Can I Hear Someone Say CULT?
Over the many years of my life I have communicated with people that are in theological cults, involved in the occult, New Age, and the like. One thing that all these pseudo-Christian cult break offs, New Age members, and neo-Darwinists (and many others) have in common is a knack at pointing out that I have it wrong, that they are being quoted out of context.
Now mind you, I at times say the same thing, so I offer to read the quote in full context. People who are in cults do not usually offer this opportunity up (that is, to be more “fully” quoted), as, they have based their whole premise on a granule of truth and wrapped it in a ball of lies. Not to mention that usually what lies before and after the context they are challenged with is as damning if not more.
There are other signs of cults and brainwashing, such as not being allowed to read literature that opposes the faith or works done by ex-members (for instance, “Lats” [Latter-day Saints], or J-Dubs [Jehovah's Witnesses]). Many times these cults will separate family members in an obvious manner, for instance: not allowing a father who isn’t Mormon to attend his daughters wedding. Horrible.
Following this “cult” theme, I wanted to have the reader watch a 9-minute documentary and interview regarding textbooks used in private Muslim schools in Britain. During the interview (that has been edited to the Q&A with the Muslim woman) listen to the typical responses made by someone who is surrounded her life with a theology of lies. The depth to which this woman reaches to avoid answering direct question is amazing. Talk about being brainwashed by a cult! (Not a world religion, a cult! In fact, the worse kind of cult… one that kills in the name of God.)
