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Seeing a lot of speculation. I want this video to be about memorizing these red flags for psychological grooming to keep people safe. I ended up releasing the name of the organization on Twitter.
Bri Hall lol release it hear for us we wanna know too
Did I hear u say that u went into the woods?!! 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ let me watch this video.... what in the world
I had no idea that these groups existed until I took a Religion Death and Dying class last December the same semester that I graduated from college! I highly recommend taking it! It will amaze you and open your eyes to a lot of these symbols that were mentioned in the video! Thank you for sharing your experience!
This same org tried to recruit/well did recruit my ex while we were in college. He felt so rejected by God whenever he would go against the grain. This organization targets young African Americans in the DMV area. Howard actually banned them I'm around 2011 from coming in campus.
Sounded like some witchcraft to me.
“I went for the free food” is the start of every good & bad story in college .. we all have a few 😭😂
Boujetto Infamous fr that’s how they real you in 💀
Omg yes
This is the absolute truth.
Period
I did the same thing. 💀💀 I was done with free food after that. 😂
If i dont thank God for anything else, i thank God for the spirit of discernment. Your gut/intution will let you know something isnt right real quick
The Holy Spirit
Period
Amen to that
Period
Ashley M. yup that “intuition” is the Holy Spirit telling you to run
The cult sounds a lot like a relationship with a narcissist
ITSYAGIRL DOMO Was just thinking that
Yes! In documentaries they always say they are lead by a narcissist
Spot on.
Exactly that’s what it’s a damn group of smh people ATTEMPTING too be their OWN GODS and we all should know who is attempted/attempting too be like God
Omg girl. Seriously. Getting in is easy, getting out 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
The voiceover of you singing the ‘I love God’ 😭😭😭😭
Bruh
That took me tf out hahahhaha
Right!!lmaoooooooooo!!!
The fact that they didn't attend your college but showed up and would "bump into you" is one of the scariest parts of this story. I'm so sorry you went through this.
Def felt like the school knew something...
Agreed. I don't believe in coincidence; that was purely strategic on their part and just plain creepy!
God the Mother is a cult and they tried to recruit me on my campus so i called the police on them lol
Yeah but it's easy to happen people are literally at college to meet friends and join groups so yeah it almost happened to me. I had a lot of anger issues but grew up in the church and was all about questioning the bible but I actually study the book so I was frustrating them with their lessons so they stop inviting me to stuff. I told my friends later some of which had run into this group and they said it was a cult. When I returned home for winter break I told my parents and they too agreed it was a cult but I really was just looking for a friend or group of friends. Basically, they told me they couldn't be friends unless I joined the group and that is when I for myself knew it was not the place for me and that it was, in fact, a cult.
@@imani9518 sorry to hear that, it sounds like you dodged a bullet though
God really be having his hand on his children because.... whew.
Gurl
Chileee
Yessirrrr
Periodt
Because we go stupid sometimes. Like the dog in the movie...squirrel...UP.
I feel like that RA should not have kept his job, like that’s legit not ok that he had the position and used it the way he did.
At my campus, ALL the RAs we’re apart of this type of group 👀 they work real hard
CJ Feist i-
CJ Feist REPORT IT
@@cjfeisty Ummm what😀
The ICC tried to get me recently. It took me about a week to realize something was not quite right about them when they invited me to the head lady’s house unexpectedly because she wanted to meet. Too many red flags to ignore even though they were very very subtly grooming me. So glad God gave me discernment!
I had the same thing happen to me just recently I realized like 2 days ago after feeling like something was off and they were being too persistent
That’s crazy same here! The extreme charisma, the Bible studies actually being lessons leading to baptism w their church, insisting being baptized by them despite me already being baptized, the busy schedule, lots of ppl dropping their careers/post ed for their own Bible college program. And when I researched them?! The founder is deep in trouble, news articles and all. Yes I thank God for discernment too. Thankful I didn’t finish the lessons and stood my ground defending my church (I wanted to visit both my church and sometimes ICC but they insisted I couldn’t do that).
That inner corner eyeliner is everything 🙌
The whole look
Between the liner and then lashes I need a tutorial
I can’t get the inner corner eyeliner for the life of meeeeee
All i was looking at!!!
@@Mayan144 same oml and it always gets in my eye 💀🤦🏿♀️
Nah. People being overly nice puts me on edge too. It's like they're trying to sell you an image to get you a state where the way you act and see things, is lowkey controlled by them in a sense. Or maybe we're just both paranoid 🤣.
And I hate cults for this reason. I tend to like to make friends cause I was antisocial growing up and eventually wanted to start talking to people. I'm from Vegas and when I talk to certain people in the strip I can tell they are put off cause they think I'm trying to sell them on something or use them 😔
This is why i hate living in minnesota. They say "minnesota nice" but its really just fake nice and passive aggression😔
That cult nice is different lol. Way too calm & they speak very slowly.
i was looking at how her face is darker than her neck
iprom15e awww being nice is good. Just be calm and let it flow naturally. 1 maybe 2 compliments...just try to pull back a little but still
Be nice.
The reason for you telling them your deepest secrets was so that they could blackmail you if you decided not to join.
Loi Tran probably more so if you joined, then decide to leave.
