{"id":42872,"date":"2026-08-13T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:47:01","slug":"tried-to-pray-my-adhd-away-78-people-who-escaped-cults-share-the-most-disturbing-things-that-were-totally-the-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42872","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTried To Pray My ADHD Away\u201d: 78 People Who Escaped Cults Share The Most Disturbing Things That Were Totally The Norm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056278\">\n<p id=\"11056278\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/imgi_3_768016878_17873705115691127_385365161814-6a7c1830c6fdd__700.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman in matching white and green outfits, making a gesture with their hands. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" title=\"A man and a woman in matching white and green outfits, making a gesture with their hands. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" width=\"605\" height=\"872\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Going through a ritual in which I was given a \u201cnew name\u201d and had to wear this. And then I had to also wear this for my wedding. Supposed to be symbolic of Adam and Eve.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/HEbAiV6fR\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hai.llls <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-24\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057103\">\n<p id=\"11057103\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences22-6a7c5b115c363__700.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a beard wearing a clerical collar and holding a red book, representing the religious figures in cults.\" title=\"A man with a beard wearing a clerical collar and holding a red book, representing the religious figures in cults.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">I got a disciplinary lecture from my pastor and his wife (who also happened to be my parents) when they figured out I was reading parenting books that advocated against spanking children. Then they demanded that I immediately begin spanking my son because I was arrogant and thought I knew better than God. I have since been no contact and happily out of church.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KHijFvznG\/\" target=\"_blank\"> r.e.andy <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/priest-in-confessional-in-church-8468593\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Thirdman (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-81\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056319\">\n<p id=\"11056319\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-6a7c18c218ee1__700.jpg\" alt=\"A split image showing a young woman with long hair on the left, and on the right, the same person with short hair, smiling. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" title=\"A split image showing a young woman with long hair on the left, and on the right, the same person with short hair, smiling. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" width=\"605\" height=\"318\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">I grew up not allowed to cut my hair. I shaved my head in 2020 and it was so healing.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/HSgQOl3kZ\/\" target=\"_blank\"> emilyclede <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-28\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056407\">\n<p id=\"11056407\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences15-6a7c4972ab2b2__700.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her hands on her hips, standing confidently against a plain background. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" title=\"A woman with her hands on her hips, standing confidently against a plain background. This image relates to cults and ADHD.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">I know tank tops are like ~normal~ and ~cool~ for Mormons now but I grew up being told I should \u201csave my shoulders for my husband\u201d and that if I wore anything sleeveless or shorter than knee-length I would be causing boys to \u201cstumble\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/INdFhDT4_\/\" target=\"_blank\"> whitneyjustesen <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-woman-standing-with-her-hands-on-her-hips-hbcIB3Et0og\" target=\"_blank\"> Josue Michel (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-34\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056740\">\n<p id=\"11056740\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences17-6a7c4a0368634__700.jpg\" alt=\"A sad child with tears in their eyes, reflecting the emotional impact of escaping cults and disturbing things.\" title=\"A sad child with tears in their eyes, reflecting the emotional impact of escaping cults and disturbing things.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Swapping children into different families that are \u201cbetter fits\u201d. And these are common in cults but are still so weird: arranging future marriages between children, and no socializing with anyone outside of the church even relatives.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KiZ4GFjUK\/\" target=\"_blank\"> casuallyeuphoric <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/small-sick-toddler-girl-indoors-at-home-looking-at-camera-copy-space-5sid2YQsTeE\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-58\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056107\">\n<p id=\"11056107\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">In junior high, I found myself rolling around on the floor of a university racquetball court, pretending to speak in tongues.<br \/>I was at an Evangelical conference where our minister\u2019s wife was convinced I \u201cjust needed to reach for the spirit.\u201d I just wanted to leave &amp; literally be anywhere else.