still sounds like she seems ok
@katiegraham6149
Жыл бұрын
It really helps to talk about it. That's why it sucks for rape victims to feel shame and not want to talk about it. When you can tell the story without crying it's a huge step to actually being ok.
@lordfarquaad8601
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, she doesn't sound that okay.
@schoolinJOO
Жыл бұрын
from what i know there were generations in COD. So some generations had it wayyyyy harder than others. they’ve taken out the loving of children in their pamphlets. they did that long ago. the pedo book i believe was only seen by so many people-
@nobody8328
Жыл бұрын
All of the therapy
@gushutchinson8758
Жыл бұрын
This woman is surprisingly confident and centred, she's got a good sense of humour.. Pretty fucking amazing considering what a life she had.. I like her, she'd be great fun on a camping trip,..... that's just my personal measure of how companionable and easy going someone might be.!
@audrajeanrussell8066
Жыл бұрын
When she answered the, 'do you find cult mindsets still crop up' (I'm paraphrasing) question........my jaw hit the floor - I never realized until hearing her say it....that constantly looking for someone to lead/make decisions for you..........is basically your programming looking for another cult leader to tell you what to do!!!! I didn't grow up in any official cult, but I DID grow up with an extremely manipulative covert Narcissistic mother & enabling/sometimes participating in the abuse father.......& there are SO MANY PARALLELS. After I finally went No Contact with my mother....I literally lost EVERYONE in my family & church social circle with the exception of my WONDERFUL paternal grandparents (who stood up for me, God bless them). It really sucked being 26 years old & realizing that the people who were supposed to prepare you for adulting......purposely DIDN'T & instead, actively inhibited you from learning how to be independent........simply because they liked the power & control it gave them. It's been a really hard road (I'm actually currently experiencing homelessness & have been living in my car in for last several months)....but I know that, with God's help, I'll get out of this situation & have the hope & future He promised us. I really empathize with her story & admire her greatly! She really has done well for herself (especially when having been BORN INTO this insane cult). I hope she finds the REAL Jesus & I wish her nothing but success. I'm so glad there are people like her who are brave enough to blow the whistle & to speak the truth - come what may! God bless ❤
@yvonnemccormack702
Жыл бұрын
You are a good person, good things are coming your way!
@iHeartAmySue
Жыл бұрын
Please - don’t wait for God to help you - God gave you the free will and intelligence to do it yourself! If you were raised in a narcissistic religious household that will be your downfall - the waiting for God to save you instead of taking things into your own hands.
@xl4196
Жыл бұрын
Did you get gang raped by adults when you were like 5? Becuase if not, it’s not the same. And you are just looking for attention by this comment. Which is a little narcissistic. It NEVER ceases to amaze me when people who hear a completely horrifying story. And instead of just listening and giving the survivor some attention, have to try to make their life seem like it was the same. So you can then get attention from some other commenter telling you how sorry they are for you. Just stop. Having one set of crappy parents is not the same as growing up in a sec cult from birth to 16.
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
I'm not playing anymore
@swedishnorway1650
Жыл бұрын
& Oprah Winfrey was a huge friend of David Berg, and praised him like crazy. Don't think she has ever denounced him and the terrifying evil he has done.
@lzcontrol
Жыл бұрын
Dat raciss!
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
She is a very nasty woman, a massive, but massive hypocrite.
@WildArtistsl
Жыл бұрын
Oprah suks - respectfully BP
@nutznchocolates56
Жыл бұрын
It's strange to me when people say things are unbelievable just because they themselves have not considered committing these terrible things they happen all the time
@evonchristie2549
Жыл бұрын
What they mean is that it’s so horrible that their mind doesn’t want to receive the information. The very definition of cognitive dissonance. The reaction that people have when information is so beyond acceptability
@teresaflorida
Жыл бұрын
It's unreal to me how, even with concrete evidence, people will continue to deny it.