A benefit of that is you could make up an absolutely hilarious rumor about yourself if you’re a good story teller
imagine blackmailing them imma tell yo momma that you did self pleasure
Look at what they did in Riverdale!!
or make her feel guilty
This is all so true. I was in college and I meet this women at a grocery store and out of no where she invited me to her home for a meal. What straving college person would reject, besides I had sized her up and thought if anything funny goes down I can take her! Well we made a stop, she had to pick up her child first, then we went to her house. She realized she needed something from the store and left me alone with her child ( where they do that at)!! Then she came back and prepared a mini feast and thats when it got all weird, because other folks started coming by. They were all smiles and seemed harmless but when they insisted we go to the "temple", that's when my spidey senses went off and as soon as we went outside, I dashed!! Thank God we were in a fairly populated area and I was able to disappear in a crowd quick! Her story is almost the same as mine as I grew up in the church and I dont find people threatening due to my belief that God is my protector. However, we must be wise and heed the warnings!! Be safe people.
Wow
Oh you was definitely about to be a human sacrifice
@@jaybee1155 you think they knowingly target people to sacrifice them in these places they called religious meetings? I am confused how people can be so deceptive using the name of God, and not be detected.
Temple....Mormons perhaps?
Omg 😲. That's scary. Glad you got out of it fast.
Love Bombing is also a narcissism technique
YES EXACTLY
I'm seeing all these correlations! Cults, Covert NPD, Overt NPD, Religious fundamentalism
Toni Collier yes it is and so damaging
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Indeed....
She said it “a lot of people who are in a cult don’t believe their in a cult”
I fell for a cult during my sophomore year of college and lost like six years of my life to it. (And came away with deep trauma.) Thank you for making this video to help people know what to look out for, I wish I'd had something like this back in the day. (2001)
What cult?
@@caprisun4u545 It was a really conservative church called The Revolution. (the name should've been my first red flag) After I got out of it, I found a website explaining that it had been part of a movement that was actively broken up because of the damage it was doing to college kids. (GCM I think? But even that was a rebrand.) So much of what you talked about in your video were things I experienced. You had to have an adult mentor and it was required that you confess everything to them. They had so much control over who dated who and if they found out you were interested in or dating someone who wasn't "saved" they would shame and punish you. They staged a lot of interventions for so many different reasons. Looking back, I cannot fathom what kind of adults would be so intertwined in the lives of COLLEGE kids. I was diagnosed with PTSD after my experience and it took me years to get over it. There's a longer story there because I was one who committed the cardinal sin of dating outside the "saved". Oh, AND I saw Kill Bill by myself at the movies. Huge no-no. (Even though all the dudes being mentored by the pastor used to ironically watch all the Rambo movies together.) I guess I'm still bitter about a lot.
@@BornforGeekdom my god, I'm so sorry, that would've been a shitty nightmare... glad you out now
Watch out for the ICOC
@@BornforGeekdom some frat boys would sign for anything. even KKK. most people are desperate to belong somehow. Communities are the worst. you're PTSD ? How about the girls your little club abused ? In reality they get no justice, no revenge
48 minutes of me trying to figure out what lashes these are
Girl facts!!!
so prettyyyy 😭
i was staring at them the whole time!!
My pastor befor he passed away use to always tell us to read the Bible ourselves and pray and not just listen to what everybody says just because what they say sounds right or even if it’s partially right ... cuz ppl are using church (especially Christianity title) to do horrible things and confuse ppl when that’s not what Christians do ... smh I’ve seen so many things or ppl or groups of ppl claiming to do God’s work🤦🏽♀️... be aware of fake prophets .. they sound legit but definitely are not .. pray for wisdom and spirit of discernment if u feel like u can’t tell and get into situations like these alot
Divinely Made Nunii 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The bible was written by men.....you cant escape it. Its all indoctination.
Hey i have a question so a last year i went to this church an it was something of the church of apostle an i literally felt weird weird ..like stomach turning etc..i talked to som ppl but it was creepy ..idk the lord was telling me somethin and i was listenin to him so i didnt listen to what there pastor was sayin cuz i aint know an junk its alot
I kid u not when i went to that church down here in florida i said yooo..i mean they too nice ....omg maybe that church of apostles was a cult ...no wonder i was uncomfortable ..i was creeped out tbh so welp..after that sunday ..we aint go ever since
Laura Porter lol well some church are overly nice because they feel that will make u join them but if u actually felt really creeped out and like u were in danger then that’s a whole other thing... because your not suppose to feel creeped out or scared or anything negative like that ... when ever you feel that way there is definitely something wrong ... and we visit a church at one point where the guest preacher was screaming all kind of stuff over the church that wasn’t appropriate and we got up and left so I understand
I was literally crying my eyes out just about10 minutes ago about being abused by the men that I went to church with. I didn't realize I was in a cult until I got out. I was just praying a minute ago and then I got on CZcams and this video popped up. God just confirmed what I've been feeling all along. Please keep me in your prayers. God is so good I'm happy I was able to hear your story. Now I'm about to finish watching it.
C J. Praying for you!
🙏🙏🙏🙏
God bless you🥺❤️❤️
praying for you.
It okay to cry. It's healing for the soul. Keep talking to God and Remember, you are free from them now.
This is truly a scary story, the more it goes on the creepier it sounds, I've got chills fr.
When I was fourteen I lost my father, and my mother was battling cancer, and my toxic aunt was being mentally abusive towards me. So I was battling depression and contemplating on suicide. One day after school this man approached me, and we began to have a conversation. He told me he was a “pastor”, so I felt like I could trust him because I was suffering with depression and coping with my dad’s death. So I told him what I was going through he takes out his bible and he started to read a verse to me. But I saw him twisting the words and adding words instead of reading the actual words that was on the Bible. That’s when I realized he was a cult leader, and I quickly got up and ran away from him as fast I could. Im so glad and I thank God for giving discernment to not join, because I was about to join. I’m so glad you made it out the cult tho. But please be safe.
