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In Reply to: Re: NOT - Joseph was a cultist posted by actually on September 30, 2003 at 20:11:25:
That was especially true about the group I was in. It was a lot like Scientology, because we stayed in our jobs and homes, and tried to recruit people that way. It was all about recruitment.
I absolutely can not compare my experience to that of people who joined The Family. Except that I do know what it is like to get totally sucked into something. I didn't leave home, but I still thought about it 24/7 for about three years. So, even if I was at work, I was busy trying to enroll new people. I doubt I had a conversation that lasted over a minute that didn't somehow relate back to est.
Another thing I did right at the same time that was very cultish was Amway. You wouldn't think that selling soap could be like being in a cult, but it is.
In fact, our own dear Rick Ross has a section on Amway at his cult website:
http://www.rickross.com/groups/amway.html
