<![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts" - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts" - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: uh, you're assuming that we all agree that jesus did all the great things he's supposed to have done. there's pretty strong evidence to suggest he existed but i'm not sold on the rest of it.

spinset

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> omfg. This is morbidly fascinating...I want to know more about this, but I don't really want to believe that it exists.

melloe

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> All these 'religions' where god demands old men to get it on with young girls - and I'm STILL waiting for an organized faith that mandates Christian Bale become my love-slave.

What gives, man?

thenewmasses

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I should not have watched this clip just before going to bed, the creepy giggles of those poor children in the first clip are going to haunt me.

anniebo

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Isn't "being naked in bed while being hold and feeling like heaven just opened" the text book definition of "making love"?

martina

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> The dude has a point.

RubiksPube

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> wow.... this looks just like the manson girls outside the courthouse when he was on trial. FREAKY!

astralgravy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Erie: why are they all so tall and skinny and white? to me it looked like the adults totally resented the attention the kids got, but i could be projecting.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I think one of the reasons that the children kept coming to the cult and their parents let them is because the cult worked so hard at disbanding families so they looked at Michael (Wayne) as their father. And perhaps the cult quelled a bit of the parenting instinct as well.
Did anyone notice at the beginning when they stated members were to be celibate because sexual relations are selfish? Michael is such a hypocrite.

Erie

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Ruby_Slippers: Sigh. I know- that's what I'd like to think- but the George Costanza in me will always have a sneaking suspicion that it had something to do with my acting ability/ attractiveness. I'm like, weirdly and secretly offended by the fact that they didn't even try. And yes, I realize how stupid that sounds.

Notes from the underwhelmed

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I have an extremely high tolerance for religious movements that require counter cultural lifestyles, resistance to mainstream norms, and levels of personal sacrifice others would call crazy. I have lived in voluntary religious communities and am not "freaked out" by any religion. That said, this guy is CLEARLY a fucking nutter and these children are, indeed, brainwashed. I can't believe this is even up for debate. Know how you can tell? THE CHILD ABUSE. Who do I have to stab around here.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Notes from the underwhelmed: (excerpt) "Story! When I was 15, I went to this actor's studio, and then found out a year after it closed that it was actually like, a creepy sex cult. It was in the paper. . . . But like, no one ever tried to brainwash me or do me or give me kool-aid anything, and part of me has always wondered why."

Maybe they never tried anything because you didn't exhibit signs of insecurity or a lack of direction. Maybe you presented yourself in a way that made it clear you couldn't be coerced. Congratulate yourself and then breath a sigh of relief that you weren't damaged by your close call.

Ruby_Slippers

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Okay, for the whole religious thing, I was an atheist for LONG TIME. I went through some shit, became sober, started reading into different religions, and then began to read the Bible as a fiction novel. Slowly, on my own accord, I began to believe in God. I found that when I let God into my life, I felt this sudden weight lifted off my shoulders. I'm still reading the Bible; the Old Testament is long. Sure, you could say I'm a Christian, but I'm not your "average Christian". I work hard on passing no judgment on others, because I personally believe that God is the final judgment. It says so in the Bible. And that's what I found so frustrating about Christianity: they say that Christ loves everyone, but yet He hates gays, women who choose abortion, liberals, and people who don't believe in God? That's fucking bullshit. Yes, many organized religions are worthy of spite and hatred, and I found it so frustrating, because I could not for the life of me find a place to worship. But then I found the Unitarian Church. It's fucking unbelievable. They except everyone. Atheist, agnostic, buddhist, jewish, gay, straight, bi, they don't care. I am a very liberal Christian. I am all for abortion and gay marriage and have sex and enjoy it. I completely believe in evolution. My biggest problem is that I respect your beliefs completely - because they are yours - but then you guys seem to dump all over those who choose to believe in a Higher Power. People like that fucker are giving those who choose to believe a horrible name. But who knows? Maybe God really is speaking to him. They always say that God works in mysterious ways. And I am also saying in no shape or form that my religion is the "right" religion. There are more versions of the Bible than words in the Bible. Which one is "right"? No one knows. And all the stories in the Book were written down years and years and years, hundreds of years, after they happened. I have a lot of issues with the Bible, but my faith in God is still there, and to me, and only me, that's all that matters.

raleigh likes swaddling

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: As an atheist, I agree that religions are, essentially, cults. Christianity likes to control women just as much as cults do. HOWEVER, I do think there is a difference between THIS guy and "Jesus" (whether Jesus was real or not), and I think most people would agree.