Thank goodness you made it out safe! By the way, I hope things did get better for you!
wow that's crazy
You see, I'm the type of person that wouldve gave him the look like he need to get up and run away from me as fast as he could.
Wow! A prime example of knowing The Word being powerful!!
Wow. That's kind of scary.
Sadly, my little brother went through the same thing, he was recruited on campus his sophomore year, he was just 16, far away from family for the frst time on another continent. They really got him... deep. He still doesn't think he was/is in a cult but it got so bad for his mental and physical health(like he was really loosing it in school, his roommates had to intervene and physically restrain him) that the school almost kicked him out. Now he's home with us and we are still dealing with the aftermath. Thanks for sharing Bri.
Poor thing ☹☹
That’s insane, glad he’s back home
Praying for his healing❤
God bless him🙏🏼
He was a sixteen year old college sophomore? That is awesome. Sending prayers to you, your brother, and your family as a whole.
I was 19 and a sophomore in college too when I was approached by a cult :( I get you. We’re open minded ppl at that age and it’s sick ppl prey on it
Was it intervarsity??
Gosh what an experience!! I just wanted to encourage you not to let this "church" destroy your pursuit for God.
Your right, a healthy church community wont force you, reject you or judge you.
I also think it would be a good idea to just pray God heals your heart from any negative impact this experience had. Sometimes we think we ok, but get triggered in unsuspected scenarios.
Keeping you In prayer too girl xx
I don’t trust the overly nice. Never.
Yuuup!
Awww man. Code!
Kyla Fuller thank goodness I’m a total bitch😫😂😂😂 (to strangers)
Yeah, I'm nice but I don't either. It is a form of manipulation.. we're not stupid
Always question the motives
Who wants to hear the college roommate story???? CUZ SIS I DO 💕💞🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️. Your hair looks amazing tho!!!
Jeavanni me!!!
Me
I wanna hear it too sis 🤚🏾
I didnt even watch the video yet so idk what you're talking about. But I wanna hear
@@MyaMarri same
Jordan Peele can probably make this into a movie smh everybody smiling all day 😳
😂 I’d love to see that!
I was just thinking how I’d love to see a Lifetime movie abt this!!😂😂
Girl I’m so happy your gut was screaming at you the whole time AND that you LISTENED cause there can be real danger in those situations... I’m happy you are thriving now & May God Protect you 🙏🏽❤️
“You don’t have to contact me, there needs to be no clarity, none of that” - me to my ex 😭 Another banger Bri , I love your storytelling👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
haha
As someone who is new to religion (Christianity specifically) thank you for this video bc many young people are looking for church homes, mentors, and guidance and could get pulled into this foolishness. When it comes to religion you shouldn’t feel pressured to do anything, that’s not of Jesus. It’s a willful step in anything that you do.
Lol @ “Get Bri our of the sunken place” I’m really sorry you had to go through that.
AMEN babe just read the word of GOD & grow into a relationship with HIM your self, HE'LL give you the anserws you seek & discernment to know the truth,just be careful 🙏🏼
You should try to learn Islam not forcing
RUN, religion is death.
Christianity isn’t a religion it’s a relationship with Jesus Christmas but yes, the only person that can change someone’s heart is the Holy Spirit
Thank you for your story. I am the grandmother of a very soon to be collage student. Much of your discernment I try to instill in my grandchild every chance I get. ( pearls of wisdom I'd like to think) But, look heres the real who listens to grama? Huh.. When my baby is here next I am going to make them watch your video. Young people think their elders don't know any thing we were born old and with out hard knocks and close calls in life.. With your poise, wisdom and yes beauty, I am sure he will listen and have a better connection to many of the ways of the world that his old grama is trying to instill before we send him off. Thank you
Tell then Watch out for THE ICOC OR CHURCH OF CHRIST THEY ARE ALSO WORLDWIDE OR INTERNATIONAL IF YOU WILL AND THEY ARE ON YOUR Campus
I can tell you’ve got a very strong moral compass. Your just so kind and able to evaluate things
These days it’s so easy to be fooled and fall into something like this. The enemy is clever y’all! Put on the FULL armor of God.
020ctmarie That’s the straight up truth
Yes praise jesus AMEN!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
AMEN
We should also learn how to discern people,things and spirits around us.
Period!!!
God got you sis trust.
15:36 when you describe all the things that you knew about this retreat before you went which were all very shady...this oculd easily have been an entry point to human trafficking too. super super dangerous and scary.
Damn you’re right
You’re hilarious, but the ‘I Love God’ part got me 😆. I completely understand what you mean. I’m Christian and grew up Christian. My cousin is in one, and invited us to his wedding. His wife grew up into it, so this is all she’s ever known. It was my first time being exposed to that kind of setting and it was strange..uneasy, uncomfortable..the singing, dancing, very long ceremony. At first when he went away to college, he stopped being able to come home to visit his family, and they would have to travel there to visit him, or when he would come back to visit, he was always accompanied by another person. Nonetheless, I am grateful that you kept your head on, and were able to get out when you did 🙏🏾
Belinda Charles wow, that’s insane.
Dewi Lew it was definitely an experience. When I got back home, I remember feeling so uneasy and so troubled over the fact that he was basically stuck, but he seemed to be happy so all we could do was support and be happy for him.
Sounds like something out of the movie "Get Out" the constant red flags and feelings of awkwardness, everyone else knows why he is there but him.
Shapress7779 or have you seen that movie Mid Somar (or summer) something like that but it was SCARYYYYY AF.
@@roadtorecovery3579 I've never watched that movie, gotta check it out, thanks.
