The duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, Cults' twinkling experimenta… Read Full Bio ↴The duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, Cults' twinkling experimental pop combines gauzy sounds with moods that hit surprisingly hard. On their 2010 breakthrough "Go Outside," dream pop haze and '60s girl group harmonies provided the perfect backdrop for Follin's sweetly empathetic vocals, creating the template for Cults' sound. On the albums that followed, the duo gave different nuances to this style. They added Technicolor vibrancy to 2011's Cults; darkness that echoed the end of their romantic relationship on 2013's Static; and a streamlined approach that reflected the electro-pop purveyors that sprang up in their wake on 2017's Offering. On this album and 2020's Host, Follin's growing creative input reinforced the delicate yet enduring appeal of Cults' music.

Cults formed in 2010, when native San Franciscans Follin and Oblivion were attending school in New York City (Oblivion was a documentary film student at NYU; Follin was studying at the New School). A couple at the time, they wrote and recorded songs in Oblivion's apartment using a computer and a cheap midi keyboard, and before the year was over, they released their self-titled debut EP on Forest Family Records. One of the EP's songs, "Go Outside," which Cults recorded with Paul Kostabi at Thunderdome Studios, became a viral hit, earning acclaim from publications including Pitchfork and NME.

Cults built on the success of "Go Outside" by touring with Richie Follin's Band (the project of Madeline's older brother) for six months. They then signed to In the Name Of, an imprint of Columbia Records founded by Lily Allen. Produced by Shane Stoneback, Cults' June 2011 self-titled album delivered more of their atmospheric, retro-futuristic indie pop and charted in the U.K., Canada, and the U.S., reaching number 52 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. That year, the duo also appeared on the AIDS/HIV research benefit album Red Hot+Rio 2, collaborating with Superhuman Happiness on a cover of "Um Canto de Afoxé para o Bloco Do Ilê." Along with touring in support of the album, Cults also appeared at the Portishead-curated ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that September and at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival, which was curated by Battles, that December.

In October 2013, Cults returned with their second album, Static. Recorded with Stoneback in the wake of Follin and Oblivion's breakup, it won strong reviews for its emotive songwriting and peaked at number 114 on the Billboard Top 200. That month, the duo also appeared with Amber Coffman on J. Cole's "She Knows" from his album Born Sinner; the song hit number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Following the 2014 single "Being It," Cults took some time off. In 2016, Follin formed the group Follin with her brother Richie, and released the single "Roxy" that February.

For their next album, Cults took a more collaborative approach, with Follin playing drums and keyboards as well as singing. After working with Stoneback in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco studios, Cults emerged in October 2017 with Offering, which borrowed from influences as wide-ranging as Pink Floyd, Gary Numan, and the Motels, whose music they'd fallen in love with while touring with Total Control in Australia. They explored their passion for the Motels further in 2018 with a track-by-track cover of the band's 1979 self-titled debut that was part of Turntable Kitchen's Sounds Delicious series. The following year saw the release of Offering B Sides & Remixes, which featured reworkings of the album's tracks by Mike Simonetti, Etienne de Crecy, and John Fryer.

Cults began work on their next album in early 2019, teaming with Stoneback on songs that, for the first time, featured live instrumentation and included lyrics by Follin. Mixed by John Congleton and mastered by Heba Kadry, Host appeared in September 2020 and tackled themes of identity and independence.

Biography by Heather Phares

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Fell to the red room
Because she was there, oh
A scarlet woman
She got me in fear, yeah, yeah, yeah

She said, do all those things that you do to me
You know what I mean, boy

Do all those things that you do to me, yeah

Love removal, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love, talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, soul shaker, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love)

Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, I fell from the sky yesterday
You blew my mind, oh yeah
Having trouble with my direction
Upside down psychotic reaction

Love removal, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love, talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, soul stealer, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love)
Love removal, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love, talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, fun remover, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love)

Yeah (talkin' 'bout love)
Love removal, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love, talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, fun remover, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love, talkin' 'bout love)
Gimme love, soul shaker, love removal machine (talkin' 'bout love)

Look out, here she comes
Look out, here she comes
I said, look out here she comes
Look out here she comes, yeah

Shake it, don't break it, baby
Shake it, don't break it, baby
Shake it, don't break it, baby

Shake it, don't break it, baby
Oh, yeah

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Cults's song "Love Removal Machine" describes falling for a woman who seems to be dangerous and exciting, but also intimidating. The singer is drawn to her despite his fear, leading him to do anything she asks of him. The woman is described as a "scarlet woman," which could refer to her being seen as promiscuous or sinful in some way. Despite this, the singer is entranced by her and is willing to do anything to be with her. The lyrics "Love remover love remover machine" and "You little soul shaker love removal machine" suggest that this woman is like a machine that removes love and fun from people's lives.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Love removal love removal machine," emphasizing the idea that this woman is like a machine that removes love and fun from people's lives. The line "You little soul shaker love removal machine" suggests that being with the woman is intense and unsettling. The second half of the song introduces new lyrics, with the singer describing feeling lost and confused after being with this woman. The lines "Having trouble with my direction / Upside down psychotic reaction" suggest that being with the woman has driven him to a point of mental instability.

Overall, "Love Removal Machine" portrays a dangerous attraction and the consequences that come with it. The woman in the song is powerful and alluring, but ultimately causes the singer to lose his sense of self.

Line by Line Meaning

Fell to the red room
I entered a room that was filled with danger and temptation.

Because she was there, oh
The woman I desired was present and I couldn't resist her lure.

A scarlet woman
The woman I desired wore red clothing, which is symbolic of lust and sin.

She got me in fear, yeah, yeah, yeah
The power the woman held over me scared me, and I was overcome with anticipation and trepidation.

She said do all those things that you do to me
The woman commanded me to perform sexual acts that she found pleasurable.

You know what I mean, boy
She assumed that I understood her commands without explicit instruction, based on my previous experience with her.

Love remover love remover machine
The woman acted as a machine that removed love and replaced it with lust.

You little soul shaker love remover machine
The woman shook me soulfully, removing any remnants of love and replacing them with raw desire.

Baby baby baby baby baby I fell from the sky
I was head-over-heels in love, and my emotions soared like I was falling from the sky.

Yesterday you blew my mind oh yeah
The woman's previous actions had overwhelmed me and caused me to lose my sense of reason.

Having trouble with my direction
I became lost and misguided because of my infatuation with the woman.

Upside down psychotic reaction
My world turned upside-down, and my infatuation with the woman caused me to behave in an abnormal and irrational manner.

Look out here she comes
I warned myself and others of the seductive and damaging power that the woman possessed.

Shake it don't break it baby
I hoped to satisfy the woman's desires without causing her to become overwhelmed or emotionally damaged.

Ah yay
An expression of excitement, energy, and raw emotion.

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@bernienelson8926

2y↑554

EDIT: PLEASE NOTE - So many people are asking me 'where is this, where is that?' This is just a list of timestamps for what is covered in THIS video. It is NOT a list of cults. If it's not in the video, it's not in this list.

TIMESTAMPS
0:40 - The Rajneesh Movement (aka Osho)
2:04 - Order of the Solar Temple
3:20 - Raelism
4:37 - Aleph
6:04 - Twelve Tribes
7:23 - Happy Science
8:52 - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
10:20 - Superior Universal Alignment
11:13 - The Family International
12:49 - NXIVM

All comments from YouTube:

@WatchMojo

2y↑285

Which of these do you find the strangest? Let us know in the comments.
For more content like this, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFlo8G7NpsM&list=PLmZTDWJGfRq0GB_tsx9dPghXNow-pvI78

@djphlange

2y↑9

@3:20 well i never thought i would see THOSE two symbols together LOL

@kalmanbic2721

2y↑9

12 tribes I got a personal problem with. I meet them at a hippie gathering. The started fights with people for no reason. They were so many of them and they don't fight fare. They will gang up on you with no problem. Then play the victim

@Jeremiah_Rivers76

2y↑9

The “Cult of Personality,” by Living Color, would be worth mentioning.