@lrajic8281
Жыл бұрын
I was working in an office, and they did very shoddy background checks. (If they had professional methods of hiring, it would have been a different place? Maybe.) Well, eating in the break room, the new employee, a young woman maybe 18 to 20, hired as a secretary, never worked in a regular office (maybe she worked for her "family" she said.) Well, she said something about how she likes doing the dishes right after dinner, but her boyfriend says he wants s#x right now. We asked, wait, you aren't married, and you said you're a Christian? She answered yes, but if you love someone, you will have s#x and maybe you will marry. We asked, what church do you go to? She said she doesn't, it's a family. Well, digging into it, she meant The Family. The Children of God in Southern California changed their name to The Family. There were other things she said, it all made the connection to The Family more certainly a weird thing . She said her parents were hippies, and they lived in another country at many times. She never went to public school, was raised in a commune, never been to a regular church, never watched TV, never went on vacation... So much more.
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
over leave us alone now 😊
@lrajic8281
Жыл бұрын
@@katelovins9005 ? We treated her respectfully, but each of from different denominations (many didn't go to church any more) said something like "That's weird'" and "If you want try different church, just try it."
@christsheep
Жыл бұрын
@@katelovins9005 you’re acting like new wine in old skins. Old bottles new bottles. 😢🎉😂
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
@@katelovins9005No. We will never leave you alone to ruin any more lives.
@moonfire41
Жыл бұрын
Id rather be a juggalette in the ICP family than THAT Family.
@lindakay1700
Жыл бұрын
She’s absolutely delightful - thank you for this eye opening video. And God bless those who have commented here too….I see many have been involved with this cult too 🙏🏻
@mael2039
Жыл бұрын
I read a book from a survivor when I was 13 and it always stuck with me. I also once watched a video of a funeral from a person who'd grown up in this cult, who had committed suicide after escaping, and in the speech they listed the names of people who'd also grown up in the cult and committed suicide, and they just said name after name and the list felt endless to me. It was very impressive and profoundly sad.
@purplepenguin3075
Жыл бұрын
Richard Rodriguez. He was the adopted son of David berg, the leader of the cult. He was also used as an example to the other cult children when it came to teaching them sex. The SA manual had his name on it, Davidito. He got out and married but was so incredibly tormented by his upbringing that he filmed a sort of manifesto on his KZitem Chanel and explained his plans to track down his adoptive mother and killing her. But was unsuccessful and instead found the lady who was his nanny and abused him. He killed her then committed suicide after. His story is just haunting
@creativeideas-ce6xt
Жыл бұрын
The woman Davidito first wanted to kill was his real birth mother (David Berg's or Moses David's second wife Maria), not his step mother and she also molested him. He was born out of a 'flirty fishing' relationship between her and a local man in Tenerife, Virgin Islands, where she and Moses David lived. 1:09:16
@lzcontrol
Жыл бұрын
@@purplepenguin3075 David Berg.... Every. Single. Time.
@milestephcampbell2052
Жыл бұрын
This sort of reminds me of the book "Ordinary Men" ... regarding the "good uncles" going along with evil. God have mercy on our children.
@chamberpaint
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Great guest, great conversation. In the 60s cults like Hare Krishna & Scientology were on every corner, and people disappeared. I managed to avoid them cuz I’ve never been a joiner, religious, or capable of taking these things seriously. I was invited to numerous “dinners” with guest speakers, but ended up out on the porch with friends - usually guys - smoking & laughing at what was going on inside, with people sitting in awe of the honored guest. I couldn’t possibly cooperate! Maybe because I was abandoned & put in a Reform school for many years, I connect with people one at a time, rather than in groups…& can’t be pinned down. They tried to make me go to church in there, but I preferred being in solitary every Sunday rather than be forced to go.
@websurfer5772
Жыл бұрын
Some of us are just natural born rebels.
@angelicam4781
Жыл бұрын
This was so fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time. Thank you for being on the show!
@cayebaye312
Жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC interview! You’re an excellent interviewer. I just discovered your program. So grateful for you. Thx so much!
@loduk
Жыл бұрын
This group is active in Uganda right now. We had interaction with them, not knowing who they were until afterwards.
@godsown.9009
Жыл бұрын
Omg are you sure? I'm Ugandan and haven't heard of it...
@mariapark2374
Жыл бұрын
I would SO read a book about both of those topics. Thank you for sharing your experience, it must have been horrible. 💞💞💞
@truthstarved
Жыл бұрын
Was a member of the Boston and Providence chapters during the transition when David Berg decided to exploit female members sexually. I was having none of it and left the group immediately. There were many idealistic young adults who stayed however and went down the slippery slope of anti-Christian debauched conformity. Having been in touch with a few who left years after me, I have become aware of how conflicted they are up until present day. Children of members were being sexual exploited by the membership at large, and female adult members were being used to placate otherwise critical authorities in numerous foreign venues.