But anyway, now that I realize you were being kinda scarcastic or whatever, I agree 100% with you. :)

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> LOLing LORs. Are those not the worst kind?

StrawberryGloss

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: I completely agree with that statement.

iAlreadyHateYou

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> The whole thing is eery.

The second clip makes me think of all the "pagan" (as if they made less sense than the non-pagan ones) religions that used to see sex as a way to reach God. What that girl was feeling wasn't God, it's called sexual arousal and yes, it feels damn good. Nothing out of the ordinary and certainly nothing that means you're looking at God.

The first clip is nonsensical. He keep criticizing the outside world when his world isn't exactly going anywhere different. He's just a creepy and demented old man who uses his powers of persuasion for evil.

I like how he keeps talking about God's purpose in each of us. I'd like to know what the purpose of inflicting children with horrible diseases and war is, and if God dares reply, I'd like to tell him how I really want no part of that kind of God.

Yet another reason for me to hate organized religion.

iAlreadyHateYou

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: Yes, yes, I'm kidding about that. But I do truly believe the difference between a religion and a cult is more often than not a few hundred years.

HeatherNumber1

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: @NefariousNewt: Yeah. I work not to pass judgement on private citizens whom I have never met, but the Snark Goddess in my does the cha-cha over statements like that...

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @carnivorous_deer: Hah!

thegreenman

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: I'd find it funny if it weren't so appallingly sad. It's one thing to hate another group of people, or declare war on innocents... but when you are stuck in your own delusions of grandeur and you are sucking others into them, people who so badly need some kind of affirmation, well that's just twisted. The whole Messiah issues pales in comparison to the fact that guy needs some serious mental help -- and so so his followers.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> OK, look. I get that we're all searching for meaning and there is something appealing in thinking you're part of a movement and whatever. And people thought Jesus and his crew were nutso too, and now they're saints.

But, you can bet when Jesus laid hands on Mary Magedlene and the other ladies, it was to heal them, not to feel them.

If the leader of your religion tells you that it's God's will that you do something that directly benefits the leader (tithing so much that he drives a Caddy while you're in a 10-year-old Chevy; marrying 15 15-year-olds; etc.) he's probably not the messiah. And if he is, is he the representative of a god you really want to worship? The minute you start acting sketchy is the minute you lose all claim to divine inspiration in my book.

blushingflower

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Haven't seen the videos (can't here at work) but just reading the text, I can empathize with the young women who are devoted to Bent. I remember being horny as a banshee at 13, 14, 15, 16 and it sure would have been nice to feel that exploring those urges was sacred (instead of feeling like a dirty slut for even thinking about it). It also might have been not so horrible to have those early explorations with someone with some concept of female anatomy.

I totally get that the whole thing is wrong, wrong, wrong but at the same time, I would think that most of us were initiated into sex not all that much older than these girls, and for a lot of us the experience was far from sacred.

DirtyThirtiesDenizen

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Why do they keep laughing and giggling like that? It's so creepy I actually had to stop watching. I'm pretty awful, but never has the laughter of children made me so mad!

AnnaWintwhore

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: I know that "...in the context of the Christian faith" was implied in those "He's not the Messiah" comments. And that's absolutely right. But I also found it funny on a more meta level.

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: I think Sarah agrees with that, silly. :) She and I got kind of off-topic a bit.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I saw this and have been telling my friends about it for several weeks. The part where he was basically claiming that him touching girls and women inappropriately was tantamount to a pap smear was especially fucked up.

Oh No I Di'n't.

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: But please look at it in context. Now, I'm an on-again-off-again Catholic who has struggled with this for a long time (I'm in off mode right now). This guy is not "The Messiah" in the context of Christian faith because that faith teaches us that Jesus was inclusive, not exclusive. In the context of our everyday lives here on Earth, he's just another deluded individual with sway over some impressionable minds who is perfectly content in his delusion. And in the context of someone who does not believe in God (and I am not making a judgment here; everyone is entitled to their own beliefs), he's just a pathetic kook who has corrupted some young women for his own purposes.

