Zwölf Stämme: Gericht verurteilt zwei Mütter zu Bewährungsstrafen
Weil sie ihre Kinder mit Ruten gezüchtigt haben, sind am Dienstag zwei Mütter der umstrittenen Glaubensgemeinschaft Zwölf Stämme wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung verurteilt worden.
https://jesus.de/nachrichten-themen/nachrichten/zwoelf-staemme-gericht-verurteilt-zwei-muetter-zu-bewaehrungsstrafen/
Weil sie ihre Kinder mit Ruten gezüchtigt haben, sind am Dienstag zwei Mütter der umstrittenen Glaubensgemeinschaft Zwölf Stämme wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung verurteilt worden.
https://jesus.de/nachrichten-themen/nachrichten/zwoelf-staemme-gericht-verurteilt-zwei-muetter-zu-bewaehrungsstrafen/
QAnon Is Not Dead, It’s Evolving Into Something Far Worse
As QAnon supporters began storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, Mike Rothschild was sitting at home on the other side of the country, putting what he thought were the finishing touches to “The Storm Is Upon Us,” his book about the conspiracy movement.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avnbj/qanon-mike-rothschild-book-the-storm-is-upon-us
As QAnon supporters began storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, Mike Rothschild was sitting at home on the other side of the country, putting what he thought were the finishing touches to “The Storm Is Upon Us,” his book about the conspiracy movement.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avnbj/qanon-mike-rothschild-book-the-storm-is-upon-us
Vice
QAnon Isn't Dead. It's Evolving Into Something Far Worse.
Mike Rothschild, the author of the new book “The Storm Is Upon Us,” is very concerned about QAnon’s “true believers.” The FBI agrees.
My Childhood in a Cult Prepared Me for COVID-19 Lockdown
I can vividly recall the final time I hugged friends before the lockdown. We were crowded in the velvety closeness of a dark music venue where they were performing. I was robed in embraces and rhythm—rich in love, not knowing this night would be the last of its kind for a long time.
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/06/24/my-childhood-in-a-cult-prepared-me-for-covid-19-lockdown/ideas/essay/
I can vividly recall the final time I hugged friends before the lockdown. We were crowded in the velvety closeness of a dark music venue where they were performing. I was robed in embraces and rhythm—rich in love, not knowing this night would be the last of its kind for a long time.
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/06/24/my-childhood-in-a-cult-prepared-me-for-covid-19-lockdown/ideas/essay/
Zócalo Public Square
My Childhood in a Cult Prepared Me for COVID-19 Lockdown
I can vividly recall the final time I hugged friends before the lockdown. We were crowded in the velvety closeness of a dark music venue where they were performing. I was robed in
Scientology leader David Miscavige’s estranged father Ron has only days to live – and needs GoFundMe to pay for funeral
SCIENTOLOGY leader David Miscavige’s estranged father has only days to live - and has been forced to set up a GoFundMe page to pay for his own funeral. Ron Miscavige left the Church in 2012 and wrote an explosive autobiography four years later detailing his son’s ruthless leadership.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/7192590/scientology-david-miscavige-father-gofundme-funeral/
SCIENTOLOGY leader David Miscavige’s estranged father has only days to live - and has been forced to set up a GoFundMe page to pay for his own funeral. Ron Miscavige left the Church in 2012 and wrote an explosive autobiography four years later detailing his son’s ruthless leadership.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/7192590/scientology-david-miscavige-father-gofundme-funeral/
The Irish Sun
Scientology leader David Miscavige’s estranged father Ron has only days to live – and needs GoFundMe to pay for funeral
SCIENTOLOGY leader David Miscavige’s estranged father has only days to live – and has been forced to set up a GoFundMe page to pay for his own funeral. Ron Miscavige left the Church in 2012 a…