<br \/>She kept going on about how we needed to walk on stilts for Jesus, so I finally gave in and made a bunch of random \u201cshamala hamala\u201d noises until she was satisfied.<br \/>This, followed by bowling.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/P78QZuwN-\/\" target=\"_blank\"> farmerssonco <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-13\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056565\">\n<p id=\"11056565\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The pastor slept with his babysitters including my friend. He also got her pregnant and paid for her abortion. But, she was kicked out of the church\u2026stay tuned for the day when I release a memoir specifically about this insanity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KdGMYJP_T\/\" target=\"_blank\"> danielle_polgar <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-37\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056608\">\n<p id=\"11056608\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Former members returning to church after spending time behind bars for CSA materials, and welcomed with open arms for repenting, despite being legally designated as offenders.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/G8sI9Ooh3\/\" target=\"_blank\"> sparrowfeathercrafts <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-41\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056643\">\n<p id=\"11056643\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Vilifying rock &#8216;n roll&#8230; I put my shoes in the dryer after a Summer rainstorm and one of the reception desk boys walked into the laundry room on my floor saying, &#8220;Oh, I thought I heard a bit of rock music playing.&#8221; He was totally gonna snitch if he caught me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Bk-RVI7EKk\/\" target=\"_blank\"> alpha.kilo.hotel <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-44\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056657\">\n<p id=\"11056657\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Not saying &#8220;awesome&#8221; because it was a word that was hijacked by satan to make god seem less awesome.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GTxGW0U6o\/\" target=\"_blank\"> x_mxth.gxd_x <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-46\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056912\">\n<p id=\"11056912\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Bro I grew up in a cult. EVERYTHING was weird and I thought it was normal. There was no \u201cweirdest.\u201d It was ALL insane levels of \u201cYou mean everyone doesn\u2019t like this\/do this???\u201d<br \/>But just to give you an idea, when Rugrats came out in 1991, we weren\u2019t allowed to watch it because\u2026of the name. The only reason we were allowed to watch The Waterboy was because of his mother\u2019s faith.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GOKYcBwGv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> problematic_antihero <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-70\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056919\">\n<p id=\"11056919\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Parenting books that taught &#8220;blanket training&#8221;, where you put your infant on a blanket and then smack them with a switch if they try to crawl off.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Dvwn-My1p\/\" target=\"_blank\"> zanahoriasrn <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-71\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057094\">\n<p id=\"11057094\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Public confessions. Having to write your sins down on paper so someone else could read them to the audience while you stood on stage like an auction.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GVf_Ej2_P\/\" target=\"_blank\"> shoulders_not_knees <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-77\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057102\">\n<p id=\"11057102\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Constantly keeping vigilant of the news and world events, hoping that the world is about to end, waiting to hear that \u201cpeace and security\u201d announcement that will never come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GTsgUD1cO\/\" target=\"_blank\"> schweeetie <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-80\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057161\">\n<p id=\"11057161\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Needing a special secret name and knowing special secret handshakes to get into the highest level of heaven (because there&#8217;s more than 1 level, duh).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/H_vNgQZl1\/\" target=\"_blank\"> jenlins5 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-98\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057253\">\n<p id=\"11057253\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My sister had her very first seizure ever-she was 7. We were all sitting in our chairs playing our flutophones<br \/>Her hand stopped being able to hold on and shot up in the air, trembling,her face was blank, and our band teacher, an elder in the cult leaped over the rows of as we all stood up,concerned. And put his on her head and starting shouting about casting the demons from her. I watched in horror. And my mom stood there praying loudly instead of stopping him and taking her to the hospital.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DqrHMdn3B\/\" target=\"_blank\"> lilms_whipstitch <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-104\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057511\">\n<p id=\"11057511\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Being told the pastor\u2019s wife\u2019s fibromyalgia was a result of the congregation\u2019s sin. Told as if it were a word of prophecy.