I was thinking the exact same thing! 🥴
“They was mad they spell ain’t work” lmfaooooo
😂😂😂
I'm dead af💀😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who else died when she started singing “ I love god” 😂😂😂
sisi'sworld 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 girl!
sisi'sworld this exactly y i came to the comment 🤣🤣
lol it twas good
*God
@@bolanlecoker9675 dont forget the context was the cult singing about god so little g would be appropriate.
I’m genuinely afraid of people who are always smiling 😂😂😂
Same 😂! Like wth
The “You can only find God through them” is wild. Blasphemy
Complete blasphemy that it hurts
I mean Jesus said this right? What’s the difference between this and Christianity?
frequencyreached what? No? They said on,t trough THEM those specific people
frequencyreached facts but christians won’t admit it
Jacquee Paul maybe actually read the Bible.
THIS STORY MADE ME SICK LOL how they gone be like "your salvation comes through us" when they're literally reading from a book that says "your salvation only comes through Christ"... what in the name of hypocrisy.
Faith Camille a hot mess.
Faith Camille I wasn’t sure it was a cult until she said this. Biggest red flag ever. Salvation is through Christ alone not any person or church.
Right! At that point, if I didn't think they would/could murder me, I'd curse them out.
Faith Camille girl I was stuck in a cult for a bit that recruited me through college. They are CONVINCING!!!! I knew the word but I was weak and they preyed on that
liiiiistennnnnnnnnn!!!
"Everyone seemed nice... like am I a traumatized youth that that bothered me". Story of my life! Too nice makes me nervous too! ALWAYS has & always will! Your intuition kicked in!
“...it was none of the jams...” I’m done 🤣🤣
I am so sorry that people encounter God this way through people who mislead and misuse the intent of a relationship with God. Sometimes things like this (cults, etc) is the only chance someone may have to truly get to know God. Please know that a relationship with God does not feel like this. It’s full of love, acceptance, correction, and forgiveness. Almost like a friend or parent. And true Christians do not behave this way. We understand and are compassionate and we are no better than ANYONE. We all have struggles and flaws. This is the type of stuff that would completely turn someone against God because of tainted human influence :( and my heart hurts about this
SweetlyDreyah that’s how satan works
Amen. That is the most annoying and disrespectful part. Like a real one don't do all that. That's totally not what we about
Amen! My prayers for people who got this wrong impression! Any "church" that claims you NEED THEM for ANY part of your relationship with Jesus is wrong! They build up your relationship with the church but devalue your personal relationship with God.....red flag! When she said they claimed salvation is only obtained through them that's when it's time to run! You can get saved by yourself in your bathroom if that's how God planned it. May the Lord's grace bring truth and love to all the people who went through this.
I was just thinking the same thing. I can't say that grew up in a cult but I definitely grew up in a church that didn't teach/show God's love. It wasn't until I encountered a true relationship with Jesus that understood I didn't know him my whole life. Fortunately I wasn't abused or anything like that so I can only imagine how it is for those victims but still I hate the deception the enemy uses
Yesss you took the words out of my mouth
That was The Holy Spirit guiding you and allowing you not to have peace. If, you didn't have the experience with God before you wouldn't have known the difference. I'm glad you have this testimony...you made it out.
“Girl they were mad they spell ain’t work” I LAUGHED OUT LOUD😭
“Why am I in the woods right now 🤣”
So we aren’t going to ask about her lashes ? Girl put us on please
Karina Tineo righttttt I cant stop staring at them
Can someone recommend similar lashes?!?
@Mariam mink lashes I think 😅
Omg yeah I know same. They are look like fairy feathers
@@Mariam-qb9nv you can check @ultimateblinks on ig and see if you like those
The free food bait is soo true. I think any broke college student can relate. I've sat in on so many club meetings just because I heard there'd be free food there 😂
C'mon somebody
Same 😩😂
Definitely got tricked into going to a "coffee night" in college that was just a veiled church event where they had us enter to win a Kindle. And surprise! the raffle numbers got called at a Wednesday night-style church meeting a few weeks later with free Chipotle lmao. I came late, grabbed a burrito and sat in for the raffle.
Omg yes!!
Ok I’m not in college but what about the dining hall
Girl! It’s so crazy how stuff like this goes under the radar! I kid you not almost this exact same thing happened to me the Freshman-Sophomore year in college. This stuff is real out here and more people need to be aware and educated. Thank you for sharing!
My then boyfriend almost joined a cult and once they saw I wasn’t giving them the time of day with their judgy, fake vibes, they tried to isolate him from me and make him confess all his sins, they made him feel guilty when he would go to football practice instead of church and tried to make him quit football, and made it sound like God was calling him to do so & they called themselves disciples as well, and they were always on campus. One day, he came to me saying he was getting baptized and thank god I was able to show him that none of what they were teaching was even in the Bible and no man can even remember all his “sins” etc. 🙄and then he caught on lol he’s now my fiancé and quickly got out of it after all the red flags 🚩
Wait same situation happened to me😭
Jaden Aaliyah There was something very similar to that at the college I went to. My freshman year there were a group of students that (I can’t remember what they called themselves) that met up for “bible studies” damn near every night. I didn’t have many friends and was considered a loner at the time, which they quickly noticed from observing me on campus. They would always stop me and try to persuade me to come to these “bible studies”. Little did they know I was hard headed AS HELL; the more you ask me to do something the more I’m going to do the opposite of what you tell me. So they eventually stopped 😂
MakeupByRee615 lol they have this holier than thou spirit it’s disgusting 😖
Omg my brother was in the exact same cult!! They found him campus and he went through everything you described!! The women in his cult tried to recruit me but I wasn’t having it 🙅🏽♀️
Was the group called Alpha Omega? I went through something similar 🙄 they were a part of the international church of Christ
The RA part of the story gave me Netflix "You" vibes and overall this gave me "Get Out" vibes. Glad you got out.💛
Thank you for sharing. College students are very vulnerable being on their own for the first time and being homesick.