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
And I imagine the exploitation of women in our current system is much nicer , on the streets , on the net and underground ? Think my friend, think ! The church is the correct social system the Lord wants to set up , His Kingdom where all are spiritually fulfilled and happy .😊
@truthstarved
Жыл бұрын
@@mikeabrams8959 False equivalence. As for the "church" being the "the correct social system the Lord wants to set up", to which church do you refer? The one that tortured and killed thousands of Europeans during the inquisition? Or, the one that Invaded Jerusalem with the aim of controlling overland trade to the East. Are you aware that there are fifty thousand disparate denominations of Christianity? To which do you refer?
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
Let us alone ☺️
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
And you Pa Ro , found a new " cause " to fight for ? Really ? Christs doctrine of Love was too much for you ? Now you're the hero of the story right . In the world you went back to you may as well find all the sinners now and prevent them . Back to the selfish selfrighteous , moral purity of the world ? I just hope at least you still pray and care for the poor , that much the Lord will bless you .
@truthstarved
Жыл бұрын
@@mikeabrams8959 Your confusion about fidelity to christian principles is clearly evident. Might I suggest a book by C.S. Lewis entitled "The Four Loves"? It will help you draw a clear distinction between Christian Love (aka Agape) and other forms of love.
@Lynn-zx3th
Жыл бұрын
The way she said “They would tell them to stop raping the children” in the way that it really was so common place to do so it was like saying to stop smoking in the house. Now I am absolutely not blaming this strong, brave woman of any wrongdoing, it’s just so sad that her & so many others grew up as this being the norm for them. My heart breaks for them all, and I this this lady is so brave to come out with writing her books. I wish her much success and happiness in life.
@mistymoor7114
Жыл бұрын
This cult was in UK in the 1970s/80s .I knew of someone involved in it. There were a lot of children which apparantly they often moved to different places as " owned by the cult" rather than their parents. I was told if someone spoke about leaving it would be threatened that their children would be moved else where.
@dianemiller3682
Жыл бұрын
I was searching for something interesting and your channel was what caught my attention. Excellent program! I am intrigued by the wide spectrum of topics you offer. I am now a subscriber! Thank you for such an intelligent and forthright topic and guest! She certainly has done a great job of figuring out life!
@relevantelevant8203
Жыл бұрын
It seems like she is a strong person that made the best of a very bad situation. I’ll pray for her healing!
@sumofme1
Жыл бұрын
I've listened to videos about the 9th circle and how evil it it. Has anyone ever asked Oprah why was she friends with John of God from Brazil?
@cathybutcher4826
Жыл бұрын
She has a lot of shady "friends."
@MapleLeafsGirl77
Жыл бұрын
@Cathy Butcher her girls "orphanage" isn't on the up and up either.
@carleyminsker5621
Жыл бұрын
Her 'orphanage' is to have children at her disposal to sex traffick,,, just like Madonnas 'orphanage'
@sandramoore6456
Жыл бұрын
She definately was on Epstein's flight log too! An buddies with Weinstein .
@courtneyawalsh
Жыл бұрын
@@cathybutcher4826 she sure does.
@roblangsdorf8758
Жыл бұрын
This cult reminds me of another cult leader, who claimed to be a prophet and led his band of followers to The Great Salt Lake in 1848. He had a vision, which allowed him to have multiple wives. The youngest generation sounds like they are escaping that cult finally.
@Jennifermcintyre
Жыл бұрын
🎯
@barbh1
Жыл бұрын
Joseph Smith?
@MapleLeafsGirl77
Жыл бұрын
Not quite.😂😂😂
@onmywayto8083
Жыл бұрын
FLDS?