This Girl Grew Up In A Cult Without Realising
Faith Elizabeth Hunter, who goes by Liz, was raised in Texas in a family belonging to the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) – also known as ATI – an ultra-conservative Christian sect established in 1961.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/this-girl-grew-up-in-a-cult-without-realising/
Faith Elizabeth Hunter, who goes by Liz, was raised in Texas in a family belonging to the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) – also known as ATI – an ultra-conservative Christian sect established in 1961.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/this-girl-grew-up-in-a-cult-without-realising/
www.unilad.co.uk
This Girl Grew Up In A Cult Without Realising
A woman who grew up in a cult has spoken about what her experience was like, and how she realised she needed to get out. Faith Elizabeth Hunter, who goes by Liz, was raised in Texas in a family belonging to the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) –…
Ron Miscavige, who renounced Scientology, the church his son leads, dies at 85
In 1969, Ron Miscavige brought his 9-year-old son to his first Scientology counseling session in an attempt to rid the boy of frightening bouts of asthma. The ailment disappeared. The suburban New Jersey family became instant believers.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2021/06/28/ron-miscavige-who-renounced-scientology-the-church-his-son-leads-dies-at-85/
In 1969, Ron Miscavige brought his 9-year-old son to his first Scientology counseling session in an attempt to rid the boy of frightening bouts of asthma. The ailment disappeared. The suburban New Jersey family became instant believers.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2021/06/28/ron-miscavige-who-renounced-scientology-the-church-his-son-leads-dies-at-85/
Tampa Bay Times
Ron Miscavige, who renounced Scientology, the church his son leads, dies at 85
After leaving Scientology in 2012, he spoke out “so other people wouldn’t have to go through what we’ve gone through,” said his wife, Becky Miscavige.
Why Do We Believe in Cults? Hint: It’s Not Brainwashing
Cultish groups are an all-out American obsession. All any of my friends could talk about the week I started writing this book was the 2019 folk horror film Midsommar, about a fictional murderous Dionysian cult in Sweden characterized by psychedelic-fueled sex rituals and human sacrifices.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-do-we-believe-in-cults-hint-its-not-brainwashing
Cultish groups are an all-out American obsession. All any of my friends could talk about the week I started writing this book was the 2019 folk horror film Midsommar, about a fictional murderous Dionysian cult in Sweden characterized by psychedelic-fueled sex rituals and human sacrifices.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-do-we-believe-in-cults-hint-its-not-brainwashing
The Daily Beast
Why Do We Believe in Cults? Hint: It’s Not Brainwashing
A linguist explains what’s really going on—and why it’s already happening to you.
Scientologe half "Querdenken" aus den Startlöchern
Der Scientologe und der "Querdenken"-Gründer: Arne E., Werbefigur und Großspender bei Scientology, half Michael Ballweg beim Aufbau von "Querdenken", organisiert selbst Veranstaltungen mit. (Quelle: Screenshot Instagram)
https://www.t-online.de/-/90278716
Der Scientologe und der "Querdenken"-Gründer: Arne E., Werbefigur und Großspender bei Scientology, half Michael Ballweg beim Aufbau von "Querdenken", organisiert selbst Veranstaltungen mit. (Quelle: Screenshot Instagram)
https://www.t-online.de/-/90278716
T-Online
Scientologe half "Querdenken" aus den Startlöchern
Ein Scientologe half Michael Ballweg, dessen Organisation “Querdenken” aufzubauen. Recherchen von t-online und SWR zeigen, wie sich ein Mann in der Sekte und in der sektenähnlichen Organisation einbringt.