Please do more storytimes, you’re so entertaining to listen to!❤️
these lashes are poppinggg
hair. poppin
face. poppin
lol great story time, Im glad you got out!
This took me back to the time when I was in Walmart with my daughter and a girl kept popping up on like every aisle that we were on. She approached us about God and then invited us to bible study. When I asked when and where she said "Anytime you want, just call me (gave me her number) and WE WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE!" No ma'am no ma'am! I kept it cool 6 minutes later I saw her talking to another woman and then I saw like 7 other people doing the same thing. As I left I saw all of them load up into a white van. Mind you when she was "shopping" she had a basket full of random stuff, but she walked out empty handed. My spidey senses were on 10! I said they out swarming for victims!!
That was happening in our area by people who were snatching kids from walmart and target
LOL @ spidey senses
Good for you
STOPPP the same thing happened to me!!! me and my friend was at walmart just to grab and few snacks and leave and these two men around there 20s came up to us talking about god and stuff and i’m not really religious so i was like maybe this is a sign SURE and they read us some stuff out a bible and asked for my number and they’ll call me and we can meet at my house or their house and i was like oh no ma’am not today i watch too many crime shows and movies so after while we were walking still shopping around we saw them talking to other people and then when we left and was sitting in my car saw the two guys with two other teenagers around our age and they walked past us to the two guys car and got in i was like WTFFF
This happened to me! I JUST had my son and a girl comes up to me complimenting me and then starts asking me do I know where I’m going after I die? Then invites me to bible study , saying I can bring my newborn with me. She had a business card for the organization but once we got in the car, I threw it out the window cause it was not a good vibe. I even googled what the organization was and plenty of stuff came up about a cult.
Not really related to the story but when you said “That seems weird but because of the job title it didn’t...” it reminded me of maybe how a student would feel when developing a relationship with a teacher who‘s interested in them 🤨
I was looking at your eyes almost the whole time. Pretty 😍
I'm sorry but I was looking at your hair like 80% of the time😍
Xenyla Cordier that’s me with her lashessss!!
@@artyssamornay lol yesss
And them laaaaaaaaashhhhheeeeeeeeessssssss! Girrrluuuh!
Xenyla Cordier omg this and her lashes and everything
I was looking at her beautiful teeth and smile! 😆
A cult is very similar to an abusive relationship. It begins with as you would say "love bomb" followed by control and isolation. Thanks for sharing your experience. This story may also help people in abusive or soon to be an abusive relationship.
I put that piece in the intro noting they’re similar. Thanks for catching! Hoping this helps
Your experience was almost exactly like mine. The recruiters came on my college campus, and none of them went to my school. I was only 20 at the time (I'm 43 now) and they were really, really nice people. We had little bible studies on campus once a week. I got sucked in SO FAST that it makes my head spin! Promises of peace were fed to me, selling the organization like it was a fun and wonderful place with lots of young people like me, and members were super nice.
After a few weeks, I started going to the actual church meetings. Two middle aged men were "leading brothers" of the church, and sometimes "promising, young, godly men" preached also. But so many meetings: Tuesday prayer meeting, Wednesday bible study, Saturday morning pre-recorded sermon, Sunday worship, Sunday night potlucks. Also we had Thursday and Friday night hangouts several times a month. It was insane!
Once I got deeper inside the church, the signs of cult-ness came up, though I didn't understand what I was getting myself into: Separation started being preached right away.
Don't be friends with people who weren't in the church.
We were encouraged to only hang out with other members.
The only reason we should talk to non-religious people or folks from some other religion was with the aim of converting them to christianity.
No "worldly" music, we were only supposed to sing christian songs.
Lots of talk about sin, hell, eternal torture.
Coerced into preaching to strangers, family, co-workers whether we felt like it or not.
Elitist crap where you weren't a good christian unless you were in their church.
No dating at all. Just marriage; man picks a woman from the church, and marries her if the leaders of the church are cool with that. Wives were supposed to clean, cook, be baby-making machines, and in some families, homeschool the children.
The way I got out was due to a scandal with one of the leaders of the church. He beat his wife and did nasty things to his children. Once that got out in the open, people left that church by the hundreds, and that was my opportunity to escape. So I'm free now and I want absolutely nothing to do with religion or churches or temples or any sort of religious oriented places again.
This experience also sounds very similar to some MLM companies. From the love bombing, to people being too nice. Always listen to that inner voice because it’ll keep you from so many bad things!
Giiirl, God looked out for you BIG time. These folks could’ve done anything to you. 😳 Thank God your friend showed up and y’all hit it off. I hope this story helps some folks to open their eyes.
Bruh my roommate and I fell out because she wanted me to join her dead end pyramid scheme. When I told her straight up I didn't feel comfortable she was pissed, tried to kick me out the dorm (but it backfired and she had to leave instead). It was the most demoralizing experience ever because she literally made me feel crazy for looking out for myself. And before we fell out she was the "nicest" person you could meet....smh it's wild out there but I'm glad you came out safe!!
A little different but still crazy
Pyramid schemes are cultish too!