@MapleLeafsGirl77
Жыл бұрын
@on my way to 808 yeah, the group who broke off the LDS church because they wanted to continue on with polygamy, then calling themselves Fundamentalist LDS, still using the nickname Mormons...putting those in the LDS church (Who no longer practice polygamy) in a bad light because not everyone even knows there's a difference. 🤷🏻♀️
@Banana-lk7tf
Жыл бұрын
My uncle joined this cult before I was born (I'm in my mid 40's for reference). It was his wife who recruited him, likely via religious prostitution. She got him when he was a young man. Being from an abusive household, I dont think he stood much of a chance. I don't know much about him or his wife other than they have so many kids that I've lost count. Sadly, I only know 2 of their children's names. Surprisingly, he and his wife associate with us (their extended family) on a few occasions, and I got to meet most of my cousins around 25 years ago, but for the most part, they keep their distance often dissappearing for 5-10 years at a time, traveling all over the world. I often wonder what type of upbringing my cousins have had and if they were able to find happiness in their circumstances. I just pray that they weren't abused. Edit: My uncle and his wife did move back to Canada, out of the blue, around the time that she says the cult dismantled for the most part. I've only seen them once at my uncle's funeral in 2019, and that was the first time I'd seen them in around 15 years. According to my mom, my uncle works as an online life coach, but I don't know if he or his family is still involved in the cult. I really pray that they're living an honest and Godly life.
@IronHorse1776
Жыл бұрын
One thing this lady leaves out is how many suicides from these kids happen in this cult that no one ever hears about
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
I would like to know that. The cult I grew up in have a high suicide rate. My sister committed suicide 😢.
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
@@Monkey114I'm so sorry about your sister.
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
@@vaska1999 Thank you Vaska. People don't realize how powerful cults are.Any religion that shuns ís a cult. Jesus didn't shun anyone. He ate with a prostitute, tax collector, and Pharisees.
@goudagirl6095
Жыл бұрын
This video came on after something else I was half listening to ended. WOW. 😨 This was probably one of the most heart breaking, cringey, yet fascinating podcasts I've ever heard. Huge props to Daniella for literally keeping her head on enough to escape that hellish existence. Growing up in the exact opposite type of world, it's difficult for me to even contemplate living in those conditions. However, when I gave my life to Christ years ago, I was nearly sucked into a weird MLM financial cult that used practices such as long hours to exhaust members, in order to build them up into what they wanted, and hence, weedle more money out of us. I give ALL credit to the Holy Spirit for helping me to see what was happening and guide me out. However, my friend (who I went with) was no so lucky. He did get sucked in, and is still a member in good standing even today (nearly 30 years later!). They're VERY sneaky, very underhanded, very stealthy, and follow the whispers from the father of ALL lies and deceit, Satan. The fact that anyone escapes being even the east bit normal says much.
@Tearingthroughyouropinion
Жыл бұрын
Your not talking about Hillsong are you?
@dawnatkinson7704
Жыл бұрын
So my partner of 15 years was a child in the Children of God. One of 13 kids, living in poverty etc and he is incredibly well balanced considering. But, i cant help get frustrated with him when he defends them all the time and i know its not fair because he is doing what comes naturally, but i just sometimes wish he would actually call it for what it is.
@kristiec1376
Жыл бұрын
When I first started listening and watching, I thought to myself what a beautiful top. Thank goodness you found a beautiful craft to channel all your creativeness, as well as, becoming a successful free thinking woman. Kudos to you!!
@ag-p4459
Жыл бұрын
What resonated with me in this show was the part about finding your identity... so many things about working hard, staying constantly busy.... not being able to stay still... constantly over-thinking everything... people don't have to be in a cult to be conditioned in a certain way.
@judiland7772
Жыл бұрын
I had a friend in Northern California who joined around 1971 when she was about 18 or 19 years old. I saw her many years later and she had spent time with them in Germany and had 8 children!
@Holly-ro3yq
Жыл бұрын
Daniella, Thank you for doing this interview. I can't even fatham what you went through. What you still go through. People need to be made aware of what goes on in these groups. ❤
@jillmoratto
Жыл бұрын
Brave brave woman. Very intelligent, well spoken, pretty, resourceful, amazing. A true survivor. God bless you sister and thank you for sharing your story. You are a inspiration. I’m so proud of you. ❤
@lisaday2115
Жыл бұрын
I was in The hospital in Texas when Waco happened I was being treated at the time for ptsd at the time and still remember some of the woman comming to our treatment center the days after Waco I will tell you I don't think I will get over my trauma as a victim of a cult.i was so blessed to go to this program at he time it was hard work and painful process to get better but there are still inpatient programs for deprogaming..You work hard daily for truth 😢
@MrYorickJenkins
Жыл бұрын
"Gross incompetence" is a cute way of describing the murder of the Branch Davidians.