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KMUXJGP3y\/\" target=\"_blank\"> theheatacademy <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-114\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056220\">\n<p id=\"11056220\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">When the &#8220;bishop&#8221; brought me into a room (alone) and asked me a bunch of questions, including asking about my intimate life.<br \/>I was TWELVE.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DRPVGGMjQ\/\" target=\"_blank\"> bi.cyclist_25 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-18\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056240\">\n<p id=\"11056240\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">In mine, women could hold power, but no authority over a man. If she needed to \u2018establish order\u2019 over a man, she had to find a man to tell him what to do. Men weren\u2019t allowed to be alone with any number of women, so usually travelled in pairs (Jesus sent them out in pairs).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GDgqBase2\/\" target=\"_blank\"> shoulders_not_knees <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-21\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056247\">\n<p id=\"11056247\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Buying cooking wine for a recipe but pouring it out after using it once so you weren&#8217;t tempted to drink it.<br \/>Also &#8220;flirty fishing&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/C9pYxhZw3\/\" target=\"_blank\"> vividpdx <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-22\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056300\">\n<p id=\"11056300\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Being told I was \u201cchewed gum\u201d or a \u201cused car\u201d during summer camp and developing debilitating gastric problems for months after when I was 11. (I experienced CSA).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DrkA8E61n\/\" target=\"_blank\"> lgdadvocacy <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-26\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056392\">\n<p id=\"11056392\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The Elders having unchaperoned &#8220;counselling&#8221; meetings with young girls to browbeat them over how they were a disappointment to God and needed to be more docile.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FhY9sO2oi\/\" target=\"_blank\"> bedlam_doyle <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-33\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056554\">\n<p id=\"11056554\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I don\u2019t even know how to describe this but I\u2019ll try: having an evening where the lights were turned off and everyone screamed and cried as loud as they could, punching pillows and screaming at their parents (the pillow represents the parent), while people are vomiting around them in the dark.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FpHs8eQIq\/\" target=\"_blank\"> dralissaphd <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-36\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056586\">\n<p id=\"11056586\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I was raised Jehovah\u2019s Witness. When I was about 16, my dad and I started butting heads a bit. (Normal, right?) He used to buy and sell cars, and one day he waved a big stack of money in my face playfully after selling a car. Eager to be playful with him and have a break from all of our fighting, I said \u201cthankyaverymuch!\u201d, grabbed the stack of money and ran up to my room with it. A few minutes later I brought it back downstairs and gave it to him. I had never counted it.<br \/>A little while later, he came upstairs and knocked on my door. I opened it and he said, \u201cAlright, where is it?\u201d And I said, \u201cWhere is what?\u201d He said, \u201cThe rest of the money.\u201d I thought he was joking, trying to prank me. I laughed, but he said, \u201cI\u2019m serious. $300 is missing. Where is it?\u201d I stared at him in shock, waiting for his expression to break into a smile, and a \u201cI\u2019m just messing with you!\u201d It did not. I said, \u201cDad I didn\u2019t take any, I just put it down and then brought it back to you.\u201d<br \/>He flew into a rage, called me a liar and a thief and told me I better find the rest of the money. I knew I had not taken it. He kept telling me, \u201cThere\u2019s only $2300 here, and there was $2600 when you grabbed it.\u201d But I had never counted it. I absolutely had not taken it, would have NEVER stolen anything, especially my father. I was terrified of him, for reasons that would require many more stories to fully explain. He started tearing my room apart, ripping drawers out of my dresser, dumping.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KdYhEHi0X\/\" target=\"_blank\"> aliciawilliams <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-39\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056594\">\n<p id=\"11056594\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My mom thought whatever was wrong with me was just because I was a starseed. (We&#8217;re pretty sure it&#8217;s ADHD).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E07-w1oKJ\/\" target=\"_blank\"> rosellacobiskey <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-40\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056683\">\n<p id=\"11056683\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">God physically living on a planet next to a star called Kolob. He&#8217;s just over there chillin&#8217; with a physical human body &amp; everything.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/KfXboKUIM\/\" target=\"_blank\"> literallyneil <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-50\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056709\">\n<p id=\"11056709\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My turn; that a little Filipino dude is the Messiah &amp; Christmas was evil, Halloween is evil, Easter is evil, having questions during bible study is evil, stating that their message is a contradiction &amp; blasphemous is evil. Therefore, I ofc was evil. I was 12.