@mukuluprince5893

2y↑18

Christianity is the weirdest

@djphlange

2y↑6

@@mukuluprince5893 I would say Hinduism is weirder, or scientology

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@angelj3721

2y↑11.5K

The fact that Scientology isn't on this list shows how powerful that cult is

@carnagegerman

2y↑449

Straight up

@elmzizdope

Thats not an occult you bafoon.

@glennstarkey7087

2y↑196

This

@KEN-1991

Scientologists bribe people to not reveal certain things about their cult,

Freemasonry does the same thing.

@azrielofearth9406

2y↑469

Don't want to offend anyone powerful now do we? That's how far it spread

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@jeremycards

2y↑6K

Number 1 should be Scientology. They got to my sister when she was 20 years old and they pretty much destroyed my family. They completely act like a cult, turning her against my mum, even if she always gave her everything and protected her like crazy, my sister still found things to be mad at her all the time due to scientologist's "counceling", they took a lot of money from her, and made her drag my younger sister with her too. I hate them SO much and can't believe they can operate so in the open with people doing nothing about it.

@slinkbradshaw8674

2y↑3

So sorry to hear this. Scientology is honestly one of the most dangerous cults in existence. They almost operate like a mafia of sorts.

@quaxo1

Yes, unfortunately the United States government and many other governments around the world for some fucking reason recognize it as a religion, so apparently that makes it ok.

@Jenifer_R_

2y↑327

Sorry about your sister. They make the lives of people who get out pretty hellish. Agree they should have been number 1.

@MrTomSpencer

2y↑259

I think its because watchmojo is still afraid of $cientology.

@mycocorleone4771

2y↑112

they dont want to burn the bridge with Tom Cruise

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@joshuamohlman

2y↑4.1K

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
- Mark Twain

@hollymartins6913

2y↑58

He had such an incredible insight into human psychology. 0% tolerance for BS. Thankfully, his wit is timeless because no one has yet taken his place.

@quaxo1

2y↑46

Except he never actually said that. It's a common paraphrased misquote that has been passed around for a long time. There has never been any proof he uttered those words anywhere.

What he did write was something similar in meaning in 1906 in Volume 2 of his autobiography, page 302. He wrote: "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and hard it is to undo that work again!"

@AeroAmphibious

2y↑2

INDEED!

@brianarbenz1329

2y↑21

Whether Twain said it or just something similar, anyone who has tried to explain anything to a Trump follower knows that quote is absolutely correct.

@joshuamohlman

2y↑2

@@brianarbenz1329 exactly

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@beaubrent

30w↑218

I grew up in a cult called the Way International. Our family moved across country to live with other families and they told us what jobs we could have, who we could talk to, what music or films we could enjoy. I look back on those times with so much fear because we could have easily been killed by extremists in that group. Cults are such a horrifying environment for children to grow up in.

@Clo_Dub

27w↑7

Can I ask how you got out and if your family is free too?

@beaubrent

27w↑13

@@Clo_Dub I turned 18 and joined the Army the same day I signed up. Other family got away in their own ways or were cut out of the cult. I feel the separation deeply and don't talk to many of them. The cult divided us all in ways we will never be close again.

@beingbenign2685

19w↑6

I’m so sorry, this is so sad.

@alimarie67

19w↑1

I remember The Way International. I went to a few of the so-called prayer meetings. They indoctrinate you to speak in tongues by your 5 meeting, so I faked it. Thank God I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and strong early childhood Christian faith to fall for Satanic cults.

@MALAKYT

18w↑2

aren’t they the people behind the “The Renewed Mind is the Key” song with the two women and the man who is dancing and moonwalking around the stage?

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@realsteventalvinzvestial420

1y↑1K

My father warned me about all cults when I was a young child, the worst ones he told me about are the ones who are very big but never mentioned to the world.

@ad1h4rj48

1y↑35

Ah the one that have symbol everywhere and its in 100$ us dollar right ?

@pipilili6241

1y↑9

@@Elxosonia probably illuminati 🤣🤣🤣

@jacksonrelaxin3425

Mainstream Christianity is a cult. I would know because it destroyed my mind for most of my life. However, I don’t have the privilege of pointing toward an organization or church to explain to people why I’m so messed up in the head. The insane teachings are still going on today and some poor kids somewhere are being brainwashed about how God might throw them in an endless abyss of fire and torment. It’s just legalized child abused and mental illness. The real God would never do such a thing and oddly enough it’s literally written in the Bible that he considers that pure evil and an abomination.

@ManFinest

50w↑14

Probably Religion

@sonnyroy497

50w↑1

@@ad1h4rj48 international bankers aka rothschilds...control almost all money systems on the planet.

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@veronicaa.1416

31w↑56

I have a copy of "Escape" by Carolyn Jessop, who was a member of the FLDS. Her book is a harrowing account of her life in that cult. At 18, she was married off to a monster almost 3 times her age. She described numerous incidents of spousal and child abuse. She finally got herself and her kids out in 2003 when she was 35. She is now free and happily married to her second husband, whom she met after leaving the FLDS.

Sadly, one of her daughters remains committed to the cult. In fact, she actually went back to it after she graduated from high school. As far as I know, she's still there and actually told lies about her mom. Just horrible.

The FLDS is not a church; it is a cult that commits the grossest human rights violations against its people. The women and girls are nothing more than slaves.

@katielee7897

22w↑4

Sadly, it’s not better off with its original mormon branch either

@elierickson1685

14w

You’re kidding me right? 😂

@Thatboijamar

@@katielee7897 explain

@MsSmallTownBeauty

2y↑1.2K

My husband grew up in the 12 Tribes and most of my in-laws are still involved. The way he was raised was disturbing. They have “communities” in so many countries now, in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Australia. My husband left at 18 but he still has nightmares and PTSD from his childhood and the things he’s seen.

@christinaFaith84

2y↑99

I was interested in it because it looks so pure, like Biblical Christianity and living off the land. I stayed with them in Bellows Falls and Rutland Vermont since they allow outsiders to have dinner or even stay with them to see if its something they want to join. I knew a couple of people in Vermont who also stayed or joined and left.They have one other commune in Islamd Pond Vermont but I didn't go to that one. At first it seems great for someone who is a Christian and sick of this horrible world and you just want to live with other Christians and live off the land. Unfortunately, I learned of the higher ups and their nonsense. They obviously don't stick to the Bible 100% like they claim. There is something the higher ups are not telling anyone.
I also didn't like the fact that they said they would rather stand together and be wrong then stnd alone and be right. Thats the "I'll jump of the bridge if everyone else does" mentality. I'd rather stand alone then be wrong with everyone else.

@ruthmiller1492

The 12 tribes sound very much like Hitler's thinking to both the three hated groups are the Jews the gays and the blacks.

@krisskrosswigs9703

2y↑13

So Christina’s racist

@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754

2y↑30

@@krisskrosswigs9703
How is Christina Fuller racist? Do enlighten us.