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
Thank you ... mom in custody battle claims her kid is being used by koresh, p/t tv actor daddy gets custody & drags kid to testify in senate hearing. Biden & Schumer repeat "we didn't start the fire". Clever chuckie, very clever. Why not grab koresh when he was away from the church edifice ? Maybe the sniper from Ruby Ridge was bored that year.
@schoolinJOO
Жыл бұрын
a lot of people don’t know the story. it’s sad. i listen to one of the kids who survived and was there when it all happened. they were torturing those people
@Mmmmkaaay
Жыл бұрын
No wonder River Phoenix became an addict. This was his life until he reached Hollywood!
@madame_crypto88
Жыл бұрын
the wearing of signs, silence ban, scrubbing toilets and entire house with toothbrush, put in the corner with paper and pen, eating alone (while wearing sign and on speaking ban) reminds me of the drug rehab i was in
@courtneyawalsh
Жыл бұрын
All cults seem to utilize sexual abuse, humiliation & weaponized silence.
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
Time to scoot now
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
😮
@carolynlanham3170
Жыл бұрын
Daniel, I applaud your Will to be a critical thinker amid the culture. Congrats for your mind.
@beazav5686
Жыл бұрын
this lady is so brave and strong Thank You for speaking up!!!! wish you to be safe & healthy ❤🔥
@loveemotion4080
Жыл бұрын
A sign of a cult is “sublimate yourself, lower your individualism, make sacrifices for the good of the group and the ultimate mission. So everything you are asked to do seems reasonable, because its all for the good, for the mission. The ends justify the means.” Right. So I did feel a cultish feeling during the covid mass hysteria. Whoever spoke against, was immediately censored, canceled, called names, reported by neighbours to the police, etc. I will never forget the discrimination and de-humanization of people who didn’t comply either.
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
Shhhhh🤫 You weren't supposed to notice.
@loveemotion4080
Жыл бұрын
@@dsoule4902 😂🤣
@bobbybright9334
Жыл бұрын
Ms Daniella thankyou so much for sharing this
@matilda4406
Жыл бұрын
"not allowed to make your own decisions is cult programming". And the "culting of America". Thanks for this video, it's so valuable.
@leahkeefe6510
Жыл бұрын
She is a very resourceful young lady, and even though the cult was awful, in a lot of ways it prepared her to making her own way in life. She sounds happy now, and I can't think of anyone who deserves to have a good, and happy life as much as she does. Thank you for speaking on your truth
@zoecrowhurst9177
Жыл бұрын
Her inner force helped her make her way. She is here in spite of her experience, not because of it.
@laurettaleone6482
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful interview. I am so grateful Daniella is calling out the every day cult that we all live in. This is the root to so much damage that divides us from ourselves and each other. Grateful for her brilliance and her courage. Sending healing light to her, in her journey of recovery.
@Canyon2023
Жыл бұрын
Great interview!! I seriously look forward to her next book "The Culting of America". I do see cult like behavior and group think/herd mentality more and more in America these days. It's scary, the loss of independent thought and critical thinking, and even the "freedom" of independent thinking is ridiculed and criticized in our society now. We're told we can't question science either, and people swallow that. We're not supposed to do our own research and question authorities!!! If that's not brainwashing, what is? This is the norm that people are accepting in our society - and media!!
@dawnsites4232
Жыл бұрын
Our controllers goal is beehive mind mentality with their brainwashing. Have you noticed all the Queen Bee and beehive propaganda and merchandising? No thoughts of our own and stored memories. Ted Talks has some great videos on the subject.
@1976mcfarlane
Жыл бұрын
I agree..
@britnizta
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
Spot on. History rhyming...
@LorreeAppleby
Жыл бұрын
Her trauma response was fawning. Wow incredibly story that this actually goes on. So glad she's shedding light on how cults operate so people can recognize them when they see them.
@buahburke9912
Жыл бұрын
Joaquin & River Phoenix were "discovered" performing in restaurants; Parents were taught to beat the evil spirits out of kids-(my mother had 5 kids in a camper, cause otherwise it was a lack of faith not to. And of course, "systemites" & other churches had God ALL wrong. My heart goes out to this lady who lived through COG & the Military!
