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The Cult My Dad Was In

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The Cult My Dad Was In
Edwardo Piet Away
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The Cult My Dad Was In
December 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm
My dad was in this cult:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_(esoteric_movement)

I assume no one else here has heard of it?

Anyways, my dad is kind of nuts so... lol. Yeah. My parents weren't traditionally religious but they believed in this weird shit.
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 23, 2017 at 6:11 pm (This post was last modified: December 23, 2017 at 6:16 pm by Seraphina. Edit Reason: correction )
I've never heard of it. But there are cults right here in California that I've never heard of until they commit some atrocious crime and then make the news.
I never heard of the Heaven's Gate cult until they committed mass suicide by poisoned jello.

ETA: I hate to say this but my dark sense of humor finds the mass suicide by poisoned jello sorta funny...

Ok, according to Wikipedia, it was poisoned applesauce...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s...ous_group)

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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 23, 2017 at 6:49 pm
Don't worry about it lol. I find darker things amusing Hehe
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 24, 2017 at 10:28 am
If you include your dad, how was 5 people a cult? That's just a twisted gathering.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 24, 2017 at 12:22 pm (This post was last modified: December 24, 2017 at 12:23 pm by Gawdzilla Sama.)
My Y-donor was a Kluxxer. So it could have been worse.
(December 24, 2017 at 10:28 am)mh.brewer Wrote: If you include your dad, how was 5 people a cult? That's just a twisted gathering.

Or a DND game.  Tongue
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 24, 2017 at 12:50 pm
(December 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm)Hammy Wrote: My dad was in this cult:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_(esoteric_movement)

I assume no one else here has heard of it?

Anyways, my dad is kind of nuts so... lol. Yeah. My parents weren't traditionally religious but they believed in this weird shit.

Hmm never heard of it!

But in reading the link, it doesn't seem to really fall under the definition of cult.
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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 24, 2017 at 1:29 pm
(December 24, 2017 at 10:28 am)mh.brewer Wrote: If you include your dad, how was 5 people a cult? That's just a twisted gathering.

Lol it was more like 30,000 people.
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 27, 2017 at 5:57 am
I'm from France and I'm 23 years old.

It's the first time in my life I'm reading something about this movement.
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 27, 2017 at 3:47 pm
(December 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm)Hammy Wrote: My dad was in this cult:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_(esoteric_movement)

I assume no one else here has heard of it?

Anyways, my dad is kind of nuts so... lol. Yeah. My parents weren't traditionally religious but they believed in this weird shit.

LOL I wonder if this was the inspiration for Pierce's religion on Community.
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RE: The Cult My Dad Was In
December 27, 2017 at 3:54 pm (This post was last modified: December 27, 2017 at 3:57 pm by CapnAwesome.)
That's funny. My dad is also part of a cult/small religion. Maybe 100,000 people worldwide. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_Baba

Pete Townshend was also part of it. Although cult I think is a strong word really, since they aren't really trying to get your money, it's not really that small, nor do they make it hard to leave.
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