No matter how we look at it, the point is -- he's sick. He has a justification he uses for his actions, can't see the forest for the trees, and pities us because we can't see "the truth." He needs to pay for his crimes, he needs treatment for his delusions, and his followers need to be led back into society and givent he chance to amke their own, informaed choices.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: Yeah. Exactly. How is it NOT amazing that our world was created from atoms and cells? Besides which, the last time I checked, religion didn't stop anyone from killing, raping, stealing, etc., in the name of "god" -- so when people start spewing, "OH, we need God for MORAL! reasons" I just want to laugh.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: I "get" the whole god thing; I mean I lived it for the vast majority of my life. But a godless world is no less special or amazing, IMO, than one overseen by a god. In fact it's even cooler and more awe-inspiring if you ask me.
Not sure why so many god-believers hold onto that notion that without a god it's all worthless crap!

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse: She said that? Wow. Here's a little secret for her -- the components of DNA can be mixed and matched in billions of combinations to make human beings. That makes everybody special to one degree or another.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse: Oh oh, you said your husband's ex. So, never mind. :D I think I get ya.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> "your DVD movies, your cinema.."

(hahahahhahaa & WOW at everything else)

gold_gato

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse: I'm not sure if you're saying you agree with him or that you rather think people are ridiculous for holding on to God and religion to feel special (my personal opinion). But I DO think we're special because of evolution. We beat the odds, evolved, survived, and created a MASSIVE society and basically took over the world. I think that's pretty special!

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> where did god touch you? show me on this doll.

carnivorous_deer

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: @crushdmb: Re: not getting the whole "God" thing.

My husband's ex once said "I don't believe in evolution. If I believe in evolution it means I'm not special."

And I think that sums up my thoughts...

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: Hahaha! Yay! I'm not the only one! I don't always like saying as much in a public forum where I actually like the people, because I don't want to get crucified (haha! pun!). But it's nice to know I'm not alone. :D

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Strongarm: The way I see it is this- it's not like people go around believing in Zeus or Thor so much these days. They're considered mythology now- but back in the day, people were like "Duh, of course Zeus goes around screwing ladies that have been magically turned into cows. Duh." And that was accepted as an absolute truth, the way people believe in Jesus. I mean, if there really were like, one god up there, or one messiah or whathaveyou, he'd probably have gotten to people earlier somehow, and not just in one area of the globe.

Notes from the underwhelmed

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Strongarm: @crushdmb: Well when other commenters started saying "The reason I know this isn't the Messiah is..." my first thought was "The reason I know this isn't the Messiah is because there is no god!"

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> are we sure this isn't crispin glover in a goofy costume?

southernbitch

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Strongarm: Hah, I totally agree with you, though I usually try not to say as much because I don't like to offend people, especially since there are many people I adore that are very religious, and I otherwise respect them.

I just can't get the whole God thing. :/

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @BrutallyHonestBabes: I think that most of the time, actually. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

AliceMalice

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Jesus died 2,000 years ago and he's not coming back. Religion is used to control people, plain and simple. They all have some good principles but for the most part are evil. The fact that there is more than one religion, proves that none are the "right" religion/god to worship. I really don't understand how so many people believe this religious bullshit.

Strongarm

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @brookidy:
I've known some people around cults, and to me this is one of the most telling things, the way that they giggle at everything "Michael" says, whether it's meant to be funny or not. They react similarly to the interviewer, except that there they look at each other and then giggle, as though he could never possibly understand. That behaviour screams CULT to me.

Breamworthy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: Very true.

mbprice

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @mbprice: I sort of assumed she meant The Human Society in the first place, but it could also be said about our oh-so-englightened culture specifically.

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: "When the Bush Admin. stops trying to utilize stem"

STARTS, not STOPS. My goodness, I can't type clearly today lol.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: And let me add the resistance against gay marriage/love/sex/etc.

@mbprice: I do agree with that. I just hope that with all of our advances as a species we could someday "out grow" that and become more logical.