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FIO1lOWeu\/\" target=\"_blank\"> xotericempress <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-54\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056689\">\n<p id=\"11056689\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Having 12 y\/o girls dress up in their mothers&#8217; wedding dresses to take pictures as a youth activity. The boys got to play laser tag.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Inl_K9NXl\/\" target=\"_blank\"> wynnefwinters <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-51\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056721\">\n<p id=\"11056721\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Standing in a room all together as a huge group &amp; chanting words that we didn\u2019t even know the meaning of like we were doing the most important work in the world.<br \/>And being given top secret personal chants by our guru that no one else could know.<br \/>And everyone had to wear a sword necklace. I still don\u2019t know to this day what the heck was going on there. Just glad I left.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/IdU720Jrm\/\" target=\"_blank\"> pania.joy <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-56\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056733\">\n<p id=\"11056733\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My grandparents had huge jars of grapes soaked in wine because that was the only food they would be able to eat when the world ended.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/BmofJk23lx\/\" target=\"_blank\"> arreolasant <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-57\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056748\">\n<p id=\"11056748\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Guys telling girls god told them to talk to them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/HGDbKQ21A\/\" target=\"_blank\"> benhuh <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-59\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056755\">\n<p id=\"11056755\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">People being overly concerned about my underwear and checking and asking to make sure I&#8217;m wearing the right ones for my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DUm06r4hU\/\" target=\"_blank\"> shammybug <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-60\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056781\">\n<p id=\"11056781\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The shame. Grown adults who couldn\u2019t make an autonomous decision lest the leader disagree or call it sinful. I\u2019m gonna add to this by saying it\u2019s WILD how people felt so much shame for existing, and children became hyper self critical adults who burnt out faster than a candle made of kindling.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GO16ooaQx\/\" target=\"_blank\"> randomlady19 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-62\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056885\">\n<p id=\"11056885\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Wasn\u2019t allowed to wear pants unless it was below 38 degrees. Had to wear makeup. Played the drums but they didn\u2019t want me to cover my legs.. that were open. They loved to do the silly little miracles. One time they brought this guy from a different country bc he said he made diamonds fall from the sky. I was excommunicated for wearing Sperrys bc they were a male shoe. They actually tried to make me turn a bottle of water into a bottle of wine.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Fi5pFZkPW\/\" target=\"_blank\"> karissa_angelique <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-68\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056926\">\n<p id=\"11056926\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The leader getting angry that someone else used his massage technique and claimed he invented it, while simultaneously claiming to be VERY humble, then other members standing to say how \u201cLeader is the MOST humble man I\u2019ve ever met!\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/O8BIJryQY\/\" target=\"_blank\"> deliciousalex <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-72\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056803\">\n<p id=\"11056803\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Having to have sit down conversations to confess in front of your parents and multiple adult men that you (a 15yo girl) sinned (by kissing a boy, and being a bit of an emo girl) which led to conversations on whether or not I was allowed to stay in the cult WOMP WOMP I GOT KICKED OUT.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Evk5tKky7\/\" target=\"_blank\"> livin_la_vida_lisi <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-64\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056934\">\n<p id=\"11056934\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">church wanted to buy this 2 billion dollar (2011) new building to expand so they asked the congregation to agree to tithe above their usual tithes and made everyone commit publicly by signing an agreement with the amount they would be contributing then the people placed the agreement in a gold treasure box on stage in front of the pastor. I turned and looked at my ex. We just watched this whole weird money ritual happen. Sandals Church in So Cal.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DuMYW9ADy\/\" target=\"_blank\"> pearmama <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-73\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057090\">\n<p id=\"11057090\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I was once locked in a room with other preteen girls while a middle aged angry man \u201ctaught\u201d us about virginity. The lesson was him crumbling up a dollar, stepping on it, then compared us to that dollar. The aunties that should\u2019ve been protecting us cheered him on.