@apostababelindajames7461
Жыл бұрын
*"The Culting Of America"* sounds like it's going to be an amazing book, I'm really looking forward to reading it. I am someone who was born into and grew up within a cult as well. Her book *"Uncultured"* was wonderful as far as revealing what it is like to grow up in a cult, leaving and attempting to assimilate within Society at Large after only existing in an isolated subculture. I could relate to so much of the thinking that goes along with what she had gone through that somehow normalized the everyday non normalcy of growing up within a cult. I commend her bravery in writing and explaining her experience.
@nicoledavis2503
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story! We have got to get the word out. I pray for your continued healing.
@tpiii33
Жыл бұрын
The China Show sent me here. I'll be back again because of their recommendation, and your video. Keep up the good work!
@dukecity7688
Жыл бұрын
My sister died in 1972. She was 21 yo. My brother in-law this. He sued the doctors for my sister's death and donated a big chunk to the Children of God. He took my nephews to Spain. He returned with one son and left the older one. The rest of this story is beyond heartbreaking.
@JordanHarbingerShow
Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry to hear about this
@dukecity7688
Жыл бұрын
@@JordanHarbingerShow You are very kind.
@bailey2777
Жыл бұрын
Great Interview!! What a beautiful woman and brave too❤ Thank you for your service and I wish you all the best in life 🤗 Love your shirt 👍👋🙏💜🫶
@pamelapalmer2832
Жыл бұрын
I have 2 step children that were raised in this cult. They are adults now and are totally brainwashed. So sad
@katelovins9005
Жыл бұрын
Leave us alone now
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
@@katelovins9005Never. Your cult will be hounded down from now on, remorselessly and without cease
@feurigerStern
Жыл бұрын
I am delighted that people who have been victims of crimes have the courage to talk about it. It helps prevent others from getting trapped or taken advantage of. Hopefully after viewers watch this they won't continue wearing rose colored glasses.
@staceepayne8787
Жыл бұрын
I love you! Incidentally I'm from Texas lol,and I have to tell you girl, I admire and totally look up to you for escaping then amazingly surviving despite of all of the odds! So Happy you are free!
@staceepayne8787
Жыл бұрын
Oh! And thank you so very much for sharing and exposing by shining a light into the darkness!
@echocourtouke
Жыл бұрын
i wass crocheting through this video it made me happy to see her knitting and talking about it
@sysy1221
Жыл бұрын
After abandoning my child in the hands of his abusive controlling, mind control father age 42 and my handler. I got a job as a nanny many states away. While watching TV on my day off I saw a show about Jim Jones. I got out a paper and wrote down all the similarities to what I was seeing to what I had experienced. I had no vocabulary to describe what had been done to me and no one to talk to. My child was birthed at home, when I got a birth certificate and told the father, he was so angry but stifled himself so wouldn't catch on to his plan to take my child from me wish no legal proof of birth...I only figured it out years later (after he stole my son, took him 3,000 miles away with wife 4s kids). I had no outside contact. I was a 16yr old honor student before being entrapped. They know to look for kids that hate their parents and have no support people, it is so easy to entrap young people. Such a terrifying desperate sad invisible plight to be in. To get away you have to just run and leave everything including your child. This guy was a shape shifter, saw it only once...he was so very abusive physically and menially and emotionally. Before dying he had 4 wives with similar stories and 7 kids....total horror. There were no women's shelters then. Oh, and when I was in psych 101 in college I said to myself when they talked about the torture studies ....yes, this is what I experienced, this is how the mind control and Stockholm Syndrome was done. Add to this I am invisibly autistic and got Lyme disease when I was 18 while hitchhiking to escape unbearable beatings but always returned because he held my son hostage...such torture.
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry you went through such horrors and such loss. May you have solace and peace the rest of your life.
@sysy1221
Жыл бұрын
@@vaska1999 Most people don't know how to hear this so the tortured people chose the safety of invisibility and live in a prison of isolation the rest of their lives. We live in a tyranny of plastic happy faces and intolerance of those devastated.
@florencesouthard6804
Жыл бұрын
So sorry for all you have been through and my heart goes out to you. What type of shape shifting are we speaking of?
