The 5 Worst Cults Of All Time | Answers With Joe
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What makes a person join a cult? What makes a person give up their families, their life savings, even take their own lives in the service of a cult? We often think of cult members as weak-minded or sheep, but the fact is, cults work by employing psychological tactics that work on everybody. And that may be the scariest thing about them.
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Praise be unto Zoe. Zoe is the truth and the light.
Jesus Christ it´s Jesus Christ
Hey man. Are you narcissistic. Joe claimed so. Just asking
👍😜👍
Amen brother
Are you the real Jesus Christ?
Its easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled.
Absolutely, unbelievably true man...it's nearly impossible to illustrate it. People just don't want to hear it.
@@mixerD1- or see it.. subversion at its finest.. i can show people actual video and they refuse to believe it.. its like dealing with flat earthers.
@@clmaximus145
I hear ya bro.👍
And a lie will be half-way around the World before the truth has got its shoes on.
Amen to that.
Imagine being one of the Heaven's Gate cultists who stayed behind.
"We're all going to ascend to a higher level of existence, but we need Steve to stay behind and keep the website running."
A bittersweet experience for Steve
I am actually pissed. I am waiting for ascension for 20 years already. Where is my reward
There are 1 or 2 of those. Literally.
Steve is a professional. The maintenance contract was paid for, and he can't trust some third party to do the job right.
Steve has next level fomo
I love how Zoe obviously has a pretty good idea of what's happening.
Because zoe is Gods GPS
Zoe? .. really?
“I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.” -Creed Bratton
I'm sure that since many cult leaders have unquestioned sex with many of the followers of their choosing, that they have plenty 'fun' as they make their extreme wealth...
A Office Fan
@@deepanjanghosh1651 depends where you put it
@@spartacus1308 that’s what she said
I was looking for this comment
Imagine being the guy who SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
Like, you go to take a nap, and wake up to everyone BEING DEAD.
"28 Days Later" plot!
I wonder if the flies woke him.
I didn't though about this but yeah, must be a hell of a shock.
Dude was probably crashed in his secret shed with his bong in his lap... :D
If Your a member of a Cryonics related cult group, it would be within the realm of possibility that You will wake up from Cryonic Suspension only to find out that hundreds of years have passed and that everything is very different.
Watching this once right as I had been leaving the LDS church during Covid and now that I have fully divorced myself from those beliefs is genuinely scary.
It’s so easy to think “Yeah but that’s nothing like what I practice.” Until you look back on it with disillusioned eyes and realize how differently your own brain perceived things.
Exmormon here too! If you look up the BITE model regarding mormonism, it's really quite crazy how well nearly every single checkbox that makes a cult, a cult, gets checked.
ex Jehovahs Witness here and im thinking the same thing!
I have often said that LDS is a cult and it’s only accepted as a religion because it’s been around so long.
Back when I was still a Mormon and my mom made me go to church, I’d occasionally refer to the church as a cult. I didn’t even mean it in a negative way. It was just so obviously a cult to me. Needless to say, she never appreciated that.
It scares me how well you fit into that preacher role
... haven't you ever attended a lecture in a high school or college? ... a "preacher" seldom cites on widely accepted sources, other than sacred texts ... you can trace the sources of a lecturer ... a preacher depends on usually a specific interpretation
Isn’t he from Texas lmao preachers be like that
@@2001roserose I'm pretty sure he's said he was raised in an uber religous household. He probably watched that routine, 3 days a week as a kid. 🤔
@@rexrad9735 no wonder they break and shoot up shit. What a horrible life 😤
He's probably a Mormon
It's absolutely terrifying how genuinely REAL that opening skit felt.
Best intro ever
I admit it was a lot of fun but I never got the impression it was _"absolutely terrifying ... genuinely REAL"_ and if that's what you really felt like you probably should talk to someone who can help you get over that kind of thing ... And just appreciate fun and fiction for the fun and fiction it is.
@@acts9531 Thanks for the concern, but you took what I wrote too seriously. I was just commenting on how a sermon such as the one in Joe's skit has probably actually been performed and been taken seriously, and how sad that is. I'm not hiding under my bed in terror, I'm laughing at how ridiculous reality can be.
The dude got pretty good acting skills
@@holyX Yeah, it was fun, it was entertaining. It was nowhere near "terrifyingly, genuinely real" though.
no offense intended, but you nailed the creepy cult leader look with the slick hair and no beard
I've watched this one several times, and now, in early 2024, it strikes true more than ever before. Joe, you deserve a great deal of praise for you talents. Thanks.