«Der Glaube stand über allem» – so wächst man in einer Freikriche auf
Samuel Suter wurde in eine Schweizer Freikirche hineingeboren, wo stets strenge Gebote und Verbote galten. Bis 25 drehte sich sein Leben um Gott und den Glauben.
https://www.watson.ch/!812420777
Samuel Suter wurde in eine Schweizer Freikirche hineingeboren, wo stets strenge Gebote und Verbote galten. Bis 25 drehte sich sein Leben um Gott und den Glauben.
https://www.watson.ch/!812420777
watson.ch
«Habe die Bibel in tausend Stücke gerissen» – Samuels harter Ausstieg aus der Freikirche
Samuel Suter wurde in eine Schweizer Freikirche hineingeboren, wo stets strenge Gebote und Verbote galten. Bis 25 drehte sich sein Leben um Gott und den …
"Smallville"-Star muss ins Gefängnis
Über mehrere Jahre rekrutiert und erpresst Allison Mack Frauen für die Sekte NXIVM. Für diese Vergehen wird die "Smallville"-Darstellerin nun zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt. Vor Gericht entschuldigt sich die 38-Jährige bei den Opfern.
https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Smallville-Star-muss-ins-Gefaengnis-article22655949.html
Über mehrere Jahre rekrutiert und erpresst Allison Mack Frauen für die Sekte NXIVM. Für diese Vergehen wird die "Smallville"-Darstellerin nun zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt. Vor Gericht entschuldigt sich die 38-Jährige bei den Opfern.
https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Smallville-Star-muss-ins-Gefaengnis-article22655949.html
n-tv.de
Prozess um Sekte NXIVM: "Smallville"-Star muss ins Gefängnis
Über mehrere Jahre rekrutiert und erpresst Allison Mack Frauen für die Sekte NXIVM. Für diese Vergehen wird die "Smallville"-Darstellerin nun zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt. Vor Gericht entschuldigt sich die 38-Jährige bei den Opfern.
Allison Mack: How She Came To The NXIVM Sect
This week Allison Mack She made news again because she was finally sentenced to serve three years in prison for the crimes of sex trafficking and by conspiration of forced labor due to his active participation in the sect NXIVM, Founded by Keith Raniere, who has already received a life sentence with
https://marketresearchtelecast.com/allison-mack-how-she-came-to-the-nxivm-sect/91999/
This week Allison Mack She made news again because she was finally sentenced to serve three years in prison for the crimes of sex trafficking and by conspiration of forced labor due to his active participation in the sect NXIVM, Founded by Keith Raniere, who has already received a life sentence with
https://marketresearchtelecast.com/allison-mack-how-she-came-to-the-nxivm-sect/91999/
Market Research Telecast
Allison Mack: How She Came To The NXIVM Sect - Market Research Telecast
This week Allison Mack She made news again because she was finally sentenced to serve three years in prison for the crimes of sex trafficking and by conspiration of forced labor due to his active ... Read more
Inside the Children of God cult: ‘Some girls had to marry their dads’
Growing up, Bexy Cameron didn’t exactly know there was something odd about her childhood. She knew that moments of happiness tended to be brief. She remembers sitting on the back of her sister’s bike one day, as they cycled along a dusty road in India. She felt happy then, she remembers. Free.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inside-the-children-of-god-cult-some-girls-had-to-marry-their-dads-fwk33wm2v
Growing up, Bexy Cameron didn’t exactly know there was something odd about her childhood. She knew that moments of happiness tended to be brief. She remembers sitting on the back of her sister’s bike one day, as they cycled along a dusty road in India. She felt happy then, she remembers. Free.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inside-the-children-of-god-cult-some-girls-had-to-marry-their-dads-fwk33wm2v
www.thetimes.co.uk
Inside the Children of God cult: ‘Some girls had to marry their dads’
Growing up, Bexy Cameron didn’t exactly know there was something odd about her childhood. She knew that moments of happiness tended to be brief. She remembers s
Allison Mack: Hollywood actor with key role in abusive Nxivm sex cult
Allison Mack, the actor best known for her starring role in the series Smallville, presented a very different look to the woman who’d arrived at the same Brooklyn courthouse in early 2018 to be arraigned on charges she manipulated women into becoming sexual slaves within the Nxivm self-empowerment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/04/allison-mack-nxivm-cult-smallville-actor
Allison Mack, the actor best known for her starring role in the series Smallville, presented a very different look to the woman who’d arrived at the same Brooklyn courthouse in early 2018 to be arraigned on charges she manipulated women into becoming sexual slaves within the Nxivm self-empowerment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/04/allison-mack-nxivm-cult-smallville-actor
the Guardian
Allison Mack: Hollywood actor with key role in abusive Nxivm sex cult
The Smallville star was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. How did she fall into the service of such a group?