I know it's a long shot, but I'm a total idealist sometimes.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @brookidy: True, and I do appreciate it when people who drop those kinds of statements and are questioned about them come back and explain (calmly) what they meant. I hope she does. And soon.

hortense

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: YES. That's the part that jumped out of me in her comments. Because, really? We argue day in and day out in this blog about how religion keeps butting its head where it doesn't belong (science and medicine). That doesn't equal a "scientific society" in my mind.

When the Bush Admin. stops trying to utilize stem cells in medical and scientific research, and when sex-ed is not based on religion, then MAYBE I'll re-consider my opinion.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: Well, take some solace in the fact that it's not just our society, it's the human species. Our brains didn't evolve to be rational thinking machines.

mbprice

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: Excellent point. I'm just blown away at how many people fall for this.

And NM has quite a few cults I discovered the year I lived there.

CreoleSugar

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse: Exactly. And there's such a thin line between politicized religion and religious politics. And humans are not infallible, and can be corrupted by the nature of their beliefs.
Take, for example, a leader of a cult that most people know about, Jim Jones. When he first started out, he wasn't batshit crazy. He was always politically minded, and actually had one of the first integrated churches at the time, in San Francisco, and was active in integration in the community. It was at the point where he moved his church to Ukiah, that he started getting weird and blending his paranoia, views of religion and politics. Once he gained control of the group, he lost all touch with reality.

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @hortense: Yes, but her statements do nothing to imply that she's not one of those very people.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: Agreed. From my POV, we are a highly superstitious, irrational society.

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: "abstinence only sex" should read "abstinence only sex ed" obviously.

And, I will admit I'm a little biased on my opinions -- I'm a Skeptic and an atheist. But, still, I don't really think a "religious society" is better than a "scientific society" considering.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @stasis: I thought the exact same thing! Especially on his Around the World in 80 Days series.
But seriously, isn't it tragic how that girl's natural sexual impulses ('i literally want to get naked before God') are twisted up with this culty strangeness? I mean, even if she gets out and gets deprogrammed she'll probably always have problems with her sexuality. And that's not even as bad-off as the poor girl who had to sleep with her dad in law will be. SHUDDER.

scullymurphy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Jesus wasn't all sugar and gumdrops, people.

"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace on earth! No, rather a sword. If you love your father, mother, sister, brother, more than me, you are not worthy of being mine." -J.C.

"And he said to them: 'You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'" -Son of Man

Of course, these things were all written hundreds of years after the historical Jesus died, so who knows what he actually said...

mbprice

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> EW

yttri

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: Huzzah!

My dogs looked at me wondering what the hell I was laughing at.

@SarahMC: *mumbles* I know....just sayin. Sorry.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse:... all my caps make me look like the most emphatic speaker ever. Just passionate. Not obnoxious. Biblical scholarship (the real kind: DaVinci Code ilk) is kinda my thang...

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @ExtensionOfBob: In the last seconds they mentioned the charges against Wayne Bent and it said two girls and one boy in the same sentence as "inappropriate relations."

I just felt so bad for that young boy. He is so obviously uncomfortable in his own skin. He couldn't put his thoughts together to form a complete idea of why he believed in this guy. I hope that someday he gains an understanding of himself as a valuable human.

sassyredhead

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: I'm kind of hoping that this time around, Jesus isn't a hippie, but emo. Terry cloth head band, tight girl jeans, and love and salvation for humankind.

I like to separate two thoughts about this post. One is the notion of cults, and cult leaders. I would not completely discount a group or its cult of personality leader just because I am uncomfortable with their politics or narrow/differing interpretations of scripture. BUT, if said beliefs involve having sex with parishioners and/or their children, then I am highly dubious. I know, sex is not antithetical or proscribed by many religious groups, but a system that marginalizes all but the leader, and has that leader using young children, often below the age of consent, for sexual purposes, is abhorrent to me.

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> If the parents won't take these kids away, shouldn't the police step in?

Story! When I was 15, I went to this actor's studio, and then found out a year after it closed that it was actually like, a creepy sex cult. It was in the paper. But the only weird thing that I saw happening was that this one guy was hauled away in a van by his family members- but being 15 I was all "Damn! the one cute straight guy here gets kidnapped! Nothing ever works out for me!" But like, no one ever tried to brainwash me or do me or give me kool-aid anything, and part of me has always wondered why.