Not gonna lie, I'm super into this hour long format
Dang I didn't even realize it was almost an hour
Same bro. Love listening to this guy speak
Yup. When I saw this was 50 minutes, I was excited. But having this much content on death cults is kind of unfortunate.
Can't watch it right at this moment but I got excited when I saw 50 minutes! Going to watch it tonight at work.
@@SoloAdvocate if you had seen OLF you would have know it was gone be 50 min, you font follow OLF recomended
The fact about Jonestown that I always found the most disturbing is that they had enough cyanide to kill all those people at the ready. They were just waiting.
I saw a documentary, it was more than they had been under "attack" (from the outside) for months or years apparently, and Jim literally really did see that option as the only way out ? The documentary is here in youtube; he basically terrorized, threathened constantly with violence, sleep deprived them, for months. He led them up to a very ugly situation, and no doubt was planning to kill them long before it happened. He also brainwashed them constantly about it. Asking them to die for him and the cause.
So yea it would be expected for them to have the tools to do it at any moment. I do reccomend that documentary.
Oh shit I never thought of that
Maybe Jones was a Boy Scout. Be prepared.
They were prepared for it. I watch a documentary about it. Jim Jones conducted mass suicide practice sessions to test the faith of the people. He has conditioned them for it. I always thought that there was no way more than 900 people could just follow one man's word to death but after watching that documentary I realized that it didn't just come down to one day it was a process that took over many years.
Cyanide isn't particularly hard to produce, anyone with a basic chemistry knowledge could do it.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together, it takes all the strength a person can muster to leave a cultish environment. You did this eloquently and gently. Much appreciated Joe. Best to you and yours, MER
I was involved in what many muslims consider a cult (extreme salafism, other Muslims called us wahabbis/madkhalis) for a few years. Like they believe in no music at all, no joking, no speaking to the opposite gender unless it's an emergency, no touching other people (women wear gloves and men refuse to shake hands) , The woman cover their faces and the men always have an appropriate traditional beard. I could go on. I got burnt out really quick compared to some others I know.
This pandemic is bringing out the best of my favorite creators
I agree. Who else do you watch?
@@crazy137788 regularly Adam Neely, Steve Mould, Peter Sirpol, Look mum no computer, the Thought emporium, Journey to the microcosmos, Animalogic... the ones I can remember for now.
Those are great. Aslo check Technology Connections, Alex the French Guy, Kurtzgesagt, Veritasium...
W H A T
I can’t believe I just watched almost an hour and was THOROUGHLY entertained! Love this!!
I remember seeing an interview at a cult campsite where they pulled one of the guys aside and straight up said "you know you're in a cult, right?" And the madlad just says "yeah i know, its something to do though" and kept walking on lmao
Lmao mad lad
Yea people think anyone who joins a cult is just braindead. a lot of them just want to belong somewhere or find a sense of purpose and the cult plays into that.
Anyone have a source on this? Seems interesting!
@@bradybirdy9243 they must be getting asmr tingles when theyre spoon fed total bullshit. Suppose thats one stupid way to get that.
Closest thing to a based cult member?
Not too many things bring me to tears, but the end of the Jonestown segment did.
Having watched many of your productions, I think this may be your most important work. It so important that we watch ourselves to ensure that we don’t begin to swallow information without question. I am reminded of an awesome quote from a Ridley Scott movie (Kingdom of Heaven): here it is paraphrased. “A king May move a man. A man may claim a son. But your soul is in your keeping alone. You may not stand before god and say that others ordered you thus. This will not suffice.” As a former soldier and as an agnostic (ironic right?) I found this line very profound. We can not blame our informers, politicians, teachers etc for our actions. We alone are responsible. Of course this leads to greater conversations on morality etc. For me at least, an open mind willing to listen to opposing viewpoints has been the key for my own sanity and questionable enlightenment. A rounded education helps to.
"Hey Martha come quick, the strange neighbor is talking to his dog again"
And she's wearing a dress!
haha
Bewitched
“At least he’s not still arguing with that tree.”
Joe Scott Nice callback.
The opening of this could have been the beginning of a Criminal Minds episode
Then Reid would read some Bible verse on the plane
No.3 from the video was in one of the Criminal Minds episodes ;)
Omg yes
zoe is the unsub (1:19)
Or a normal church service in the south. I'm from Texas, I can say that.