Was Mother Teresa a Cult Leader?
During the Trump years, there was a small boom in documentaries about cults. At least two TV series and a podcast were made about Nxivm, an organization that was half multilevel marketing scheme, half sex abuse cabal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/opinion/mother-teresa.html
During the Trump years, there was a small boom in documentaries about cults. At least two TV series and a podcast were made about Nxivm, an organization that was half multilevel marketing scheme, half sex abuse cabal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/opinion/mother-teresa.html
NY Times
Opinion | Was Mother Teresa a Cult Leader? (Published 2021)
In a new podcast, women who left the Missionaries of Charity speak out.
Heute ist eine neue Folge Secta erschienen: Im Jahr 1994 erschüttert ein Massaker die Welt. In Kanada und Frankreich werden bei Hausbränden Dutzende Tote gefunden. Alle waren Mitglieder des Sonnentempler-Ordens, einer bis dahin völlig unscheinbaren esoterischen Gemeinschaft. Was ist passiert? Und warum gab es Jahre später noch weitere Todesfälle?
https://secta.fm/sonnentempler/
https://secta.fm/sonnentempler/
Secta
#33 Die Sonnentempler
Im Jahr 1994 erschüttert ein Massaker die Weltnachrichten: In Kanada und Frankreich werden bei Hausbränden Dutzende Tote gefunden. Alle waren Mitglieder des Sonnentempler-Ordens, einer bis dahin vö…
Asche des Aum-Sektenführers geht endgültig an seine zweite Tochter
Seit der Hinrichtung des Anführers der Aum Shinrikyo Sekte wird rechtlich darüber gestritten, wer die sterblichen Überreste erhalten soll. Japans Supreme Court hat nun eine endgültige Entscheidung getroffen. Das Gericht lehnte am Montag die Berufung der vierten Tochter von Shoko Asahara ab.
https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/kriminalitaet/asche-des-aum-sektenfuehrers-geht-endgueltig-an-seine-zweite-tochter-295982/
Seit der Hinrichtung des Anführers der Aum Shinrikyo Sekte wird rechtlich darüber gestritten, wer die sterblichen Überreste erhalten soll. Japans Supreme Court hat nun eine endgültige Entscheidung getroffen. Das Gericht lehnte am Montag die Berufung der vierten Tochter von Shoko Asahara ab.
https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/kriminalitaet/asche-des-aum-sektenfuehrers-geht-endgueltig-an-seine-zweite-tochter-295982/
Sumikai
Asche des Aum-Sektenführers geht endgültig an seine zweite Tochter
Seit der Hinrichtung des Anführers der Aum Shinrikyo Sekte wird rechtlich darüber gestritten, wer die sterblichen Überreste erhalten soll. Japans Supreme
Qanon agiert auf Online-Plattformen jetzt weniger offensichtlich
In der Endphase der Präsidentschaft von Donald Trump erlebte Qanon enormen Zulauf. Vor allem über Soziale Medien verbreitete die Gruppe ganz offen extremistische Inhalte. Heute sind deren Parolen und Kampfansagen nicht mehr ganz so leicht zu finden.
https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/qanon-agiert-auf-online-plattformen-jetzt-weniger-offensichtlich/
In der Endphase der Präsidentschaft von Donald Trump erlebte Qanon enormen Zulauf. Vor allem über Soziale Medien verbreitete die Gruppe ganz offen extremistische Inhalte. Heute sind deren Parolen und Kampfansagen nicht mehr ganz so leicht zu finden.