@krisskrosswigs9703

@@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754 oh idk maybe because you support a group who’s teachings is known here plain as day that blk ppl should be slaves to whites 💀

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@PapaWolf

2y↑359

I have a 33 year old woman renting a room in my house right now who escaped the Children of God when she was 16. She has several journals (which she was forced to write), a few photo albums, and some videos on VHS tape of her time in the cult. She has also talked with me, extensively, about her time in the cult. Her parents joined the cult when she was a baby (shortly after they renamed the cult The Family), and the materials she has shown me, and the stories she has shared with me have horrified, and disgusted me.
Despite their claims of changing their ways (after changing the name to The Family), and forbidding child/adult sexual conduct and vicious corporal punishment, the stories this woman, and the materials she has shown me completely contradict these claims of changing their ways. Although she has come a long way in recovering from her time with the cult, she still has deep mental scars from the abuse she received there.
It baffles me that this cult is still allowed to exist to this day.

@whisperjames2106

1y↑16

If your renter is looking for any of the survivors of this cult, there are Facebook groups that can be helpful to many, a place we feel welcome to talk about the awful stuff.

@angelacovington3399

1y↑9

Thank goodness she was able to get out! I will never understand how people fall for these cults. I know if they are born
into them they have no choice until they are older to try to escape.

@TheWolfsnack

1y↑20

I was a member of COG back in the early 70's, before Flirty Fishing started...weirdly enough I was connected with a Jesus People group in Vancouver BC while in jail for a drug charge, and was paroled to them...only to find out that the group I was connected to had been taken over by the COG. They provided a room on the second floor of an old house, but most time was spent at an old commercial building they used as a de facto church, where bible studies were held and in the evenings members would get to have "Mo Letters" read to them....and be awed by the "wise words of the prophet" so to speak...meals were cooked there and we mostly ate barley cooked with discarded vegetables, while in the other room the ranking members ate steaks. The weird thing was the cultists saw this as incentive to be the best members so that one day they too might get to eat steaks. Upon being a member you had to give up all of your worldly possessions and live communally. The stuff that was given up was then sold of to generate cash for the organization. In my brief time there I saw people give up jobs and homes to join. The control was overwhelming...I had to have a senior member with me if I wanted to visit my grandmother, or go to the parole office, and no one was allowed to go out in public without two others with them...control was to the point that it was mandated that a person could only use four squares of toilet tissue, that more would be an affront to Jesus. Today I think that my having undiagnosed at the time PTSD was a savior. I gathered what little I had remaining into a pack, went out the bathroom window one night and slid down a cast iron pipe to escape. They are sinister.

@klina7645

1y↑7

Yikes. There have been some celebrities that have escaped from that cult, including Rose McGowan and the Phoenix siblings. The late River Phoenix said about the group in 1991 "They're ruining people's lives"

@Asdf-2

48w↑1

Please educate yourself about cultic relationships and PLEASE share with her about Steve Hassan.

He is a very recognized and competent person who works closely and through his outreach has been beneficial for those who have experienced cultic relationships.

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@chaoticteaaddict6332

1y↑182

My mom brought me and my sister to a church in 2019. They gave my mom 500 dollars the first month she attended. We called eachother family, and I genuinely believed they were more of my family than my actual one. They were constantly forcing people to do works for them. When one of their members did something they didn't like they wouldn't talk to them at all and if they didn't apologize they were kicked out. Eventually in 2021 we were kicked out because the pastors daughter didn't like my mom. It was a small church that had about 100 members and had a school I was apart of (many kids were kicked out of it). I'm so glad that they kicked us out and I'm not longer apart of it. Now that I've had time to think about it I genuinely think it's a cult and it's scary because I know many more people will be hurt and damaged by this place.

@yumyumbumblebee

23w↑8

You should report them to several groups- local & state police, FBI, CPS etc along with notifying hosts from different podcasts & channels devoted to cults on YouTube. You could end up saving lives & innocent people who would unknowingly get lured in eventually if no one speaks up now. Great job getting out of there & welcome back to the real world.

@ellenfleming9685

16w↑3

what was the name of this so called church so others can avoid it!!!!

@SpicyMang0s

12w

Hey well at least you got $500

@DemonessofRedSnow

1y↑93

I live in the city where The Twelve Tribes originated. I remember when I moved here, one of the first things the locals told me was, “Don’t eat at the Yellow Deli. It’s run by a cult.”

@treefr0gs

1y↑5

lmao you are in chattanooga lol

@Kris10green

49w↑38

More people need to talk about the Yellow Deli restaurants being run by the Twelve Tribes! The people there are forced to work there as “volunteers” and get no wages or tips, the money goes straight to the cult. I had no idea and went into one and ended up paying. This list didn’t even mention the restaurants, and Yellow Delis are popping up everywhere, especially near impressionable college kids and tourist areas!

@veronicaa.1416

31w↑2

If you can, spread the word and make people aware of this. The more this gets out, the more aware people will become and hopefully avoid the place.

@briangale404

2y↑1.7K

I wonder how much Scientology paid mojo to stay off this list

@bvigil1888

2y↑294

Knowing Scientology, mojo wasnt paid off. they were probably threatened with litigation if placed on this list.

@BelmontClan

2y↑78

@@bvigil1888 I will not disagree with that accurate statement

@bvigil1888

I have never heard of them paying off anyone. They always threaten with a lawsuit and dig up dirt to blackmail. Thats how they fucked the government and got tax exemption.

@brianshaker1885

2y↑27

Well I'd say because everyone already knows about Scientology.

@dashtoroya2838

2y↑24

Scientology is in WatchMojo's older list

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@caseymiller7201

2y↑488

The closest I’ve ever felt to a cult was when I found myself at a Pyramid scheme interview room

@hellhound1389

Go to a southern Baptist church and you'll see a true cult hiding in plain sight

@malloryoates8580

2y↑31

good old MLMs 😂😂😂

@chillbest14

2y↑10

Amway

@chillbest14

2y↑16

Amway conferences will get you really ready to join

@nocturnalme3685

2y↑8

Vector Knives 😂

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@jamesmorton2621

2y↑2.4K

It's a crime against humanity not having Scientology as #1

@charliejoson9145

2y↑54

They actually had Scientology as their no.1 but it's on an older Watchmojo video about "Top 10 Infamous Religious Controversies"

@yankee2666

2y↑6

Why?

@yankee2666

2y↑24

Scientology attempted to recruit me. I said 'no' and didn't feel the least bit threatened.

@beautifulmidnight

Probably because they don’t want to get sued

Look at the lengths South Park went to to avoid lawsuits from that cult.

@bellzebub9863

2y↑6

Litigation is pending for everyone here , they see everything 😳

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@bernienelson8926

2y↑554

@jdmmg4904

1y↑43

Scientology is missing

@kevinrandall7376

I can tell You that the Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most powerful and corrupt. Just check out YouTube channels. Sacrifice members by forbidding Blood transfusion, shunning family members and even kicking out their own children at a young age. No support from friends or family, otherwise they will be excommunicated also. Satanic teachings and Cult leaders.

@angelaholmes8888

1y↑7

@@jdmmg4904 yeah I'm surprised it's not on the list

@efxnews4776

1y↑19

Feminism = Cult of Lilith

@CXP3D

1y↑2

Uh u forgot gloriavill that cult is a nightmare!

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@feministmermaid4769

19w↑10

My parents encouraged me to check out the 12 Tribes while I was in college : "nice religious hippies!"
I read up on them and decided to give it a pass. I'm so glad for the brave people who tell the truth about cults.

@carastone3473

1y↑883

The ongoing activities of all these cults, is proof of how gullible humans generally are. 🤦‍♀️😢

@denisejohnson4037

Gullible, a sense of belonging, born into it, just plain giving up on life,

@cashmoneychanel1209

1y↑64

People will cling to any semblance of order to the chaos of their lives when they have no self awareness/compass. It’s very sad.

