Nov 24, 2020
Our guests Sean Prophet and Christophe Difo of the Radical Secular discuss the process of leaving cults and harmful religions. We dive into their personal stories of leaving Church Universal and Triumphant and how they came to terms with embracing a more healthy worldview.
Topics include:
- Stories behind the scenes of the CUT hierarchy
- Rationalizing the failure of prophecy
- How bomb shelter lunacy led to disillusionment
- Hypocrisy that undermined legitimacy
- How homophobia can undermine fundamentalism and be a tipping
point for people to leave religions.
- How physical distance from believers helps one to break free
- Inner conflict about social justice
- The Just World fallacy
- Taming the voice of shame
- How members were publicly shamed for normal sexuality
- Sexual repression
- Inability to discuss life issues with family members
- Hidden rage, anger, and insecurity of messengers
- A cosmic/spiritual caste system