https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/qanon-agiert-auf-online-plattformen-jetzt-weniger-offensichtlich/
Jüdische Allgemeine
Qanon agiert auf Online-Plattformen jetzt weniger offensichtlich
Der neue Kurs von Facebook und Twitter zeigt Wirkung: Verschwörungstheoretiker sind in den beiden Netzwerken nicht mehr so präsent wie noch vor wenigen Monaten. Das heißt aber nicht, dass die Anhänger der blockierten Accounts aus dem Internet verschwunden…
How Scientology wrecks the lives of people who never even go near it
Some people don’t have to read a single word about Scientology in the media to know that they will never, ever, be part of that group. They haven’t read anything negative about Scientology, nor have they read anything positive about Scientology.
https://tonyortega.org/2021/07/12/how-scientology-wrecks-the-lives-of-people-who-never-even-go-near-it/
Some people don’t have to read a single word about Scientology in the media to know that they will never, ever, be part of that group. They haven’t read anything negative about Scientology, nor have they read anything positive about Scientology.
https://tonyortega.org/2021/07/12/how-scientology-wrecks-the-lives-of-people-who-never-even-go-near-it/
tonyortega.org
How Scientology wrecks the lives of people who never even go near it | The Underground Bunker
Tabs keep telling us Tom Cruise is ditching Scientology, and always with zero evidence
How many times have the tabloids written this story, that Tom Cruise is maybe, perhaps, leaving Scientology, basing that claim on nameless “insiders” whose quotes always turn out to be built on pure vapor?
https://tonyortega.org/2021/07/10/tabs-keep-telling-us-tom-cruise-is-ditching-scientology-and-always-with-zero-evidence/
How many times have the tabloids written this story, that Tom Cruise is maybe, perhaps, leaving Scientology, basing that claim on nameless “insiders” whose quotes always turn out to be built on pure vapor?
https://tonyortega.org/2021/07/10/tabs-keep-telling-us-tom-cruise-is-ditching-scientology-and-always-with-zero-evidence/
tonyortega.org
Tabs keep telling us Tom Cruise is ditching Scientology, and always with zero evidence | The Underground Bunker
Wenn der Glaube „berauscht“
Im Grunde beginnt es bereits bei feierlicher Orgelmusik oder dem Rhythmus des Rosenkranzgebetes: Im religiösen Ritual soll ein veränderter Bewusstseinszustand hergestellt werden – unter Umständen bis hin zur Trance.
https://religion.orf.at/stories/3207630/
Im Grunde beginnt es bereits bei feierlicher Orgelmusik oder dem Rhythmus des Rosenkranzgebetes: Im religiösen Ritual soll ein veränderter Bewusstseinszustand hergestellt werden – unter Umständen bis hin zur Trance.
https://religion.orf.at/stories/3207630/
religion.ORF.at
Wenn der Glaube „berauscht“
Von mild aufputschend über stark berauschend bis regelrecht psychedelisch: Drogen – im weitesten Sinn des Wortes – haben in der Welt der Religionen nicht den besten Ruf. Der Begriff „puritanisch“ ist nicht umsonst kirchlichen Ursprungs, und das Alkoholverbot…
My escape and recovery from life as ‘sex cult girl’
At the start of Bexy Cameron’s jaw-dropping memoir, she writes that when strangers hear she grew up in a cult, they say to her, “Tell me everything”. Even having read the book, I have the exact same response. Cameron (38) lives in London, and we’re on a Zoom call together.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/my-escape-and-recovery-from-life-as-sex-cult-girl-1.4626562
At the start of Bexy Cameron’s jaw-dropping memoir, she writes that when strangers hear she grew up in a cult, they say to her, “Tell me everything”. Even having read the book, I have the exact same response. Cameron (38) lives in London, and we’re on a Zoom call together.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/my-escape-and-recovery-from-life-as-sex-cult-girl-1.4626562
The Irish Times
My escape and recovery from life as ‘sex cult girl’
Bexy Cameron spent her childhood in the Children of God cult, expecting to die as a teenager