Notes from the underwhelmed

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @treecut: I think any religious leader is going to be, by nature, political. I mean, you're talking about a time and a place where religion was INHERENT to the body political. The disciples were arguably more political than Jesus, but you are talking about a guy who was threatening the JEWISH political life in Judea. He was familiar with messianic prophecy and PURPOSELY positioning himself to appear thus.

Of the ones you listed, however, Mohammed was DEFINITELY the most political, in my study and opinion.

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Yeah I saw this the first time it aired and I wasn't exactly suprised to hear he actually was molesting the girls. It made me want to throw up then, and it makes me want to throw up now. Why does no one ever question why the cult leaders always take control of the women?

aubonpam

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @treecut: "It seems like many of those who consider themselves religious (myself included) only half-believe in the supposed facts of their religion and are so conditioned by our scientific society to associate belief in the supernatural with craziness and stupidity. "

I dunno, but this made me lol. If we were a "scientific society" stem cells would be used without question, and there wouldn't be abstinence only sex (which is religious based). This is obviously only my opinion, but I don't really see us as a "scientific society" much. If we were truly a scientific society, in my opinion, the world would be a much happier and, more importantly, HEALTHIER place.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @treecut: See Messiah is one thing. Most people thought Jesus was a psycho-weirdo, too. The whole theme of prophets in the Bible is that no one believes them... ever... and they have to live miserable, horrible lives. Ezekiel basically was made to roll around in shit and dead bodies, Elijah and John the Baptist lived in the desert and ate bugs, Jeremiah has a bald, angry loser who died in exile.

But Biblical prophecy is almost NEVER about the future. It's about the present. It's political commentary. I would say economists, Jon Stewart, and hard-hitting political analysts are the closest things to prophets we have today.

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse: It seems like Moses (leading people from slavery to a new country) and Mohammed (involved in wars over territory) were more political leaders than Jesus, but there does seem like there is something inherently political about early Christianity since it was challenging the existing religious authority.

treecut...will cut a beech

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @treecut: I'm pretty sure that if Jesus returned to earth today, most of his so-called followers would quickly dismiss him as a hippie pinko Jew.

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @BitterSugar: Oh, I completely agree. But I think these cult leaders are cunning enough to start out not so crazy, you know? They reel their followers in and then when they are completely removed from normal society, that's when they start up with the sexual demands, etc.

I mean, think about it. Let's say you're 18 and you've been raised in the "church" and when you were 11 you and your parents moved to the ranch with this guy. Everybody's really happy and friendly all the time, and then the center of your universe tells you you're special enough to take part in this ceremony that God told him about. It would be hard to see it as creepy when you're in the situation.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: Oh, I guess you already made my point.

treecut...will cut a beech

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @BrutallyHonestBabes: Thanks. And it makes me want to have kids too. My husband and I are all excited about raising little feminists.

@HeatherNumber1: There's no saying Jesus wasn't a crazy cultie, too. In fact, based on some of his political moves, I think there's a good argument there. Though, based on his political moves, I think there's more evidence that he wanted larger scale power than this crazy guy who just wants to rape kids and be a big fish in a small pond.

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: While I definitely don't think there is any way in hell (heaven?) that this guy is a new messiah, I do wonder in today's society if any legitimate prophet would be taken seriously by anyone other than the most brainwashed. It seems like many of those who consider themselves religious (myself included) only half-believe in the supposed facts of their religion and are so conditioned by our scientific society to associate belief in the supernatural with craziness and stupidity.

treecut...will cut a beech

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Oface: Signs like: 'Jesus is Coming! Everyone Look Busy!'

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I know Christian groups like his rightfully top many shit lists (which I admit as a Christian myself, though not a cultie) but they haven't cornered the market on crap like this, not historically. The Vikings used to kidnap and rape women before going to war, then bind them and toss them into bogs to die. And they were all like "Well, Thor says we HAVE to do this in order to win the war!"
Same old shit, ten centuries later.

DalaiMama

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I've had REALLY good sex and thought "I see god!" and maybe heard an angel or two, but geesh! I was 31 and the dude was really hot! This is wrong on every level. These poor kids are ruined. It actually left a pit in my stomach after watching this!