Surprised Magdalena Solis' Aztec cult wasn't mentioned in the honorable mentions but that's a really terrifying story of what can happen when someone takes advantage of a village of people with little connection to the outside world. Many died in pretty horrific ways. :/
It was actually inca. Not the same.
@hipsterlord it might be my mistake but from the research I have done both are listed frequently. Because the ceremonies preformed by the con men who started it were far more Aztec influenced than Incan I went with that. However, in literature about the event you are right Incan ideas and names are also used by the scammers and Solis.
I found audio recordings of a bunch of Jim Jones sermons when I was like 12 years old, and it took me down the whole rabbit hole back then. This was in like 2001 though, so there was way less information on the internet than there is now. Awesome video!
"God has 3 Letters, Zoe has 3 Letters. Can't question that." 😂😂
Dog has 3 letters as well
@@Mrjim6986 and dog spelled backwards is God. *Coincidence?* I think not.
*_Half Life 3 confirmed!_*
Zoey
@@literallylorelai gasp a Pixar fan I have found
Way too good at the evangelical leader impression, Joe.
He does the mannerisms REALLY well, beyond the pale for any impressions ive seen, here
Yeah, he scared the bejeebers out of me, he must have had parents who dragged him to this stuff.
He reminded me of the character Boyd Crowder when he went through his preacher phase in the TV show “Justified”.
@Andrew Oliphant Good, I like to hear of people having positive experiences in church. Unfortunately some of us witnessed more of the Fire & Brimstone bs growing up, and he captured the intensity unsettlingly well 😉
Okay but Zoe was so good 😂
I almost got myself into a cult. Glad my critical thinking kicked in and I was like "Nah. Something doesn't add up"
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire
You can tell Joe is from a small country town by how well he did the cult sermon in the intro. Flashbacks of Baptist church service.
“If you wanna be wealthy, write a science fiction series, if you wanna be rich, start a religion.”
- starter of Scientology
Well the Vatican's wealth is put at $10 billion to $15 billion dollars.
Don't u know you never mock Scientology or mock L. Ron Hubbard's religion/Cult.😂😂 @Smackin watch out u might have people following you now showing up at ur house taking ur picture😬 stay safe homie those fools are dangerous.
@@pervertedbananaa.k.a.nanne9347 lol. the gang stalkers
One of our clients at our vet hospital who believes in Scientology stopped by yesterday 😭 He just stopped off his cat in the lobby 3 hours late and left. He also had fake blue nails? I'm all for men who paint their nails, but they looked really tacky
What's the difference?
Imagine sleeping through the Jonestown massacre, waking up and seeing all of your friends and family dead. Imagine that nightmare.
The weapons they were "hoarding" were for them to sell. Most people skip over the fact that they were weapon merchants and sold guns at gunshows and in catalogs
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
"Poke holes in your information bubble." -- Joe Scott
Eventually even if you are starting to doubt some things in the cult or religion, the “sunk cost fallacy” starts to take over and makes you self censor that doubt. If you’ve sunk so much of your life and feelings into something, it’s really hard to admit it and give it up and start your life over again
This hit me in a way I don’t really care to think about but thanks for opening that wound.
Especially when your family is all in it and you're afraid of the backlash you'll get from them if you decide to leave
@@bj.bruner
Family
Friends
Girls You Like.... that are all into it.
Then you step aside at the "check-out" line and let them all make their own decision.
Nice job explaining cults Mr Scot. I thought a lot of this presentation of yours. Well done, Sir, and thanks!
I could have seen myself convinced in the early years that Jim Jones. The hippy chick in me loved how they worked together and race was not an issue. I grew up during terrible race riots and was quite confused why my playmates suddenly hated me, called me a honky, and beat me up when a week before we all were the best of friends. I also grew up in 60s and 70s when communal living looked like the ideal world. So you can see why I might have gotten caught up in Jim Jones
My dogs name is Zoe, and while I was watching the vid she reacted to her name, stood up and walking in front of the TV. It was realy funny, even though she probably only wanted to find out who is calling her the whole time it looked like she was "I am the lord and saviour??"
😆😆😆😆
I had a terrier named Zoe, too. We were inseparable .
She is
My cat's name is Hange. She does not react to the TV calling her name when AoT is on
I love it. Thanks for sharing
"We are living in a climate very conducive to cults"
You've convinced me. I am starting my own cult.