@MrDeano-eu9rg

1y↑42

Almost every religion is the same when it comes to indoctrinating

@VENENOSEASON

1y↑13

Freemasons should be here.

@benedictcumberbatch4275

1y↑8

People get desperate and are lost. That’s a reason

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@RandomSwiftie13

17w↑19

Becoming an atheist is the best decision I have ever made. Most cults can't get to you when you don't believe in having delusional beliefs, you don't really care for having a 'community' or a 'family' and your brain starts questioning everything about people's different lifestyles the second you meet them. I have been approached by 4 different cult members of different types of cults and I was able to clock them within the first day of meeting. Two were MLM cult members wanting to recruit me into their pyramid schemes, after that met one who was a spiritual healing type cult member who wanted me to join her yoga/spiritual healing sessions with colourful christals with power that she wanted me to buy... idk whats that was about and then met one who was a missionary type who really wanted me to come to there church for some "spiritual cleansing" he was also literally demanding donetions as well, not even asking politely but demanding...I cut these people out so fast.

@Jetsetfastfood

1y↑790

I tried to join a couple cults but they got sick of me asking too many questions. I miss the great food.

@robinharwood5044

1y↑102

Start your own cult. Good money if you play it right.

@Jetsetfastfood

1y↑93

@@robinharwood5044 Too many people bothering me all the time. I’m cool with doing my own thing.

@heavnnnsent

1y↑11

😆😆😆

@quantumlove896

1y↑31

😂🤣😂🤣 Food cult Yoo 🍄🥕🥞🧇🍕🥚🍣🍪🍭🍹

@secrets.295

1y↑2

Lol. Funny

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@Areniapixie

2y↑261

The keep sweet documentary was disturbingly fascinating. Had to turn it off for a while on a couple of occasions. I can’t believe they are still active and still listening to their leader behind bars 🤯

@bunnehontherocks

2y↑10

I had to turn it off too. Lots of cat videos after that too.

@Dopecheetah

They barely touch the surface of what happened. They left out all the boy rape in that documentary.

@kerimarie3471

They are brainwashed, most do not know of any other life they are born into it . We have a similar cult here in New Zealand called Gloriavale. look it up

@ianloeb1672

2y↑2

I didn’t turn it off at all but then again I have a very strong stomach

@707RipOtee

2y↑2

yeah I'd watch a episode then come back a week later then the next, another week then another until I finished. ugh!

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@mr_sm0k3y60

2y↑147

I did a paper on the Twelve Tribes for a Cults and World Religions class at Calvary Chapel Bible College. There were some people at my church who liked going to the Yellow Deli Cafe who didn't seem to think that they were a cult despite me giving them a copy of my paper.

@pooh44100

1y↑1

AS A JEW BUT PARTICULARLLY A MESSIANIC JEW I AM INSULTED BY THE TWELVE TRIBES CULT THEY HAVE BUISINESSES IN OUR VERMONT TOWN I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE I WILL NEVER SUPPORTG THEM IN ANY WAY

@DivineFellowship

1y↑23

I have known a number of people who were part of the Rajneesh/Osho thing in Oregon. Pretty much without exception they pine away for those heady days that they experienced. What it was for them, I perceive, was an intense experience of COMMUNITY and that is what they pine away for. It didn't matter, to them, what Rajneesh really was, or wasn't. Whether he was a real "sage" or a charlatan. (Check.) He became a lofty symbol for them, and no longer needed to interact with his minions very much. Just a Mercedes drive-by would do.

@SimonDelaney1974

40w

A lot of the Manson family perps do the same when they’re interviewed, even decades after incarceration.

@kheatherthompson

2y↑151

The podcast, "Was I in a Cult?" brings a lot of this to light by interviewing former members. Interviewees include people from religious, social, MLMs and familial cults. The show adds humor appropriately, and they provide ways to contact counseling resources.

@nofacenocase9341

40w↑5

I just checked it out. Awesome. Ty 🫡

@AGAMEGNOM

1y↑1

Thanks for this video ❤

@brianarbenz1329

2y↑76

About 10 years ago, I entered a parked touring van promoting what I thought was The Farm, a Tennessee communal farm, which is not a cult or abusive in any way. It has a long record of peaceful, nurturing ways. Inside, I quickly found that this van was was not from The Farm, but the 12 Tribes. OMG, what a polar opposite. Always read the fine print before entering any doorway.

@hackman669

1y↑6

Avoid strange people, vehicles🤫

@StoryTime1991

2y↑180

My mother was raised in a cult when she lived in VA, when my parents divorced and me and my two brothers were young we moved to VA and without knowing it at the time we became members of the cult for about a year I was 8 years old at the time but I still remember everything about that year and how messed up it was. My mom thankfully was able to get out and took my brothers and I to safety but she still from all those years of her childhood and even early adulthood has given her PTSD and Schizophrenia because of it. It’s sad. I still have family members who are active and we stay far away from there because they are absolutely dangerous and crazy.

@greywolf7577

1y↑2

What was the name of the cult? Where in Virginia was it?

@StoryTime1991

1y↑8

@@greywolf7577 I’m not sure of the name honestly I think Bible World or something like that it’s in Chesapeake, VA.

@hhholly

1y↑1

Amish ?

@StoryTime1991

1y↑6

@@hhholly Nah we were never Amish but that’s a cult within itself.

@hhholly

1y↑4

@@StoryTime1991 Yeah really. The Amish is in my town. I go there to buy foods and flowers. It’s .. different. I’m in KY.

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@chvfd687

2y↑291

My step-dad tried to get my mom and myself to join this "church" he'd discovered. Long story on how this came about but I'll keep it short as possible here. Dad was looking for some carpet to put in an old van he was fixing up and somehow he connected with this individual. We went to the man's house which was about a mile off the main road. At the beginning of the driveway was a hand painted sign saying "God's people pray here". We arrive to an old plantation type home (this is north alabama btw) and immediately were asked all sorts of religious questions about our faith and such. We were invited to attend their "church" which consisted of a large tent in their backyard. Only members were far as I could see was themselves consisting of the man (priest,prophet,whatever he called himself) his wife and two grown kids and their spouses and kids. All total about 9-12 people. Dad rest his soul was big time spiritual and was receptive to most faiths and was quite interested but mom told him she had a bad feeling about them and if he wanted to go that was his choice but her and myself wouldn't be. The matter was dropped and he didn't go either.

@mojo3318

2y↑21

It's good that he didn't go either. I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.😔

@andrewmoore3232

@@mojo3318 what loss did he say?

@mojo3318

2y↑3

@@andrewmoore3232 His dad.

@andrewmoore3232

2y↑1

@@mojo3318 when hw said dad rest his shoulder?

@johnpatterson4816

2y↑8

Good for your Mom!!

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@saraf8529

41w↑2

was involved in Kindalina yoga in los angeles teacher training, wearing all white, not cutting my hair, eating a certain way not getting a lot of sleep meditating for 2 1/2 hours a day to me. It was Kotlik, especially when I got hurt and was told just to meditate more not necessarily to seek medical help, which I actually really needed. for many kundalini yoga is fine I just got super involved and for me it was cold like it makes me sick to think of the wasted years

@xavierx2927

1y↑87

Back in the late 80's I was targeted by a Scientology follower who worked out of Camden Market(they know their targets), I was 16. He used appalling techniques designed to get you to confess your inner most private insecurities. I was 16, vulnerable, and of course, I believed his explanation as to how I would be much happier if I bought this book entitled 'Dienetics'. The book was so boring and such crap. I couldn't get past 10 pages. A waste of £5.00(a lot for me back in the day, I earned 50 pounds a week and 20 went on travel)straight in the bin and thank god, even at 16 I had common sense.