@placebomandingo2095
Жыл бұрын
The way that this woman has maintained her resolve, and excelled in so many ways against such steep odds is so impressive. What an amazing woman . I have a nephew who left the 12 tribes cult, and his difficulty finding his place, and revealing himself to others is just as she described. He's joined the Airforce recently, and I'm encouraged by her success in the military. He told me that he prefers to be in an environment where he's getting yelled at.
@jayjaychadoy9226
Жыл бұрын
I listened to my friend who told me he was in the Children of God for two years. It was hard to hear, but true, and when he left they tried to find him and kill him.
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
One of my friends grew up COG... her internal world was hell. 😓 I miss her.
@monicathornton8227
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating talk, but Waco was deliberate.
@websurfer5772
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I think it was because they were stockpiling weapons and our govt. wanted to make an example of them. Do you agree?
@alyssa01825
Жыл бұрын
With all due respect, how is Chick Fil A a cult or “weird” for expecting their employees to smile and have a positive disposition. I have had 5 food service jobs that expect the same thing. It’s just customer service.
@lzcontrol
Жыл бұрын
Racism!
@lordfarquaad8601
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don't think she's exaggerating her experiences, but she seems quick to label organizations that have rules and standards "cults"
@LifeIsRythm
Жыл бұрын
God bless your soul Dear Lady, what broke others He used to make you. Your real calling is higher than any of this crap I see on tv. Which in my eye's is cultic. I noticed you tied it into the army, well done my friend. Godspeed! You will surely be in my prayers for life!
@Ninjamod76
Жыл бұрын
Wow, this was such a great interview!
@mariannem3-2-1-0
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this Interview. I am also a cult surviver. Not this one. But you are a very strong woman. God bless you für speaking out loud 🙏
@courtneyawalsh
Жыл бұрын
Jared Leto & Rose McGowan were supposedly in this cult I think.
@isabelle8836
Жыл бұрын
I read the book, Not Without My sister, based on sisters in children of god cult
@openthedoor8092
Жыл бұрын
This opens so much conversation.Aren't we all living in a cult in on way or another?
@lynw.6140
Жыл бұрын
What the hell are you talking about.
@JohnJacobsen-dg5he
Жыл бұрын
Yes"! unless you "opt out" of everything, then it turns into a cult where its only you.
@dianac5764
Жыл бұрын
All corporations have cult-like practices.
@IronHorse1776
Жыл бұрын
Somewhere in my computers, I have Brad Pitt, playing the guitar and singing to a group of the kids that are in the cult, and there’s a few other stars, sitting and singing, and most of the Hollywood stars come from this cult
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
Sciencetolgy?
@embodiedconfidence
Жыл бұрын
That totally makes sense. We don’t know much about their families!
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
@@embodiedconfidence true
@vaska1999
Жыл бұрын
Brad Pitt's never been involved with any cult. Bearing false witness is a serious sin.
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
They always try to show the good side.
@musicmichi007
10 ай бұрын
I can't believe how many cults exists even today but great to see many come out alive and well mentally! ❤
@Jay-qh1cu
Жыл бұрын
She seems very uptempo, positive and well adjusted Go figure. edit: She knows herself better than 99.9% of people.
@Theone-qo2qp
Жыл бұрын
Very fascinating interview Thank you for sharing World needs to know how much children are suffering all over the world I can really complain about my childhood at all God bless
@jonathanfarquhar
Жыл бұрын
This was such a powerful story. What a powerful woman. Thanks for telling us.
@mikeabrams8959
Жыл бұрын
A girl whom aged 6 , has judged the Bible false ?
@jonathanfarquhar
Жыл бұрын
@Mike Abrams Must be a smart kid. It takes most of us to become adults before we realize the Bible is total BS.
@janetodonoghue408
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for this calm, authentic and highly informative conversation. I am sure this will help many people.