Zoerly

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @crushdmb: I think the point she is trying to make is that people can twist the Bible to make it mean anything they want it to, like this sick fucker, know what I mean?

hortense

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: but didn't you also kind of think he named her that so he could feel like he was ordering a dog around (cause i'm pretty sure that's what he thinks about women in general). i dunno...everytime i heard her name, i was like, huh, that's what i tell a dog when i want him to hang out around me.

ok, stupid thought. never mind.

summerwheatley

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: If she does have a valid point, I wish she'd make it instead of offering up cryptic one liners that read as if they're giving the OK for any self-proclaimed messiah to commit criminal acts against children or anyone else.

@AbbyNormal: Exactly. Keeping children from their parents? Incest? Cult, not religion.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: Um. I think the whole sex-with-minors thing kinda makes it pretty obvious he's just a nut and not "the Messiah."

I'm atheist so maybe I'm biased, but seriously, now.

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Oface: @brookidy: People come on. She knows that's not what it means. But Mr. Lord & Savior here doesn't seem to keen on honest interpretations of the holy book, ya know?

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: I know, right. That would imply that hell would be the place where men don't rape women and where children aren't molested. In which case, sign me up for hell!

haguenite

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: I really, really hope you're being facetious. If not, wtf?!

little stripes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: So how would we know if the real messiah did return? That's prophesied in the Bible, so if you're Christian you must believe it to some extent. Is it so crazy to think that it could happen in our lifetime?

If it does I don't believe for one second that Jesus is going to need to see you naked or have sex with your wife.
I just don't see how cult members can't see something is weird when they alienate you from your family and then start talking about sex with the cult's women and girls.

CreoleSugar

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @Oface: Yeah, like famine.
[www.washingtonpost.com]

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Wow. I had such an amazing therapy session that not even this can bring me down. I'm all "Wow, this is a 10 on the scale of suck. Horrible. Sad. Clown. Banana." Wonder how long that's going to last. I'm sure there'll be more posts about the general suckiness of the human race soon.

haguenite

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @dr.funke: It seemed as though they had already left before the whole seven virgins thing, but let their children stay. I wonder if the parents just felt ill-equipped to handle the real world and knew they couldn't take care of their children. Some of these people had been followers for 20 years (on the New Mexico compound for 7) and probably still had some issues.

But if I knew a cult was not the right place for me, how could I possibly leave my child there? It's just really sad that the fierce protectiveness you want parents to have seems to have been thwarted in these folks.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Thank Zeus, i'm an Atheist. It seems like Chimpy Mcfucktard has ushered in the era of crazy christian cults.

DontFearTheReaper

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: Yeah, but it also says in the bible in revelations that there will be signs before His return.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: PLEASE tell me you're joking. When Jesus wanted the children to come to him, it was to tell them parables. NOT to molest them.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: That makes sense--I'm not sure why I expected the parents to be much different than their children. They're exhibiting some kind of shared vulnerability to the cult to begin with.

Did the parent's leave because they realized the cult was bullshit or because they felt the laying with virgins business seemed illegal/inappropriate? I think there is a difference there in terms of how willing you would be to let your daughter go back. If you hadn't completely given up on his "message" you might be willing to overlook the sexually inappropriate behavior.

dr.funke

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: Well, if the real messiah returns, and god really wants them to have sex with young teens, then perhaps their brand of religion isn't for me.

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> This man obviously has a raging narcissistic personality disorder, among other things. No one is more persuasive and damaging than a malignant narcissist, particularly to young people - I know this from personal experiences.
As a spiritual person, what really chaps my ass is that the more Holier than thou these little men are, the more vehement they are in their insistence that God wants them to boink as many women as possible, the younger, the better.
Makes me kind of long for those Old Testament days when this guy would have been zapped into bacon before you could say 'Methuselah'.

DalaiMama

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @summerwheatley: I think he looks creepy, the teens giggling look creepy. It freaks me out.

filthygorgeous

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @brookidy: I think Heather#1 is trying to make a point. There may have been people who saw Jesus as super creepy and crazy, just because he was different and preached something that didn't fit in with society at the time.