@Butterflywings011

50w↑5

Im speechless... :/
I'm glad there's channels like this that can educate you about all of this.

@ChenRuiQi93

1y↑340

If scientology is not in number 1 , then we know where this content is coming from.

@redbrixanimations

1y↑1

What??

@redbrixanimations

1y↑17

@@MrV41N u a Scientologist 💀

@Shawnmyrelle

1y↑2

Great point

@inmate2731

1y↑4

don’t forget about JW

@redbrixanimations

1y↑1

@@inmate2731 not a cult

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@SwampNymph522

2y↑56

Happy Science doesn’t sound like a cult. It sounds like an educational TV show for toddlers and preschoolers.

@mdc7878

2y↑244

As someone who lived through the Rajneeshee invasion (different part of the state) of Oregon; all of these cults are all strange.

@lwisdom66

49w↑9

Living here in Seattle I grew up seeing and being near many cults. From the Moonies,to The Love Family and many others. The 70s and mid 80s seem to be when they were at their peak

@plugworld9023

37w

Is it a good idea to move there?

@weenerbuttholeee33

22w

@@plugworld9023fuck no! king county is a shit show snohomish county is so much better

@Marmadillo1

1y↑75

The 12 Tribes have a chain of restaurants called The Yellow Deli and there's one in my city. The vibes were always off but the restaurant itself was cozy and open 24 hours 5 days a week, so students frequented it for studying instead of the typical café. A lot of my friends at the time were invited to their weekly gathering/party and none of them went, but we've heard crazy stories, specifically about another location in BC, Canada. It's crazy they're still active.

@cynosurreal

They're located in my city too and reopening. They're misogynistic and abuse people in their cult, super bigoted, have groomed children here- I used to go there and they tried to indoctrinate me. It's terrifying. I don't feel safe with them here.

@huachengssilvervambrace8815

1y↑2

They have a Deli where I live too and I used to work as a camp counsellor almost directly beside it. It freaked me out

@nostaldec4705

1y↑2

There’s also a Yellow Deli in Katoomba, a town in Australia’s Blue Mountains. It’s especially a shame because tourists come for the scenery and the stylish, often alternative vibe of the town, but if they stop for lunch at the Yellow Deli, the money goes straight in to the cult’s pocket.

@maribelmaldonado252

What happened to the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints

@robertwilber1909

@@maribelmaldonado252 if you want to include them you best throw in Catholics, Jews and Muslims too

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@phillypb4165

52w↑45

We have a Twelve Tribes faction in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Went out for lunch to their Yellow Deli unaware they were a cult. Definitely a shock to my partner and I when we decided to Google it and began reading about the cult and their views. Felt weird paying them, like I was supporting child abuse...

@myninjacatsnowflake

41w↑2

They also have the Yellow Deli in Oneonta NY, went to college there, remember the workers handing me a card asking me to come to their house for dinner.

@youtubeaccountserio2633

40w↑1

They are creepy out of midsomar movie

@edwinyounes4934

35w↑2

I don’t support guns but that’s the kind of place i’d bring one… with intent of using it

@ronaldcameron4686

23w↑1

OMG I live in wpg...thats kinda scary...

@ronfrank09

2y↑105

My great grandmother died in the Jonestown cult about 6 months before I was born. We don't know if she committed suicide or was killed.

@leftisbest7173

2y↑3

Wow..that is interesting

@ronfrank09

2y↑19

@@leftisbest7173 yeah it honestly creeps me out. In some of her early letters she tried convincing my dad to come. I'm glad he didn't because I wasn't conceived yet. Her house still stands in Inglewood ca down the street from my aunt.

@samprimera5545

1y↑7

I was pretty young at the time too but I think they told everyone to drink the coolaid and some were unsure.They had guns put to their heads if memory serves.

@ronfrank09

1y↑8

@@samprimera5545 sort of. The most of the adults volunteered at the direction of Jones. They have some to their kids and others injected them. Some people were told they could leave but were followed into the woods and shot.

@samprimera5545

@@ronfrank09 oh wow.See like I said I was eight to ten when it happened so I went by what I'd always heard.
I also was born in El Paso but came to Illinois at 7 so I don't if The Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) was after I moved or before I was born.

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@thathorrorshow4126

2y↑148

I recognize a few of these cults. My advice to people is stay away from everything that`s structured and organized. The human mind is easy to control.

@brianarbenz1329

2y↑22

The thing to avoid is anything that is one-doctrine or dogma in its structure. A good belief system is one which abides by a set of general principles but with freedom to discuss variations of them. And it should not seek to control all aspects of members' lives.

@simplylethul

@@brianarbenz1329 all religions are trash

@angiviljoen8870

2y↑9

More so, broken people looking for a crutch, are easily controlled, and are horrendously taken advantage of..

@fannypliers3716

2y↑6

that would, funnily enough, include religion altogether.

@thathorrorshow4126

@@fannypliers3716 that's why I say everything. Even a pencil can control the human mind.

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@ToniHunterOne

2y↑258

I'm surprised MOJO didn't mention that one of Jeffs wives went on a hunger strike until he was released from prison where he was placed for his child rape charges, etc. All he had to do was tell her that he would be okay and that she could eat. He remained silent. By the time the courts made the decision that she was no longer able to take care of herself, by the time she became a ward of the state, it was just too late for her. Even though they carried her off the compound on a mattress and had legal permission to use all life saving efforts, her liver, kidneys and other numerous systems were shutting down. It was too late to bring her back and she died. Starved to death, on camera, with all the Jeffs cult surrounding her.

@Monkey114

2y↑6

Wow didn't know about that.

@ToniHunterOne

2y↑15

@@Monkey114 It was pretty horrific and they filmed it all and posted it. I'm guessing it was taken down a long time ago though.

@larking1555

Those women have exactly NOTHING to live for. I’m surprised more didn’t make that sacrifice. It’s incredible how some can escape and turn their lives around after such brainwashing. That religion is brutal on the females. The girls are taught from little on up that they’re nothing but livestock.

@ToniHunterOne

2y↑11

@@Monkey114 search Warren Jeffs. Here's one of his "calls" to the teens and young women of his cult. He's grooming them over the air.

@333cherry

where did you hear this?

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@shellyscholz1256

49w↑5

Regarding the Twelve Tribes there’s no allegedly about it! I used to come home from work at four o’clock in the morning where the kids were out working in the fields. As soon as a child can walk, they are put to work. The members eat the rotted foods that didn’t sell in their Yellow Deli restaurants. If you’re in the Twelve Tribes there are people out there willing to help you.

@adamwilder2943

2y↑60

Any Doomsday Cult religious based or otherwise is extremely dangerous literally. Oh not forgetting Church Of Scientology; which should actually be labeled as a cult,and have it's 503c tax exemption status permanently revoked

@rr8960

1y↑24

I’m telling you the Rajneesh were frightening for many of us in Oregon. They took over a town and changed its name, poisoned another town, and had hits out on officials, all the while seemingly getting away with it. We were so happy when Sheila was arrested and Bhagwan shree Rajneesh was kicked out of Oregon.

@knohil0583

48w↑1

Well if the people in the town didn’t bomb the cult’s home, everything you said wouldn’t have happened

@RaxonXVI

2y↑70

“The umbrella company”

“we didn’t even know we were experimented on”

Yeah that sounds about right

@JDk22

1y↑118

It’s amazing how one person’s believe can lead a generation to destruction 😢

@eutropius2699

1y↑2

Liberal ideology lol

@katekatey279

1y↑1

👍

@esegall91

2y↑69

Y’all forgot about Scientology. It’s probably the most numerous and most powerful cult in the world today and possibly among the most powerful of all time.

