You May Be In A Religious Cult!
Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen: I know this is a sensitive subject but the truth shall make you free. Some of you know, I grew up in the Pentecostal religion and I have a lot of respect for it. In my lifetime I have seen coverage about religious cults especially, regarding Jim Jones who was a maniacal leader of a religious cult in Jonestown, Guyana. He conducted a mass murder-suicide of 918 of the members of his cult in 1978.
It is so easy to get caught up in a cult and at one time a person who I was acquainted with almost drew me into this lifestyle but I am suspicious by nature and listened to my intuition regarding this. A lot of people are hungry for God and these unscrupulous people prey on the church patrons meek and forgiving nature. I have seen so many Reverends and Bishops preach about living right and salvation but they are not living right themselves. No one is perfect but they require perfection in you and me.
There are a lot of signs to look out for and they are not easy to miss. Below, I will list some of the signs.
Signs to look out for.
*I want you to know that this is a long list but there are so many more signs. If you visit a church and see people in there acting very weird, it is time to leave!
There are a lot of good churches out there, so I am not talking about those churches in this post but I urge you to always keep your eyes open.
Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen: I know this is a sensitive subject but the truth shall make you free. Some of you know, I grew up in the Pentecostal religion and I have a lot of respect for it. In my lifetime I have seen coverage about religious cults especially, regarding Jim Jones who was a maniacal leader of a religious cult in Jonestown, Guyana. He conducted a mass murder-suicide of 918 of the members of his cult in 1978.
It is so easy to get caught up in a cult and at one time a person who I was acquainted with almost drew me into this lifestyle but I am suspicious by nature and listened to my intuition regarding this. A lot of people are hungry for God and these unscrupulous people prey on the church patrons meek and forgiving nature. I have seen so many Reverends and Bishops preach about living right and salvation but they are not living right themselves. No one is perfect but they require perfection in you and me.
There are a lot of signs to look out for and they are not easy to miss. Below, I will list some of the signs.
Signs to look out for.
- The religious leader is very bossy and controlling. Making certain demands on your money and your time.
- There are many cliques in the church and the head of these cliques are being worshiped like they are God. They will exclude you until you do any and everything that they want.
- They hold church all throughout the week to get all of your time and money.
- Ask small children for money or have them out begging people for money to support the church.
- Ask to see you at weird hours to take advantage of you mentally and sometimes sexually.
- Take up numerous offerings during service.
- The church members are living in poverty while the leader lives a prosperous lifestyle.
- They tell you not to watch television or listen to certain kinds of music.
- Sometimes they will tell you that you can only wear white because they want to control everything about you.
- They will speak against other churches and tell you that you cannot visit other churches because they have the devil in them.
- Tell you who to date and who to marry.
- The leader has an entourage everywhere they go.
- If you do not belong to their church (cult) they will be very rude and mean to you.
- Church members are losing their homes and everything else because they are giving the church all their money.
- I have even heard of church leaders asking the women in the church to sell their bodies to get money to give to them.
- Tell you to fast for many days and hours (excessively) till you are almost passing out, to find favor with God.
- Ask to see your bank statement to see how much money you have in your bank.
- Tell you to leave your husband or your wife because they don't go to their church.
- They make it clear that if you leave their church, you will go to Hell.
- Sometimes they will publicly scold you or even beat you.
*I want you to know that this is a long list but there are so many more signs. If you visit a church and see people in there acting very weird, it is time to leave!
There are a lot of good churches out there, so I am not talking about those churches in this post but I urge you to always keep your eyes open.