So how would we know if the real messiah did return? That's prophesied in the Bible, so if you're Christian you must believe it to some extent. Is it so crazy to think that it could happen in our lifetime? And would we recognize it, or just think it was a crazy person? These were things I thought about when I was hanging out with Baptists in high school.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @brookidy: @NefariousNewt: Yeah, my sarcasm voice is a little quiet today. But for real, like BitterSugar said, Jesus does NOT need a physical relationship with you, or for you to lie naked with some self-proclaimed messiah. Isn't thsi guy proclaiming that he is the son of god total blasphemy? Do his followers even read the Bible? I know many folks don't, but it seems that if you are in an extreme faction you would have a little more knowledge than the average parishioner. Or you should. Of course, cult dynamics such as these are not about god so much as about control and power.
@HeatherNumber1: You're making baby jesus cry!I'm telling Mr. Flanders.

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LaComtesse:

Well put. It comes down to these young women believing in nothing better for themselves, and it's so very sad. It makes me want to have daughters to teach them self-respect, and have sons to teach them to have the same.

BrutallyHonestBabes

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> is it me, but does LOR kind of look like LotR or the abbreviation of Lord of the Rings? Makes me chuckle just a bit.

filthygorgeous

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: You've got to be kidding me.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @thegreenman: Weird, since God seems to pretty often say not to do that.

ExtensionOfBob

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @SarahMC: Jeezy Creezy! I'm a modern day Martin Luther I am. Ein minuten bitter! Oh wait, he just questioned the church, not the lord. Must be the heathen in me.
@howdybeep (rear wheel drive): Sadly, probably true. But I like to calm myself down with notions of shivs in the shower dancing in my head.

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: Well said.

ExtensionOfBob

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @thegreenman: The ultimate Twinkie Defense. Where twinkie=god.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: "Home office". Haha!

thegreenman

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Was she washing a popsicle maker in the sink? God must approve of frozen phallic treats.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: 'Let the little children come unto me.'

HeatherNumber1

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @NefariousNewt: Also, no sexin for JC. I guess this guy is just the typical younger brother, he gets away with everything!

katieb: in charge of the war on the poor.

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Oh, and can I just say, I would be pissed if my new cult name was Healed. Like, really? Not Ruth or Rachel or some other biblical name like everybody else, but Healed. That would suck.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @dr.funke: They did remove her at some point, and I think maybe she came back. The blonde girl in the first clip left for a little while but then she went on a hunger strike so her mom let her return to the cult.

thegreenman

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: I haven't read my Bible in a while, but I'm pretty sure it's not in there. I don't remember Jesus getting any directives from the home office to that effect either.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> The Bible teaches you that God already loves you. There is only one Son of God. You do not need to be naked in front of God - or Jesus - to have him accept you. If you accept God/Christ/Whomever you choose, and try your hardest to live your life accordingly and to how you feel is appropriate and is right for you, you are loved. This is fucking blasphemy. This is fucking sick and disgusting, but that part should go without being said.

raleigh likes swaddling

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @dr.funke: Two of the children did leave the compound to live with their mother who had left the cult. One of them at least refused to eat until her mom let her go back. The mom was interviewed and was crying and clearly upset, but you could tell she didn't have much of a backbone. I mean, she got into the cult in the first place, so I don't think she had strong enough will to assert authority over her kids.

Healed, the one with the line about brainwashing, left for a while and came back, too.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: I don't recall the part where Jesus has sex. Period.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> If Healed is a minor and her parents have left, how is she still there? Can't her parents call the police to forcefully bring her home? Or is she no longer underage? bad, bad parenting all around.

My sister and I watched this the other day. Creepy.

katieb: in charge of the war on the poor.

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: It's in a special book of the bible that has disappeared. But by lying with some virgins, it will appear to you. Duh!

FoxintheSnow

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> The 3 kids in the swing act like they're 5 years old. Everything is so hilarious, hee hee hee! I don't see how they could ever be integrated into society.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @LadyNo Fondles Sweaters: And he told his son to blame God because God made him screw his daughter-in-law. WHAT?

thegreenman

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: Except Jesus was inclusive, not exclusive. That's how you can tell that none of these nuts is even remotely the Messiah. First, Jesus very rarely played up the "Son of God" angle, and second, his teachings show that he was trying to give all people hope and bring them together, no matter what their station in life. This guy is doing none of this -- he has rejected society and does nothing to be inclusive.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Oh god, the shot of the girl in the second video plunging the sponge into the ice cube tray is a little... suggestive.

bruitdautrui

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: In the local system, he'll be treated as a hero.

howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches)

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @AbbyNormal: How dare you question the lord!