@Yourlocalbacterium

1y↑6

They also forgot Jehovah’s Witness

@kellyalves756

Christian Identity. Its doctrine is so pernicious that it’s crept into many other more “ mainstream “ Christian communities. And various levels of government.

@saxglend9439

1y↑3

The Catholic Church, Judaism, Hinudism, Buddhism & Islam are far more powerful than Scientology.

@john_from_eastcoast.

1y↑1

@@saxglend9439 those are NOT cults, those are "world religions" wow! You sure are ignorant and have no clue on the definition on what a cult is!
Become educated before you write a moronic comment.

@joayy6406

52w↑1

@@saxglend9439 and SDA

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@NikoBellic-wq3dq

31w↑2

When I heard "you would swear not to reveal-" I'M SNITCHING 😂😂😂

@SilverSunPublishing

1y↑12

Good information -- thank you! Over 40 years ago, I sent for a "free" book on scientology, just to see what they were about. The book looked like a compilation of various other beliefs, not even advanced information, but gave credit to the Scientology founder as the one who discovered the info. I wasn't interested. I have moved many times, and even changed my name. And I still get junk mail from them -- how and why do they track people like this?

@albirtarsha5370

16w↑2

Cultiness is a spectrum across cults, religions, political parties, businesses, and almost every group in society.

@headtrauma100

2y↑70

You missed scientology

@Aushra1969

2y↑5

I was just about to say the same thing! 😁

@rockydon3400

All religious groups are cults

@NeverPutDown

Its not a cult its considered a religion

@dmytrom297

2y↑2

Boy, they missed a lot.
They went for small and wierd, I guess.

@simplylethul

2y↑8

Christianity as well.

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@KassandraCarlos

2y↑72

Was Heavens Gate mentioned and I somehow missed it?? Despite the mass suicide there are still active members of that cult and there’s even a web page that’s still up and running (by a couple) and also Scientology needs to be on there.

@anitrabrown2680

2y↑5

No, they mentioned in the beginning there will be a separate list for cults like that.

@elcheekoful

42w

Yeah there's only like 5 people in that cult. Lol

@MsDown2Earth26

2y↑86

I’ve met the leader of the 12 tribes. I got asked to go to one of their prayer groups when I was in college. I almost went but something felt off. They still have a restaurant where I live called the Yellow Deli. It’s where a lot of college kids hang out.

@belalabusultan5911

2y↑19

there is always tommorrow, if you ever wanted to ruin your life in the future, instead of drugs or alcohol, you still have the option of joining that cult lol
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ps: dark humor, don't do it, and if you actually feel down, see a psychiatrist, these people can do wonders, they helped me when I was depressed beyond depression itself, so they will have ways to help you too.

@jozihorror

2y↑10

Yeah I just learned about the Yellow Deli. There's one in my area in Hiddenite NC and the fact it's in a tiny little town makes me wonder.

@victorfoo2966

2y↑2

There’s a Yellow Deli in Vista, CA that sounds like what you are describing

@angelajo8039

2y↑1

You here in Chattanooga?

@andyginterblues2961

2y↑5

They just opened a Yellow Deli in Ithaca, NY. The location used to be called the "Mate' Factor" (run by the 12 tribes) and it closed down for probably almost a year, just re- opened as a Yellow Deli. I refuse to go there, those people creep me out.

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@scottgaddy4147

i used to work with a guy who was born and raised in scientology and the stories he told me just didnt feel real. im glad he got the help he needed

@penelopeviews7335

1y↑70

I don’t normally judge people’s beliefs. I don’t care what someone believes in until it’s repeatedly shoved in my face or hurts people. These cults definitely hurt people and I can’t stand by them at all.

@saxglend9439

1y↑7

How many have been murdered by Islam & the Catholic Church?

@john_from_eastcoast.

1y↑2

@@saxglend9439 how's the troll business coming along? are you bored?

@saxglend9439

1y↑7

@@john_from_eastcoast. Truthing isn't trolling.

@memo5920

33w

@@saxglend9439murdering someone unjustly is literally one of the greatest sins in islam, groups like isis and al qaeda don’t actually teach any islamic beliefs and are identified as not muslim by every verified scholar there is. I haven’t heard of the Catholic Church murdering anyone but if you’re talking about certain individuals then you can’t really blame every person who is catholic can you? It’s like me saying all people who belong to a certain ethnic group are bad because one of them committed a crime, just plain racism.

@saxglend9439

32w

@@memo5920 Muslims decapitated millions before ISIS.

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@crazyleaf257

32w↑3

I've met people from twelve tribes. I grew up in a Christian community similar to 12 tribes. There was a season where it was a little bit cultish by definition because some people revered and feared the founder too much. I do not believe that he was power hungry and evil like some of these but this cult vein was remedied when he chose to leave and/or was possibly encouraged to leave so that the community would be healthier and on equal footing with all. The difference with my community was that we really followed the Bible especially the ten commandments and Corinthians 13 and believed that true religion brings life not death. We weren't perfect, but we did our very best and much of what we did as a lifestyle was very good. Families were family units and each had authority over and protection of their own children and money. Money was only asked of people when we realized we needed to keep the lights on in the church building otherwise we all cared for each other's needs by choice and shared what was needed. CPS was called just because we were a community and people suspected a cult. No children were taken, all the kids were happy and thriving (though there was a some abuse, any abuse that came to light was dealt with properly, or to the best of ability. You can't have a group of people without some that do evil)

@luckescotchy7089

2y↑66

Allison Mack got introduced to NXIVM because of Kristen Kreuk, but that wasn't mentioned in this video.
There's also a "NEXUS" church that has popped up in recent years.

@Denis-89

2y↑10

Kristin Kreuk left it though in 2013. Mack just continued to get more involved..

@brahmburgers

This topic could be huge, with a series of exposes, going on and on and on. And let's not give a bye to right wing Chiristians - particularly in the USA. Also: in rural eastern Russia, there's a cult wrapped around a guy who looks as much like Jesus as possible, even with his long shiny locks, and dressing in all white, and walking slowly when people are watching, and talking like you'd expect Jesus to talk. People around the world are soooo easily manipulated.

@cjdragonemperor5374

2y↑186

I said this before to my friends but I’ll say it to everyone; be careful when joining a cult because you never know what you’re gonna get yourself into. Heck, you might even pay the price for it.

@lj2265

2y↑35

Trouble is nobody really sets out to join a cult. They set out to join something else not even thinking its a cult and then by the time it would be obvious to any outside observer they're already hypnotized

@KrakenIsland64

2y↑24

Nobody willingly joins a group they know to be a cult. That's kinda their business model.

@Jenifer_R_

2y↑12

Yes. Nobody is ever sitting there, thinking to themselves "Hmmm... I might join a cult."

@johnjohnson3709

2y↑5

I’m ok. I’m an adult only child. It’s all about me.

@belalabusultan5911

2y↑6

I agree with you, we should join forces in my supre friendly group called (Evil Cult of Death), despite the name, it is very wholesome, with puppies and kittens and such.
on a completely unrelated note, you do have a lot of money and a large group of friends that you can recruit, right?
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@THANATOS-PRIME

2y↑215

Last year I was hanging out with a friend and we went to target. This lady in her 40s approached us and try to recruit us. She was saying stuff like how everybody outside of this group was doomed.

@HarmonixsLoL

2y↑33

I would have been like, "Good, I like a challenge".

@chrismartinez3637

2y↑28

Exclusivity is one of the signs of a cult.

@flip9118

2y↑35

Sounds like the Jahovah's Witnesses

@HarmonixsLoL

2y↑8

@@chrismartinez3637 Shit, better cancel my American Express Centurion card.