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/EuFYDtKZM\/\" target=\"_blank\"> fennyworld_tv <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-75\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057113\">\n<p id=\"11057113\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Paid only in cash, but not a single penny was allowed to cross into the threshold &#8211; it had to be buried outside in specific places &#8220;so they couldn&#8217;t observe us through it&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GMwMyYV-B\/\" target=\"_blank\"> jaycorkhill <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-88\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057157\">\n<p id=\"11057157\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Wearing all white clothes in an all white tub surrounded by ox, that is also full of water being dunked repeatedly, while two older men stand there and \u201cbear witness\u201d as you do baptisms for those that have passed on.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GILNpiOlB\/\" target=\"_blank\"> downtoearthannalise <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-97\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057192\">\n<p id=\"11057192\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Being taught that paying tithing was \u201cfire insurance\u201d- if I paid my full and honest tithe to the church, I would not burn on the great and dreadful day when the lord returns with fire and vengeance.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E5CaiWaVX\/\" target=\"_blank\"> dksmallz75 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-102\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057321\">\n<p id=\"11057321\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My Grandad telling me I made the angels cry when I listened to rock music.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FdmDYs7jR\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ukmouse100 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-106\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057470\">\n<p id=\"11057470\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Being shamed for not harassing enough strangers is tied with having to confess whenever you cranked one out<br \/>I also donated plasma for a \u201cspecial missions contribution\u201d only to find out it went to pay off our lead ministers credit card debt, and everyone was like \u201cwell, how can he fully give himself to the mission with all that credit card debt??\u201d<br \/>I didn\u2019t leave until I had kids and realized I would have to raise them to be ok with all that too\u2026<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FjrmTHaip\/\" target=\"_blank\"> mcnathan80 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-112\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057491\">\n<p id=\"11057491\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The prospective groom was required to sort out 5,000 grains of rice (The more, the better). Selecting only the most intact ones (neither short nor broken) and placing them into a special cloth bag. By that time, I had already left the cult, but I didn&#8217;t say anything out of fear. I performed the task for my wife&#8217;s sake, not for &#8220;God.&#8221;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/G9IsLvhtG\/\" target=\"_blank\"> rousseaualuca <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-113\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057574\">\n<p id=\"11057574\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">If you were in \u201cministry\u201d, you were not allowed to have a beard, go to the movies, have a tv, or listen to secular music. They also heavily judged people wanting to do things like get a degree or by a house. The weddings weren\u2019t allowed to have more than three attendants for the bride and the groom and they had to be on Sundays and function like a regular church service, complete with an altar call so your sinner guests could come to the lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E3VIF2ZkW\/\" target=\"_blank\"> lavitaloca34 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-118\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057619\">\n<p id=\"11057619\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The wealthy pastor of our church asking members to donate their entire paycheck on \u201cPaycheck Sunday\u201d to \u201ckeep the church out of the red\u201d for the fiscal year. We were food and housing insecure and she gave him the money. Spoiler: we didn\u2019t receive any extra blessings for our sacrifice. Unless you count powdered milk and government cheese as a blessing.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E4thvebbT\/\" target=\"_blank\"> madeyemommah <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-122\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056365\">\n<p id=\"11056365\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My dad being disfellowshipped for repeated infidelity but our entire family being considered bad-association.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/D2yeJGtSf\/\" target=\"_blank\"> synisterchyck55 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-31\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11056695\">\n<p id=\"11056695\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Hi, (ex)Mormon here. One that comes to mind, aside from the endowment ceremony in the temple, would be something we call \u201cthe Hosanna shout\u201d. We do it only during special occasions (or any time the prophet instructed us). You take a white handkerchief and wave it from side to side above your head chanting \u201chosanna, hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb.\u201d Repeat three times.