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For many people, the Children of God is one of the world's most shocking and infamous religious cults. Beginning in the counterculture era of the late 1960s, founder David Berg soon introduced sexual elements to his spiritual message, encouraging open sexual contact between all members of his flock - including between adults and children.
Author DANIELLA MESTYANEK YOUNG speaks with MARK from Talk Beliefs about growing up in the cult, performing in lewd videos as a youngster, and ultimately engineering her escape and joining the US Army. Free from the sect, she was shocked to find echoes of the cult within the military...
LINKS FOR DANIELLA MESTYANEK YOUNG:
SITE: daniellamestyanekyoung.com
BOOK SITE: uncultureyourself.com (coming soon)
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoung
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/daniellamyoung
TWITTER: @daniellamyoung
twitter.com/daniellamyoung
BLOG: daniellayoung.medium.com
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/daniellamyoung
ARTICLE:
narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality
Lost in Transition | TEDxTacoma
youtu.be/96gBf6LNxa4
EX CHILDREN OF GOD HELP SITES:
Moving On -- website created by and for young adults with parents who joined The Family/Children of God cult. movingon.org
exfamily.org/index.htm
SEE ALSO:
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover https://is.gd/oTWmR5
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For many people, the Children of God is one of the world's most shocking and infamous religious cults. Beginning in the counterculture era of the late 1960s, founder David Berg soon introduced sexual elements to his spiritual message, encouraging open sexual contact between all members of his flock - including between adults and children.
Author DANIELLA MESTYANEK YOUNG speaks with MARK from Talk Beliefs about growing up in the cult, performing in lewd videos as a youngster, and ultimately engineering her escape and joining the US Army. Free from the sect, she was shocked to find echoes of the cult within the military...
LINKS FOR DANIELLA MESTYANEK YOUNG:
SITE: daniellamestyanekyoung.com
BOOK SITE: uncultureyourself.com (coming soon)
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoung
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/daniellamyoung
TWITTER: @daniellamyoung
twitter.com/daniellamyoung
BLOG: daniellayoung.medium.com
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/daniellamyoung
ARTICLE:
narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality
Lost in Transition | TEDxTacoma
youtu.be/96gBf6LNxa4
EX CHILDREN OF GOD HELP SITES:
Moving On -- website created by and for young adults with parents who joined The Family/Children of God cult. movingon.org
exfamily.org/index.htm
SEE ALSO:
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover https://is.gd/oTWmR5
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
© Copyright 2021 by Talk Beliefs (Re-use allowed with permission)
**********
TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
The Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel has been online since 2015 and has been featured on Reggie Yates' Extreme UK for BBC 3 Television. Would you like to help support Talk Beliefs or perhaps tell your own story in an interview? Channel inquiries & direct messages: unchainedmind1@gmail.com
Talk Beliefs - In Association with Evolution Soup (Sister Channel).
Follow @TalkBeliefs on Twitter!
Join the Talk Beliefs Facebook Group bit.ly/2fCRLLF
Follow the Talk Beliefs Facebook Page: fb.me/talkbeliefs
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/talkbeliefs
Instagram: instagram.com/talkbeliefs
Tik Tok: @talkbeliefs
Would you like to become a supporter of the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel? Click HERE ow.ly/vn2v30fVYBx
Talk Beliefs Logo Animation by Zaraza Iulian bit.ly/2ytX4Vt
Royalty Free Music via Purple Planet: purple-planet.com
*****
Thinking about leaving your religion? Need to talk?
Recovering From Religion - Find a worldwide support group:
recoveringfromreligion.org
*****
"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
Evolution Soup - The World of Evolution
YouTube: goo.gl/X19xK6
Podcast: evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: instagram.com/evolution_soup
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup
**********
DISCLAIMER:
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
#atheism #science #reason #humanism #christianity #evolution #creation #creationism #beliefs #secular #mormon #freethinker #darwin #humanist #cult #cults #atheist #humanist #mormon #religion #bookofmormon #jehovah #harekrishna #scientology #leahremini #scientologyandtheaftermath #secularism #dawkins #beliefs #creationist #paleo #cultsandextremebeliefs #paleoanthrology #exjw #exmormon #exchristian #exscientologist
