[UA] UA:cults

[Thuvasa3]

It just occurred to me that I know (or have met,
anyway), a former cultist.  

In the little town where my grandmother lives, there
is a family owned and operated funeral home. 
(Actually, there are two.  There was a falling out
between brothers, so now there are two funeral homes,
more or less across the street from each other, both
run by different members of the same family).  

Anyway, one of the guys that works there is kind of
strange.  Seems a little slow, etc.  During the
visitation for a funeral, my cousin (who would spend
summers with my grandmother), discretely pointed at
the guy and said, "you see that guy?  He was in a
cult.  He wasn't that way (meaning "strange and slow")
when we were kids.  He went out to California and
joined a cult.  His parents finally got wind of it and
hired deprogrammers who went and brought him back
(basically kidnapped him).  He's been that way ever
since." 

Now, the interesting thing about it is that I work for
the govt. doing disability claims, and I mentioned
that to a co-worker one time.  I prefaced it with, "I
don't know if this is true or not..." She said, "I
have his case."  And she did.  

And it was all true.  

Apparently his deprogramming failed, in that he never
understood the brainwashing aspect of the cult stuff,
and he is now heavily medicated, etc.  I believe he
ended up with schizophrenia (cult used drugs, etc.).

I found the cult on the internet and everything
(unfortunately I've forgotten the name of it).

How's that for UA material?  Cultists and feuding
funereal brothers?

Jonathan

--- Doug Stalker <doug.stalker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Knowing a few "street level" cultists helps too;



		
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