Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Therapist RICHARD TURNER returns to Talk Beliefs from York, UK, to talk about speaking out on high profile documentaries, autism, and his time in the C3 Pentecostal church.
MARK from Talk Beliefs catches up with Richard to discuss how cults thrive on questioning, certainty-seeking individuals such as those on the autism spectrum.
#cults #autism #belief
00:00 START
01:31 Appearing on documentaries
04:58 Do cults prey upon the autistic?
22:47 The reaction of the C3 church
27:01 Exorcisms & autism
33:45 What have you learned from speaking out?
LINKS FOR RICHARD TURNER:
Website:
tothinkagain.co.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/to.think.again
Linkedin profile:
linkedin.com/in/richard-j-turner
BBC World Service: Me, My Autism & Cults ~ with Richard Turner and Alexandra Stein (November 2022): https://is.gd/YaH73m
Autism & Cults by Richard Turner: https://is.gd/K4K2Rw
Modern Church... Modern Slavery? My Time in a Pentecostal Cult ~ Richard Turner
bit.ly/2Vbq9ia (first Talk Beliefs interview)
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
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Therapist RICHARD TURNER returns to Talk Beliefs from York, UK, to talk about speaking out on high profile documentaries, autism, and his time in the C3 Pentecostal church.
MARK from Talk Beliefs catches up with Richard to discuss how cults thrive on questioning, certainty-seeking individuals such as those on the autism spectrum.
#cults #autism #belief
00:00 START
01:31 Appearing on documentaries
04:58 Do cults prey upon the autistic?
22:47 The reaction of the C3 church
27:01 Exorcisms & autism
33:45 What have you learned from speaking out?
LINKS FOR RICHARD TURNER:
Website:
tothinkagain.co.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/to.think.again
Linkedin profile:
linkedin.com/in/richard-j-turner
BBC World Service: Me, My Autism & Cults ~ with Richard Turner and Alexandra Stein (November 2022): https://is.gd/YaH73m
Autism & Cults by Richard Turner: https://is.gd/K4K2Rw
Modern Church... Modern Slavery? My Time in a Pentecostal Cult ~ Richard Turner
bit.ly/2Vbq9ia (first Talk Beliefs interview)
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
**********
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 #belief #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