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Dwmgin2lz\/\" target=\"_blank\"> thatmoonman666 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-52\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057112\">\n<p id=\"11057112\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">The funniest one to me is at one of the locations, we&#8217;d all clap in unison to the location&#8217;s theme song anytime the founder&#8217;s picture was the main focus and yelled &#8220;hip hip hooray&#8221; at the end of every event.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Ds0FOhqsp\/\" target=\"_blank\"> yourdadsfavgamergirl <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-87\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057147\">\n<p id=\"11057147\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">3x per year we had a ritual dinner that consisted of mystery beef paste on a dinner role with two slices of pickles on the side (always bread &amp; butter, never dill).<br \/>I grew up thinking it was just a cost effective way to feed a large group of people, but no\u2014that exact menu had been passed down by cult elders for decades and was considered a tenant of the religion.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Kge-VCGzr\/\" target=\"_blank\"> velvetvesselpottery <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-96\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057115\">\n<p id=\"11057115\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Acting like men were\/are better than women in literally any way, forgiving grown men who groom\/a*****t children while telling said children they now need to earn forgiveness for tempting the a****r, basically everything to do with Christian nationalism.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Gg__ufI8-\/\" target=\"_blank\"> bthompsonyyc <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-89\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057117\">\n<p id=\"11057117\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Being happy that you aren\u2019t going to heaven but 144,000 weirdos get that choice. You get to stay in paradise for 1000 years but after that you have to prove yourself again!!<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E7jbohE30\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the_occasional_cyclist <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-91\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057118\">\n<p id=\"11057118\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Girls camp songs, going on the trek in 2009 was brutal also, men being able to be sealed in the temple to multiple women for time and all eternity but never the reverse for women\u2026 the normalization of getting married at 18 \u2026 I could go on and on.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FZcv-uySz\/\" target=\"_blank\"> nattie_mcdaddy <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-92\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057123\">\n<p id=\"11057123\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I felt so inadequate in my pentecostal Holy Roller church that I never spoke in tongues or went slain in the spirit. I attended so many &#8220;revivials&#8221; where folks were jumping\/dancing\/running while singing\/praying\/crying with joy of the lord. I never felt that, and thought I was defective.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/D4j_idXsU\/\" target=\"_blank\"> katie_q4prn <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-93\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057133\">\n<p id=\"11057133\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Baptizing d**d people by proxy.<br \/>Secret handshakes and secret new names that only the top members can receive to get into a special level of heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Dx19OSrj3\/\" target=\"_blank\"> swanphotovideo <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-94\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057140\">\n<p id=\"11057140\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Can\u2019t drink coffee because it goes against the word of God. I wonder if Jesus ever drank coffee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/FIeC4CBY3\/\" target=\"_blank\"> thenuclearpope <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-95\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057163\">\n<p id=\"11057163\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">400 people moved from Southern California to Nashville in the mid-90\u2019s.<br \/>And honestly, that might not be the strangest.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/HBNYbna9o\/\" target=\"_blank\"> dtbryant_stm <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-99\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057171\">\n<p id=\"11057171\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Not me but happened to my fd: they don\u2019t force but strongly advice all member to live in a same rent apartment. Also encouraged to monitor each other from watching\/reading\/ listening to things that have s*x in it.<br \/>My fd was devoted at first and agreed to a lot of stuff like less contact with non-member fds but drew the line when they told her Y**i is sinful and she will be in hell for reading them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Fqhe2C5jG\/\" target=\"_blank\"> pumkin_heart_bae <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-100\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057181\">\n<p id=\"11057181\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">School clubs and extra curricular stuff was a govt initiative to teach kids how to *procreate* so they become child parents and have to get welfare and food stamps so they can put the mark of the beast into you. Also she told me I was demon possessed and called her dad for an over the phone excersism on me because I was doing a school project and when she suggested formatting it one way, I told her the teacher said it had to be another way. Because &#8220;the only reason anyone would disagree with thier mother was because they had been fully taken over by Satan.