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April 2, 2009, 11:19 am PDT
04/02 Out of the Cult Follow-Up
Quote From: iamshesh45I was brought up as a Jehovahs Witness, and also brought up my own two sons in the religion. When my marriiage broke up I beleived it was right to keep the boys from seeing their father who was disfellowshipped and regarded as "apostate". I persuaded them over time (huge regrets for this) to call him and tell him themselves. I hurt them so badly, they will never recover. So many "normal" things they missed out on due to my religious fervour.
My Ex husband now runs a "group" where he is the reincarnated Jesus and lives with his "soul mate" the reincarnated Mary Magdalene. He has leadership of at least 80 local people plus many more worlwide through his seminars and dvd's. He travels the world and now lives off donations to the group.
My sons are 22 and 24 yrs old and have many emotional scars from the cult they grew up in and the cult their father now espouses!!!
My poor boys, I love them so much and it kills me to see them in emotional pain. Both suffer depression (of course) and feel as though they "dont fit in" with normal people.
They are absolutely gorgeous young men despite their problems and try very hard to wrestle with their emotions on many subjects.
I wish Dr Phil could help us.
Sheree While most probably wouldn't regard Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult, and it is much more mainstream than the polygamist groups "featured" on Dr Phil's shows, much of their bizarre "doctrine" is based on Bible verses twisted out of context. "Doctrine" based on obscure, out-of-context, mostly Old Testament, verses is characteristic of cults.
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