@jeffreyreynolds4732
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jordan, This is only the Second time I've seen Your Podcast, I think it's just close to Two Weeks since I first discovered Your Podcaast. Thank You for having Daniella as a Guest. Probably wasn't the Best thing for Me to watch First Thing after Stopping the Alarm Clock, before Iighting My First Cigarette... There was so much Daniella said that Brought back so Much of the Cognitive Dissonace I had to Fight through after Leaving the Jehova's Witnesses. IIwasn't Born into that Cult, I got Entangled as an Adult. There was Cognitive Dissonance Going into the Cult also. I'm learning that Once a Cult breaks through that Certain Mind Breaking Barrier, You are not the Person You once were. Daniella spoke it so Eloquently. There is NO You, or did she say Individual You? Everything You think, Say and Do is for the betterment and Support of the Cult. All in the Name of God/Jehoveah, in My Case and Jesus who is Secondary, rarely Discussed. Which is similar to the Roman Catholic Church which I Grew Up in where the Main Focus ws the Church, God, Mary, Jesus. Cults also seem to be VERY KEEN on SHUNNING! I can't Fathom the Mountain of Cognitive Dissonace Daniella has had to work through! She's Done real Good though Considering what She went through Her Whole Life- I'm having Difficulty Wrapping My Mind Around. I had Heard of the Children of God only Once Before, when I was somewhere in My First Six Months of Leaving the JW's. It ws some Podcast presenting a Story of Something Legal Happening with the Children of God in Austrailia. At that Time the JW's were in a Huge Court Battle in Austrailia for Hiding their Pefdophiles. They Have Lists of Who and were Fighting the Austrailian Courts because they are a 'Religion' and they Do Not have to Turn over Any Privileged Documentation. Oh, they were Also going through the SAME KIND of Court Battle in Montana. This is Why JW's are NOT Allowed to look Up Anything about the JW's on the Internet. So I was finding all of this Out after Leaving. Since I'd only Heard about the Children of God that One Time, I just thought it was a Cult in Austrailia- I had no Idea Until this Morning- It was a Worldwdide Organiztion also. I Don't know how to Describe this Part- I Felt a Warm Compassion (?) or Kinship (?) with Daniella when YOu pointed out that She was Knittiing. I taught Myself how to Crochet when I was Seven. So I've been Crocheting for Forty Nine Years Now- Like Daniella, I always have to Have "Busy Work"? I also can Focus better in Conversation, or while watching a Podcast or such. I Guess that would be akin to Cathartic? This is probably a Poor Example but, I've got My Crocheting going on, I'm having a Conversation with another Person and it's as if- Theres Nothing Else around, like We're in this Unpenetrable Bubble, I can So Clearly Hear, the person, FEEL the Person's Emotion and Clearly Impart knowledge to the other person.. Yeah, that is stuck in My Head- I Crochet, as she stated she Des also but she was knitting. Iwonder if I just hdn't noticed that because it is the same thing I do so It just seemed so Natural that I wouldn't Notice. Great Show! gain Thank You, I'll need to start watching More of Your Podcasts. I'd Subscribed right away after the first Podcast Of Yours I saw. So,, Definitely Ido Need to pay more attention to what Your Presentations are. I do have a Bad Habit of gettiing Stuck in Loops of watching News Podcasts for Days on End. Oh, Creepy Pasta's and Scary Stories to be able to Sleep at Night.... Consider that however You like!
@theresaconklin317
Жыл бұрын
Listening to her made me think of the JW too. There is an AG Shapiro i PA that is looking into JW cases. My husband family is JW and my cousin is studying 😢with them. I was raised catholic. I wish more people could see JW as a cult. It breaks my heart. They follow the bite model for a cult. Thats how you know you are in one
@amosacres5249
Жыл бұрын
I don't think the knitting or crocheting has to be a cult thing. I do this as well, never been part of a cult, didn't conform in school, and medical kept me out of the military. I can confirm to things when it's in my interest to do so. However, she did mention ADHD, which I believe I am unmedicated all my life and prefer it that way. I've been crocheting during church services, conferences, work trainings or anywhere I have to sit and listen or watch someone or something (movies) for over 32 years. Also did friendship bracelets during high school classes prior to learning to crochet.....
@websurfer5772
Жыл бұрын
This brings to mind the TV show Degrassi High where one of the gals is constantly crocheting or knitting and her guy friend asks her if she's doing that to help with her nerves because she was even doing it while they were hanging out with their friends in a parking lot by the beach and she confirmed that it helped her feel calmer. That's always stuck with me so it's interesting to hear people talking about it here. That show did a great job demonstrating the reality of how people cope with things in life.
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