@ashleybrown4754

2y↑4

Avon for sure

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@Cay30

44w↑2

I appreciate how the narrator does a great job at saying people's names in their original pronunciation

@kylewagner2998

2y↑11

the fact that i grew up 30 minutes away from nxvim and didnt know about its existence till last year when the leader was sentenced

@AJDaniels5298

0:40 The Rajneesh Movement:
aggressive jungle drums
everyone suddenly screaming

CRACKED ME UP

@camecex

2y↑4

Interesting list Watch Mojo. Never heard about any of these

@snoozy04

2y↑31

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

@Dan-ud8hz

2y↑26

Qanon is the one that's really creeping me out

@beautifulmidnight

Fuck, man. I’ve lost friends and family to that shit.

One seemed to happen out of nowhere, too. One day she’s posting the usual stuff, and then the next day it’s “SETH GREEN TRIED TO PAY SOMEONE 250k TO JOIN THE ILLUMINATI AND HAD HIM KILLED WHEN HE REFUSED!!111” and “TOM HANKS, EMINEM, NAOMI CAMPBELL AND LADY GAGA IN SECRET TRAFFICKING RING!!”

It was insane.

@ferox965

1y↑1

That's the one that needs to be dealt with and now.

@teresamcmillan4837

Now we have entire families offing themselves in the back yard over Qanon and Trump they are so loyal to this and him they would rather not live. I don't like anyone that much I'm sorry

@masonpyle5929

49w

As a conservative Qanon isn’t real.

@S.D.323

13w

not TECHNICALLY a cult Im preety sure

@cynthiacassel

27w↑7

Good to know people are documenting them to protect other people from them.

@spookyfawn

2y↑62

Disturbing fact: Smallville Actress Allison Mack was in NXIVM and quickly became a 2nd in command to the founder until she took control of one branch and tried recruiting Emma Watson at one point. She got 3 years in prison

@annafowdy

2y↑13

I guess Emma Watson was too smart for that.

@greywolf7577

1y↑3

@@annafowdy Emma spent years playing a smart girl in the movies. I'd hope that she learned enough not to be pulled into a cult.

@Claudia-lq3ns

51w↑1

NXIVM was really close to home for me (Upstate NY), and when the cult's practices started coming to light, it was a really big deal. I don't know of anyone who was involved in the cult, despite this being pretty much in my backyard, but I wonder if I do know people involved and they are just keeping it under wraps. The lead dude is a sick ticket. I'm glad he got the book thrown at him, and I hope we keep tabs on the remaining components of the cult to ensure no one else gets hurt or exploited.

@debbieschultz9768

41w

It’s so hard to believe that Allison Mack was in prison. She was a great actress as a child

@maddieforee1342

44w↑5

I have a great aunt in the children of god. My great grandfather faked a heart attack to try and get her out and hired a cult deprogrammer but it didn’t work. The cult knew what he was doing and they didn’t let her go. I’ve never met her.

@DS-gg1pb

2y↑22

"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."
- "Heavenly Bank Account"
Frank Zappa.

@GenieVillain26

2y↑42

Twelve Tribes runs a restaurant chain known as The Yellow Deli. I went to the original Yellow Deli in Chattanooga, TN as a part of school field trip in 8th grade. The food was awful (although that might be due to how much of a picky eater I am), but that's beside the point. I don't know if the people that organized the trip knew that they were taking around 100 or so middle schoolers into a restaurant run by a cult. They probably picked that place because of the theme they wanted to give to us for this trip about "the arts" and since this restaurant had a hippy feel to it, they thought it would be fitting for us. Since this middle school is is a heavily Christian area (even though the school itself is public and thus supposed to be secular) the Christian message that the restaurant gave maybe made the organizers think that this place seemed safe enough. Nevertheless, they should have done more research on that place and not have taken us there.

@brahmburgers

It brings to mind how ISIS fighters go to places where little boys hang out after school, like swimming holes and soccer pitches. A cult is always looking to indoctrinate youngsters. The do it with smiles, candy, play, music, .... and so on.

@angellucas-ranck9594

2y↑30

you forgot to list Scientology which is a widely thought to be a cult which is wrongly called a "religions" even though it displays a lot of things common to cults

@simplylethul

2y↑9

So does Christianity..

@beautifulmidnight

2y↑3

I imagine they don’t want to be sued.

@suzyfarnham3165

It is insane that people believe that cr*p? A man, a science fiction writer, decides to make p a religion and nobody sees it's based on one of his science fiction books??

@simplylethul

@@suzyfarnham3165 is insane that people follow ANY of the dogshit, fairytale religions at all.

@imissthe90s

1y↑7

It's 100% of cult. If you're not allowed to talk to relatives just cuz they switched which religion they are then it's a cult.

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@Otissssssssssssss

31w↑2

Why haven't the Swiss government done something about the Solar Temple? I'm Swiss and it really pisses me off that they're still active

@ladynikkie

1y↑53

4:37 originally Aum Shinrikyo and after the 1995 attack in Tokyo, they caused that cult separated into two organizations The other one is called circle of light to this day. The Japanese government still keeps severe surveillance on them.

@jurjitsingh3728

1y↑2

Do they still have mass follower?

@ImenBen12

1y↑1

@@jurjitsingh3728 curious to know too

@blackjack8957

A.k.a. Aleph, is on this video.

@alexisgreen-hernandez8604

12w↑1

Some of these individuals are very scary. 😨 But I found this video 📹 very interesting and educational so thank you Mojo for educating your audience.

@ssunfish

1y↑23

I read, if not married on Earth, one can only become an angel in the next phase. This video had a guy explain that you had to have at least three wives to be the highest in the next phase.
The family international curtailed flirty fishing because of the AIDS epidemic in the '80's.

@ROCKONplaceboforever

1y↑2

This is very interesting to me thanks as always 😊

@mrssunshine3843

48w↑1

Back in 2021 i stayed a few days in a small (unnamed) town. The owner of the hotel was also the owner of the restaurant and grocery store in town.
I joked with my hubbs that all of the religious pamphlets in the hotel lobby were flyers for their hidden cult and that the owner looked like he was related to a creepy cult leader...
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Found out last year that this town is only a few miles from the FLDS compound.
While it is highly improbable, I will always have my suspicions about that guy who practically owned that entire (unnamed) town.

@Ushebdhenekshsbd

1y↑23

The rajneesh movement 0:40
The order of the solar temple 2:03
Raelism 3:20
12 tribes 6:03

@MrCountrycuz

the Rasheesh movement never harmed anyone until they were attacked by outsiders with bigoted beliefs. The number one cult in the world is Chrisitanity.

@rama30

1y↑5

It's horrifying to think that even after thousands of years of evolution, both physical and mental, we can be so easily programmed.

@Monayla

48w↑1

yeah. the way we live has a huge role in thatr. simply bcuz the biology doesnt really evolved as fast as our inventions and our drive. so our brains are not equipped for our lifestyle. we need and crave belonging.

@Akira625

2y↑40

I'm gonna start my own cult, and worship blue oysters.

@RustyNail920

2y↑9

Ye shall not fear the reaper 😂😂😂

@l.salisbury1253

2y↑5

@@RustyNail920 ...or Godzilla!

@maxthompson7107

2y↑2

What would you call it?

@Jeremiah_Rivers76

2y↑2

That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day! Thanks!

@Adam-ix1gv

2y↑1

Honestly after watching this im kinda sure some will actually following u

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@johntiggleman4686

2y↑19

I recently watched the 4 part documentary "Stay Sweet, Pray and Obey." Sickening and disgusting. Sometimes, religion truly is "the opium of the masses." I also looked into the Raelians about 20 years ago, mainly the website. Rather bizarre.