Ashaki Charles oh my goodness!!! I was just thinking the same thing!!!! WOW! I actually had a grad student try to recruit me who was a TA for some of the classes in my program. It was so weird. She kept forcing me to sit down with her. I worked on campus, so she would visit my job and ask me when i had off. I honestly think she preyed on me, because she knew i worked full time, and attended school. To be honest, I think she thought she could scheme me, bc of the color of my skin. She was from (Japan/ or South Korea i think), but she never offered this “amazing opportunity” to ppl from her country, only me. Someone who she had nothing in common with. She would say, “Don’t you want to one day get a Lamborghini... don’t you want to stop working this job.” Like WTF. She would read me a script everyday. She would constantly guilt me into talking to her. I’m so pissed right now just thinking about it. I was one of the few kids who worked, and went to school. I was so broke. vulnerable, and one of the few ppl of color in my program. I knew it was bullshit, but I was to scared to tell her no. I finally acted as if I got fired from my job, and asked my coworkers to look out for her. She finally stopped coming by after a few months. I’m happy I’m older now and I know how to stand up for myself. But wow, I have so many stories about how ppl tried to take advantage of me. God was looking out.
Ashaki Charles I went to a pyramid scheme meet up and they were all extremely nice it was creepy and tried to sell this dream of being self employed and making a ton of money smh I saw right through the bs bc I have a strong ass BS radar
I really like how you start off pointing out what can make us vulnerable to joining a cult. Its easy to think of yourself as immune until you go through hardship. I've had a few near misses with cults and religions, luckily I'm quite skeptical and like doing things my own way which means I'm haven't been sucked in but I've gone to a couple of events over the years that felt cultish and I followed my gut and left.
Girl, I accidentally joined a cult in college too. Joined one semester, and spent the second semester regretting it and figuring out how to get the hell out. When I did get out, I was treated horribly by most of them and made an example of in their meetings. I was vindicated a bit when a while later, the leaders were exposed and a whole bunch of people left. Been 10 years and I'm still pissed... but I do have to say that experience taught me how to recognize narcissists and toxic people, and that has saved my behind *many* a time.
You’re obviously naturally intelligent. I’ve seen people not be able to make it out, they just keep thinking in circles. Cults are really a mental trap.
Street smarts vs book smarts. Coming from a strict household I definitely had to learn street smarts on my own.
When you said please pray for me because they may have put a curse on my life I actually paused the video and prayed for you girl. That stuff is serious and I am glad you got out and are doing well❤❤
This story is so helpful for people to recognize what cults look like. Hopefully, its helped someone. Probably the reason that I didn't get recruited by a cult is because I don't like being around a lot of people. As soon as someone talks about meeting up with a group of strangers, I'm out. I can barely take being around family for long periods of time.
Something similar happend to me during a rough time in my life when I was struggling and looking for spiritual relief. When we struggle , we hold onto faith and that makes us vulnerable. I was pulled into this church by a few women who swore it helped them through a rough time. It was weird at first as they were changers and hand waivers , men and women crying, seizure like behavior, but that wasnt the worst. The " pastor" wanted to " help" me and asked for some one on one counciling. Yeah. He tried to get physical with me. I wasnt sure if I mistook what he was trying to do so I went to the service again and he cornered me and to,d me I would be his. When I asked the women about it they acted like God himself blessed me and I was a chosen one. They cried and prayed over me that I would accept this offer to be the pastors mistress basically. They were angry and harrassed me when I noped out. I was told the devil took hold of me because I wouldn't have sex with the pastor, yeah , I was married with 2 little kids , but hey that wasnt a sin at all.
I remember when you were living in the library.... I’m so proud of how far you’ve come
Jadini Thomas this was the first thing that came to mind. She has been through so much. Love her
Living in the Library!!! 😥 You're not serious...omg..
🙌🏾 Thank God for deliverance! Glad you were able to get out
The fact that you laugh at bad situations like this really takes the power away and I appreciate that so much thank you girl ❤️❤️
This video popped up and girl!!! Everything you're saying is true. I was a part of a church that was a cult and Im still healing from it. My heart breaks thinking about how I defended them only to realise that I was brainwashed
before the love bombing stage, they find out what you know and what you dont know and what are you searching for 2nd do you like to ask a lot of questions. if you have knowledge of self, know the bible or question everything they will be off to the next person real quick.
Like the jehovah witnesses lollll they flees from me every time shucks don’t knock on my grandma door tryna tell me bout “Jehovah” and thank it not gone tell you about my Jehovah and still tell you I’m Christian 😂😂 they used to run from my behind I use to be like yea we can talk, come on lol
Your right, they spy and vet you. It's the enemy. GOD calls his people. The crowds came to Jesus. Jesus is the Light, in the Light, you see clearly. He's Good News and His burden is light.
ashley turner 😂
The lord was protecting you from the beginning. I’m overjoyed that you are here now to tell the story instead of a missing persons cold case. Listening to this gave me anxiety. I have a 17 year old son soon to be in college.
Cults are very very real.
I was sucked into a religious cult there’s such clear signs.
I’m so so glad you broke free!!!
Praise God sis!
They always go after people who are vulnerable it’s so disgusting of them to do.
I’m so glad you made this video.
You are beautiful and strong and can reach so many young women to warn them.
The best revenge is success!! That was the perfect response tell them your blessings and how good you have it without them!!
I actually never watched a story time fully or with out skipping parts until now 😳
Me too
Facts
Same..o n one other video today with this girl turning to satanism then back to god
I can’t stop now. Lol
The devil always exposes himself as an angel of light. The smiling constantly was evil. Being overly nice evil. It's like a wolf in sheep clothing. It's not because you were some college student. It was because you weren't very deep in the word of God. So they thought you were ignorant and they just knew they could recruit you based off of not being knowledgeable. But God watches over his children. There are many false religions. Thank God he protected you.
You're very right.
Amen.:)
Lucifer was an angel of light. His name means lightbringer.
