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more about #cults more comments → LaComtesse: "I think people, including the prosecutors in this case, understand Ramkissoon was a victim of this as well." I don't know how comfortable I am with a... more » morninggloria: Keep trying, lady. The last time someone used "But he's going to resurrect!!!" as an excuse, dude took more than 2,000 years (and counting) to come back. more » lilad: I'm happy she'll be getting the treatment she needs. more » par3: all i can say about this is that i saw a lot of this going on when the 'Family International' (Children of God cult) came to croatia to 'help' refugee... more » Cerridwen: Family may be "involuntary" by virtue of blood, but family relationships do not preclude other ones. And it's not like you have to choose suffocating... more » lisas: Does this mean that blaming "games" for renegade nerd behavior is done? Cause I was all set to start spinning my WoW disc backwards to look for secret... more » Isi: I truly believe there are people who would benefit from cutting off contact with their families, either long or short term, and hope that those who ne... more » LaComtesse: I am curious to see what kind of people are involved in this website the most. Are they people with genuine abuse and anguish or are they people whose... more » PhillyLass: Most of us are focusing on whether Tom has done the right thing for himself and whether this FDR is or is not a cult. But I also think it's worth enga... more » amowls: Pffffffff I doubt that this is a serious or dangerous "cult", considering that Tom has a mind of his own, and they DID NOT take him against his will. ... more » Diziet_Sma: Sort of on-topic - Chuck Palahniuk wrote a brilliant novel about the last remaining member of a cult, called The Survivor. It was before he got boring... more » Raspberry Swirly: When I saw the question about whether the FDR is a cult, I was like, "Wait, isn't he dead? How can one person be a cult?" I'm still half-asleep. That ... more » Breamworthy: I grew up in and around a cult. (Not one of the big ones - you've never heard of it.) So I have some experience with these situations, and this sounds... more » Monster Chalk: SHIT, where can I sign up. I needed to be rid of my family a few years back. They were not letting me control or live my life. They were also abusing ... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: This is pretty eerie because I was just reading a story on CNN about a couple who met in Second Life got married and then recently divorced because th... more » -
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Former Cult Member Receives Reduced Sentence For Starving Her Son
Ria Ramkissoon, a young mother from Baltimore, has been charged with starving her son to death in late 2006. She has agreed to withdraw her guilty plea if the child rises from the dead. More » -