@Monayla

48w

i recommend watching everything related to NXIVM. I find it special in the sense of how to my knowledge it is first of all fairky recent and modern as well as pretty unique in how the leading members started to defect aka deprogramming themselves and still willing to go on record.

@introvertsrock9843

2y↑13

Should do a list
Top 10 reasons why ppl are leaving religions/church
Or leaders of megachurches who own mansions, jets, expensive vehicles

@suzyfarnham3165

Most of those Mega churches are cult like? Look at the extreme MAGA ?? There is a cultish behaviour there as well. When anyone believes anything that just is not true and refuses to look at evidence..it's a cult.

@blackholeentry3489

44w

In the mid 50's, I lived in Laurelwood, OR, for three years. This is essentially a Seventh Day Adventist Cult community with their own grade school, high school, and their Laurelwood Academy.....ALL tuition schools. With my dirt poor crop picking parents barely able to feed we five children, we never attended these schools, but walked a full two miles (in all kinds of weather) past ALL of those schools onto a small one room school where one teacher valiently tried to teach a wide variety of subjects to about 25 students in seven grades. While high on my list of great memories, my Enguish suffered for it and which plauged me until I got into college.

@Akira625

2y↑31

Still waiting to see the Raëlians' Baby Eve. That supposed clone baby would be an adult by now.

@mojo3318

😕

@Canyon2023

1y↑3

Most people aren't smart enough to think for themselves. And they love being told what to do.

@flip9118

2y↑194

This list is incomplete because it does not include Scientology or Jahovah's Witnesses.

@heath1948

2y↑41

Or Mormonism

@NeverPutDown

2y↑30

@@heath1948 or Christianity

@dmytrom297

2y↑1

Or fallun dafa

@spiderzvow1

2y↑38

Or Tump worshipers

@jermainegayle1647

The beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses are widely known, it's on their website it's in their magazines. The members are free to leave if they want to, they don't murder anyone they preach they uphold bible principles it is very interesting that people call them a cult. Those I know who use to be their members prefer to fornicate live homosexual lifestyles and other things that are against bible teachings then they curse the thing they once supported. But I very well know not even logic can sway prejudice.

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@lanpingpug

1y↑32

I was a member of The Family International. I was in it for a few years, after most of the weird teachings were already gone.

@heavnnnsent

1y↑1

What kind of weird teachings are you referring to? Very interesting to hear these testimonies!

@lanpingpug

1y↑5

@@heavnnnsent Sleeping with outsiders went out after the 'free love' era and with the spread of HIV. The number of people in each home decreased and kids weren't always homeschooled. We went out to see if we could get people to pray with us to be saved and gave out tracts about Jesus to everyone, even to staff in the shops we used. Ask me about anything else.

@c1h9a7m7p

1y↑7

I was born a raised in the COG. They taught adults to groom and sleep with small children. They are going to hell, for sure. If there even is a hell.

@jc9716

2y↑81

You know it's a cult when certain "secrets" are known to only certain "higher" members.

@brandonscott5544

Cuit terrifying 🔥 religion religions okay

@quaxo1

You know the Catholic Church has a lot of "secrets" known to only certain "higher" members, right?

@jkcarroll

Which, as I suspected, makes the Masons a cult -- secret handshakes; truths known only to those who have "advanced" enough to have them. Masonry is, in fact, a gnostic religion and fits perfectly in the definition of a cult.

@timlewis7218

2y↑2

Hmmm... comment count is off.

@nHans

2y↑10

So ... every government as well?

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@florenbaron7111

33w↑4

One major aspect of all cults is fear.

@carolyncasey8960

1y↑16

I wish you would cover the cult The Process that was very actively recruiting in the early ‘70’s

@marciathehooligan9967

The Manson family were involved in the Process. That's where Manson met so many people

@jeannedouglas9912

Very scary stuff reported. Thanks for doing it.

@83joonior

2y↑25

I don't know how you guys do it. Multiple videos daily, all with interesting subjects! Hats off to you I'm really impressed

@do9138

This is a truly fantastic channel, isn't it? I know I can ALWAYS found cool things on Mojo and Ms Mojo.

@83joonior

@@do9138 I really like their content

@vixxxenfoxxx3660

2y↑3

Because it's more of a company than a channel. They can afford an entire staff to constantly do research and write scripts. All the narrator had to do is read that script, different groups put together the video and do the editing. Hope this explains how they came mass produce videos.

@mattkrieger3428

2y↑47

Thought for sure CrossFit would have received an honorable mention

@jenf6489

2y↑3

😂😂😂😂

@stiner2829

2y↑66

Lol as much as I agree with all these, scientology should always be on one on these lists

@hellhound1389

All religions are cults until adopted by people in power

@eaglesandowls

1y↑1

No. You should come join us, give it a try so you can see for yourself

@stiner2829

1y↑2

@@eaglesandowls I uh, I don't think I will

@nostaldec4705

1y↑2

The Twelve Tribes run many businesses all around the world, many of which are cafés that share the name The Yellow Deli. I’ve even seen one for myself in Katoomba, Australia, and you can bet your life I’ll never give them my money.

@sayedshaan7621

9w↑1

Boycott twelve tribes .Free Palestine

@andyginterblues2961

2y↑9

The "Moonies" (Universal Life Church) tried to recruit me in Manhattan in the 1970's. I even went to their HQ for a few days (They bought the old Columbia University men's club building) but they were too creepy and I walked out. The Twelve Tribes have a hostel or whatever near where I've been living in Ithaca, NY, they just recently opened one of their "Yellow Deli" cafe's in Ithaca. They are another way too creepy cult. The women and children are treated like slaves. One of their hustles is that they will send out work crews to do light construction and carpentry. My mom hired one of their crews to lay down a new flat roof on a commercial property she owned. They sent a huge crew, they were there on the roof for what seemed like months, just hanging out doing nothing, never even finished the job, and left a huge pile of shingles. Of course they made sure they got paid...Cults. Just a bunch of followers who have no idea of how to think independently. Seems like a scary way to live.

@egalitarius8582

1y↑5

You forgot Quanon, 7 mountains dominion, Evangelical, and Jahovah Witness they all match the B.I.T.E. model of cultism.

@tessfenmore6180

1y↑3

LifeSpring was huge during the 80’s to mid 90’s. This organization would charge people $1000+ for their “seminars” for people to discover their “full potential.” It turned out this organization used brain wash techniques like starvation, lack of sleep, embarrassment, and ridicule. Fortunately one of the attendees of the NYC seminars tipped off the media. I was invited to participate by a friend. Part of its workshops was “empowering” yourself to invite others to enroll in their seminars.

Any organization that claims it wants to help you, but charges a great deal of money, and insists you need to spread their word, is a giant red flag. When times are tough, these organizations have a tendency to resurrect itself.

@owltracker3030

2y↑3

Amazing Documentary. I could listen to Rebecca all day long.

@rosalalie6417

2y↑50

In the early 80s,Me and my friends would hangout down these paths in the woods. So we're hanging out on the grass, All of a sudden this group of people all dressed like When Jesus was here. It gets better, There's about 12 people and one guy who looks just like Jesus Christ. Everyone else was dressed in what looked like a long sleeve dress, They tried to recruit us the as fast as they appeared they went back to the other side of the woods. We're all in our teens 15. We're like WTF was that?? There's no place to sleep down there. But they were always ever so quietly they'd just appear all the time. They were around for about 2weeks poof they were gone... To this day we will bring it up. And yah, we still laugh at it