@@justy2263 right! People just don't know that Lucifer he had many other names also. Ik it's just a TV show but Lucifer made me understand the bible more and now I see it in a different perspective.
@@coreaball4198 wth
This is really vital and it’s important information for students getting into college and life. But we often underestimate the inner witness that God gives to those you believe. Those promptings that we feel in these moments. Glad you were able to survive this.
Your story is eerily similar to what I experienced. I actually joined the group but left soon after joining. It's been about 12 years since this experience. I have grown so much and I'm so glad I know God and I have discernment. I will never again involve myself in something that doesn't sit right with my spirit.
It’s a blessing that you are strong minded🙌🏽👏🏽!! Cause BOY. The crazy thing I learned through my own spiritual exploration I’ve done myself is that there is NO such thing as coincidence. There is reason behind everything! that RA was literally stalking you 🤯. Also that feeling that you had was your intuition. If something feels off that’s because it IS. I haven’t been the best at listening to my gut because things on the surface can seem normal or cool but your spirit will TELL YOU THE TRUTH 👀. We have to trust that gut feeling 😫. I’m glad you unintentionally got out of that unscathed 😂💕 🙌🏽
Bri, like for real listening to your story made me dive deep into my nerd bag because I actually took a course in college called "Cults and Conspiracies" and everything you talked about in your story is definitely cult behavior. College students, sick people (people suffering/recovering from an illness, people of past traumas or just people looking for a new start are highly targeted by these groups. Actually focusing on college students, specifically college drop-outs or struggling students, they are prime targets for these cults because of the fact that these are people who are struggling with a new, unfamiliar environment and are usually looking for some sense of belonging or validation that they feel they were not getting during their college experiences. A lot of cult recruiters would actually work in the centers where students registered for or dropped classes because that was prime hunting ground for the most vulnerable students.
In actuality, all organized groups can exhibit cult-like behaviors: churches (of course), businesses, schools, fraternities/sororities, etc. Think about any time you worked somewhere and they would have group-building exercises (some jobs even host retreats). Or if you ever feel guilty about calling in sick to work because you were letting your boss down (or last time you called in sick and came in the next day or so, your boss and coworkers would side-eye you and make you low-key feel bad). These are not extreme forms of cult behaviors - though there may be some outliers that are definitely like such - but it does breed pseudo cult tendencies that are more socially acceptable. Cults are usually organizations formed with an agenda in mind to recruit and convert people to their ideologies. Which can be harmless but of course we know that is not always the case - especially when psychological games, ritualistic inductions (like baptisms or in more extreme cases sexual or drug-induced interactions), and obedience tactics come into play.
So I was definitely intrigued when you said that you feel bad/nervous talking about them or calling them a cult because they were so nice. You're not the only person who experienced that feeling after leaving a cult or cult-like organization. It is a side effect of the love-bombing. It is like if your dad tells you "I am really disappointed in you" and you were a daddy's girl so all you want is to get back on his good side. Cults will love-bomb you (i.e. the constant engagement, the smiling, the sense of belonging, the reaffirming group moments, etc) until the point they feel you are hooked on it or until (at least in your case it seems) the person they are recruiting seems to not be as receptive to their tactics as they would like. There are actually many cases where people will escape a cult and then consider going back (and sometimes do)! They feel that if they just do better and follow the rules then all will be well again when in actuality it will never happen. They may get love-crumbs but only enough to keep the person hooked to the ideas they were once promised. This is especially bad for people who remained in cult-life for years, completely isolated from any friends or family that they may have because it is almost like returning to strangers after the fact because the cult was your family for so long.
Anyways, so much more that could be said but I will definitely stop because this is already too long and I do not need no smoke from anyone. But I am glad that you mentioned that it is not always the people with the brochures and that friends, family, lovers and sometimes even an over-zealous RA can spring this on you. It is rare for someone to actually get a brochure and join, usually these people take time to study their recruits for long periods of time before approaching them or bringing up their organizations. Mainly because they do not want to waste time and they especially do not want someone who is going to ask too many questions, not be dedicated and just overall seem like more trouble than they're worth. So consider yourself lucky, sis!
Recommended read: Cults In Our Midst by Margaret Singer (clinical psychologist) and Janja Lalich (former cult member and professor) - it is a good, informative read (not too dry but actually easy to follow and very intriguing) and though it was written back in 1995, there is still a lot of relevant information that is so worth knowing.
Like my professor always said, "Knowing this information does not prevent you from being influenced by a cult or cult-like behaviors, but it will definitely make you a lot more aware of when/if it does happen."
That’s a lot of info. You could totally start a channel because this type of info is helpful! You show images and really go in-depth 🧐
@@LaLabutterfly a channel? that's sweet of you to say but I'm just a nerd who rambles haha 😁 yet I'm glad that you found my essay of comment to be informative!
@Tre random.. but thank you lol
Shar hahaha you could ramble to your hearts content, trust me there’re plenty of channels that are started by nerds and are doing very well... lol I knew you’d say that, that’s why I said show pictures and images because you don’t even have to show your face 🤷♀️... I dnno, too many people out here who’re good at something but have too many excuses not to do the thing they enjoy. You ain’t going nowhere anyway 😂😂 jk jk. Anyway, this goes to me too.
That sounds like a dope class what school offered this?
"Some mistakes get made, that's all right, that's okay". College students fall into strange places sometimes 😂😂
Thank God for Saving you💛✨
It can absolutely happen to anyone...it’s so subtle, at times. Be careful out there folks. It’s wild out here.