&#8221;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DKsWqRNSo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> cheenus.chroist <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-101\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057306\">\n<p id=\"11057306\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Hard to explain succinctly, but, how every bad thing was somehow the same. They would give lip service to the idea of say, m****r being worse than stealing a chapstick, but then, even as children, we were told that even if someone lived a perfect life with ONE single wrongdoing like telling a white lie, or swearing once, or stealing something small, they were doomed to the same hell as m*******s. It was all somehow the same. And it REALLY messes with your sense of right and wrong.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/GJuh3bFj2\/\" target=\"_blank\"> barkshire_farms <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-105\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057363\">\n<p id=\"11057363\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My parent\/grandparents giving priests money to say prayers so they can go to heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E_3YZ01dR\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hippielissa <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-108\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057378\">\n<p id=\"11057378\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Listened to my grandmother tell tale of throwing up black &#8211; obviously it was a demon. I remember it like yesterday. I\u2019m 4-7 (this happened on more than one occasion), sitting there in my pjs on a Saturday night. Wet hair up in sponge curlers for church in the morning. Eating apple slices and cheese like \u201cand then what happened?\u201d Why she felt led to tell such a young child these stories, no idea. Traumatic.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/IyTu_4bVl\/\" target=\"_blank\"> sarahelisee <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-109\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057409\">\n<p id=\"11057409\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">1. We made a whole trip to see a healing evangelist to try and heal my brother\u2019s autism.<br \/>2. Hell Houses lol<br \/>3. Praying over DVDs of Harry Potter at Family Video so they wouldn\u2019t open portals for demons<br \/>4. Praying in tongues and falling out in the spirit<br \/>5. That time we had a fly infestation and we had a house exorcism bc\u2026again\u2026demons and portals and stuff.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/M6ZW1Z2jD\/\" target=\"_blank\"> thepsychwiitch <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-110\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057526\">\n<p id=\"11057526\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Wanting to be &#8220;slain in the spirit&#8221; by the traveling revival preacher pointing at you, meaning you would fall on the floor, possibly speaking in tongues, and if you had on a skirt someone would sidle up next to you and throw on a modesty towel. This is just what springs to mind, not necessarily the weirdest.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/D3ALSvFja\/\" target=\"_blank\"> lbrygk <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-115\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057558\">\n<p id=\"11057558\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Its hard to choose just a few: the encouragement of children speaking in tongues was g***y. Regular White Dudes in the church were given special authority &amp; mantles to end up as confidants &amp; mentors to teen girls, &amp; especially loved conversations on purity &amp; the joys of marital s*x.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/E5NWDorfo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> graveyard_gathering <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-116\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057567\">\n<p id=\"11057567\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">That we call women leading a household \u201cinvisible labor\u201d because the cult of masculinity insists that men lead households.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/Dpih_CK79\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ayyaaaaahhh <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-117\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057628\">\n<p id=\"11057628\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">There was this brief thing where you would visit the graves of d**d church \u201cfathers\u201d and lay on them to \u201cabsorb the annointing\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DKm7GBAu1\/\" target=\"_blank\"> nilce.music <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-123\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057633\">\n<p id=\"11057633\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Speaking in tongues and making prophecies while people fell out on the floor. Kind of disturbing tbh<br \/>That was just surface level non-denominational Christianity, though. There\u2019s probably plenty weirder stuff I wasn\u2019t there for.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/share\/DtTMIV1r9\/\" target=\"_blank\"> thoraspins <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weirdest-cult-members-experiences-124\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11057635\">\n<p id=\"11057635\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Asking for permission to do things such as cut YOUR own hair\u2026. Or attend a non church member\u2019s graduation party\u2026. 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