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I keep being distracted from the creepy horrible-ness of all of this by the fact that he looks like a hairy Michael Palin. And then I wonder why K-k-k-kenny is wandering around with naked brainwashed virgins.

stasis

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> The 15-year old is a minor, no? Don't her parents have some legal authority to remove her from that compound? Am I missing something?

dr.funke

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @HeatherNumber1: I don't recall the part where Jesus has sex with the children of his followers. What gospel is that in?

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @TheUptightMidwesterner: Your husband sounds awesome.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @TheUptightMidwesterner: Your husband is funny.

I think if you've never felt loved or special, or worthy, and suddenly someone tells you you're chosen and beautiful, you can be convinced to do just about anything.

LaComtesse

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> That first clip is frightening. The way the kids look at him and how he's going to respond to each question just shows they have no mind of their own - completely brainwashed. *shudder*

FoxintheSnow

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Oh, right, God wants skeevy old men to have sex with naive teenagers, how could we have missed that? I hope he goes to prison and henceforth will be known for doing "Bubba from Cell Block D's will."

AbbyNormal

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Eh, I dunno. What if he is the new Messiah? There was another guy who had some pretty wacky ideas, and people didn't like him very much. His name? Jesus. And he's in the book.

HeatherNumber1

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @ExtensionOfBob: That's exactly what I said yesterday! They were all pretty attractive young women/girls. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> How she kept saying when lying naked with him that 'God was in her'...that was just a poor choice of words. Icky.

LagunaBitch

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @summerwheatley: The women had this glazed over look in their eyes. If I had to imagine what a brainwashed person looked like, that would be it.

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Yeah...question...were any of those virgins male?

ExtensionOfBob

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I mean, I know how cults work, but I still can't believe that this guy walks up to people and is like "I'm the son of God, and I must molest your daughters" and they're just like "awesome, what a great idea!" It boggles my mind and makes me really sad.

angelheadedhipster

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> Oh, man, that was such an interesting documentary. I liked the part when he was explaining why he "consummated" with his daughter-in-law, while his poor devoted son just had to listen to the story and act like it didn't make him sick. When asked if they only had sex that one time, Bent laughed and said, "You know the answer to that. Does a groom only consummate with his wife once?" Creepy, creepy dude.

Oh, and the part where he likened himself laying naked with virgins to a doctor giving a pelvic exam. "MDs stick there fingers in women's sex parts to give pap smears or whatever!"

LadyNo Fondles Sweaters

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> This was a Channel 4 (UK) documentary months ago; they seem to have dubbed it with an American accent. My friends and I watched it; it was SO scary.

At the end, the end of the world doesn't happen (obviously), and the guy just re-sets the date. The saddest part of it is his son, who has to let his dad sleep with his wife and clearly isn't totally committed to the ideas of the cult. His son had this permanent melancholy about him, it was really painful to watch.

rah29

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> so. fucking. creepy.

Sparker_Pants

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @myrtlebeachbum: That's not all they're twiddling.

SarahMC

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @BitterSugar: This = These.

Sorry.

CreoleSugar

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I couldn't watch the entire thing - its so disgusting.

dirtybee says bee yourself!

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I so told all of you about this line yesterday! Wasn't this show amazing?

I thought the worst thing was when he slept with his son's wife.

Sunbunny

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> @dr.funke: Yeah, I can kinda see the resemblance...Although, when I think of Will Forte, I then think of MacGruber and that's a whole world of funny.

However, this culty dude is such a creep and preying on and manipulating the weak is completely despicable and disgusting.

KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]> I had a hard time sleeping last night because of that doc. I was laying there and wondering to my husband about how can a girl be so totally bamboozled to hook up with some total psycho and ignore every modicum of common sense tossed her way.
He just shrugged and said "well, you married me, so I don't know what to tell you".

TheUptightMidwesterner

]]> <![CDATA[Teen Cult Member: "Michael Has Washed My Brain Of All My Own Corrupt Thoughts"]]>