Wow sounds like my story and the disciple church. My boyfriend was a member before we met. He had “fell away” as they say. We met and I eventually got pregnant. We were having problems and he told me one night we couldn’t be together cause he was going back to church. Didn’t understand. He then invited me to this church. It was people of all races and like u said they were all overly nice. Everyone hugging me and I was just like what is this. Right off the top I was invited to these bible studies. I felt weirded out and uncomfortable by this instant love and concern they were showing me. Mind u I’m still pregnant. My baby daddy said we can’t be together we need to focus on the lord first. I did the whole confessing sins to these women in the group got baptized all the while thinking that all this is weird but I wanted to make it work with my baby daddy so I went along with it. These people convinced me to move in with other women in the church. My baby daddy moved in to a house with other men. Like u said they kept us booked and busy with church activities almost every day. One other thing there was no physical church we met at hotel banquet rooms or members houses. Everyone had a disciple over them. Someone more ingrained in the church I guess. My whole goal was to be with my baby daddy honestly. This weird church had him going on dates with other members, group of course, while I’m sitting there pregnant. They break us down in these groups and go over our finances to make sure we’re giving 10% a week. Told me how I could sell my stuff to earn more money to give. Sometimes they would have a big gathering in bouquet rooms and show us videos of other members in other countries spreading the church’s doctrine. They explained to us these people couldn’t work so we had to give money on top of tides to support their missionary work. All the while I’m still pregnant I wasn’t allowed to be around my baby daddy without another church member with us. Even for doctor appointments. We literally snuck and went to the movies alone together on his birthday. Fast forward a few months still going through the church cultism, I just made that up. But I still wasn’t sold, it all seemed so fake. They encouraged me to not speak to my family or friends unless I was recruiting them in to the church. A few came that I invited and immediately sensed some cult stuff was happening. There was no missing church if u didn’t show up u had like 10 people calling u to see where you were. Long story short just so we could be around each other we ran to Vegas and got married. Really short turn around left Saturday night got back to LA in time for Sunday service. Once we told them we got married they were angry we didn’t seek church counseling first. Now we’re in the married groups. They separate church members by singles and married. I went along with the crap a little while longer before I had enough. I wasn’t like these sheeple, always kept the mindsets that this was some weird cult stuff. I accomplished my goal I got my baby daddy back and we were married. One day I woke up and told him yeah I’m done with this church. To my surprise he was too. We just stopped attending. They were blowing our phones up and everything. Eventually it died down they left us alone. All but his discipler, this man was relentless. He wouldn’t stop calling my now husband he was showing up at his job. It was all a lil gay for me. Like why this man won’t leave you alone. Anyways as you could guess that marriage didn’t last. We got married for the wrong reasons. Basically just to be around each other to please this church. It’s been almost 18 years now. I don’t go to nobodies church I have my own personal relationship with God. 🙏🏽
Icecremedremz Blaque wow, sorry you went through that.
Some parts of her experience in the video and your experience sounds similar to the Mormon religion. At first, I was really concerned but there are strong red flags that the Mormon religion would never do. Her point about how entering a good church should be slow and gradual is very true. You shouldn’t be forced to do any thing at all, which separates healthy religion from cults. The devil likes to mimic God’s divine work and this is such a strong example to me. I’m very glad you got out of that and personally found God🙏
Thank you for sharing
wow God bless you on your walk!
Ty for sharing. God bless
I know this is off topic but these lashes and that liner looks so bomb on your eyes 😭
First of all, before I even complete this video, let me just say. You are SO inspiring and SO creative. I genuinely appreciate all of your content, edits, and creativity. So thank you
I had a weird cult like experience my freshman year in college. Everyone was so nice and then I start noticing some weird ish.
Chelle Miller like what?
@@dewilew2137 They controlled everything I did. They only wanted me to hang out with them. They said only people from ICOC were saved. They made you go on Saturday dates with ppl in the church etc..
I would love if Bri spoke more about her spiritual path and growth and where’s she’s at with it now. It all seems so extensive and interesting, this was a great video.
You're a really good story teller - saw this in my recommended and was like "dude this is almost a whole hour 🙄" but I watched the whole thing!!! Thanks for sharing!!
I’m so happy you made this video and felt the need to add discernment between religion and cults I think it’s incredibly important because there are so many people out there straight up ruining religion for other people by turning it into the vision THEY want to see and not what it truly is. religion is supposed to be happy and healing and it’s something that flows through you it should never be forced or have judgement
also on a side note you are so beautiful and kind you defended yourself for so many minuscule things that you didn’t have to yet you did you’re too sweet
Thank God for keeping his hands upon you. You now have knowledge about it and it’s good that you shared your story to help others.
I pray God bless you and keep his hands upon you always & any person that may have similar experiences.
You had the spirit of discernment 🙌❤️
at this point youre taking a whole tour in the factory where red flags are made 😭😭😭
Iman Zein 😂😂😂
lmfaoooo🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
That’s crazy how that R.A used his position to recruit for a religious cult. Smh he should’ve been investigated.
After my high school boyfriend and I graduated, we went to different schools but decided to still stay together. He went to an out of state school and was having a tough time the first few months because he was really homesick and was having culture shock. Eventually he got sucked into one of these “churches.” He let me know that he didn’t want to get baptized yet because he wanted to wait for me to do it as well. So he ended up giving some people from the same “church” my info and they kept calling me and texting and they even found me on campus. Right away I realized that this wasn’t normal. I told him that I didn’t fell comfortable joining but that I would support him. He broke up with me because of that. He told me he couldn’t be with someone that wasn’t baptized too lol
Thank you for talking about this subject that most people will never talk about.
@ 41:13 literally prayed right then and there. So glad God kept you from that crazy situation, and yes to more storytimes! Love long videos that I can listen to while I paint 😊