Same here. And no one else is allowed in.
The BEAN Cult is apoon us
@@theonedog6272 Holy Frijoles?
@@theonedog6272 the beans cult already exists
May I join?
This Is is a hell of an episode, Joe. Fantastic research and narration!. Incredibly important. Thank you., Joe
This video was my introduction to this channel, and I stumbled upon it several years ago as I started my journey out of a somewhat cultish community. I’m a new person now and videos similar to this were powerful to help me see the indoctrination I was experiencing since birth. Thanks, Joe.
"We DO accept checks. Hallelujah" 😂😂😂
@Gernot Schrader we also take gold certificates and other precious metals
@@oumardiop1 also, your social security number and your birth certificate
the beginning of this is scarily accurate! also, I was mid-sip of water at the moment that Zoe was revealed to be a tiny dog in a dress, and I almost choked (and escaped to paradise right there) from laughing too hard.
I'm glad you're still with us to enjoy more of Joe's videos!
That Zoe is a little cutie, isn't she?
All hail zoe!!
I laughed out loud when he said "you don't need your money give it to Zoe." As a former Mormon that hit a spot with tithing.
What a thorough discussion of cults. Always interesting, Joe
Dude I have to give you props on the sermon at the beginning, ON POINT lol. Seen so many like it.
Pastor Scott scares me with his lack of facial hair.
Joe is a little too good at that. Pray we never see that side of him unironically... Pray, pray, amen.
Pastor Scott is a good man, take that back
All Hail the Might Jo.. The bringer of KNOWLEDGE and TRUTH
Zoe has 3 letters, God has 3 letters, can't argue with that. May Zoe bring peace and unity upon the faithful and plagues and fire upon the sinners
Evil Scott wears a goatee.
Joe, I was in a cult for 13 years and managed to get myself out, both physically and mentally. You have given the best, most concise, simplest explanation of cults. Congratulations. I highly recommend it.
Highly recommend what? Cult membership, or Joe’s simple down to Earth common sense?
@@bootstrapperwilson7687 Joe's explanation, of course.
I'm so happy that you got out!!! I hope you are thriving now and are happy
Yes congrats for getting out. It ain't easy
Kudos to you! My family is largely still deeply involved, but I thankfully never fell in with it. Good thing, or I probably wouldn't be alive today.
Fascinating stuff!! I'm really enjoying these videos, and spending WAY too much time watching them! Thanks, Joe Scott
I literally love the sketch in this, ZOE IS THE LIGHT AND THE DARK!
"And we do accept checks. Hallelujah."
I AM WHEEZING. Also, great content, I LOVE the research and humor you pack into these videos.
SAMMME ahahahah
Me too because he is never afraid of including information from a more diverse array of sources regardless of what subject he is discussing instead of only just making sweeping generalizations about concept after concept while expecting everyone to just take his word for it when learning them all while maybe mentioning only 1 example supporting detail during the whole hour people are being expected to pay attention to him.
I love when Zoe looks at the camera like.... oh god here he goes again.
😂
Most of these stories Ive seen covered in MANY other videos and documentaries, but the information you covered at the beginning and end of the video gave me a lot to think about, and they are points that I feel like often are not discussed when people talk about cults.
I was especially interested in how you talked about how cults or cult like devotion can form around things other than religion. Ive noticed behavior in groups that surround some content creators, and it made me think how easy it would be for some content creators to pick up the reins and guide groups of people into really crazy decisions.
I think you are right about how tough times may affect the popularity of groups that turn into cults. Its certainly something to think about.
I'm new to your channel and I'm fascinated by your topics, your delivery, and your knowledge in so many unsolved subject matters. Keep them coming
Zoe looks completely unphased by the divine responsibility her human have bestowed upon her. Such a confident, humble Jesus analog.
"I have no idea what is going on and wish I could talk." -Zoe.
I did not realize this video was 50 minutes only after I finished watching it. Interesting 🤔
When i am truly entertained i lose track of time 🤗 i know
i didn’t realize this video was 50 minutes long until i read this comment
Oh wow didn't feel or notice 59 minutes. I guess it was that interesting.
Didn’t feel that long this guy is very captivating
Same here. I only realised when I read this comment towards the end of the video!
All Praise Zoe! Caitlin's video (Ask The Morticians) on the Branch Davidians is extremely well done.
Exceptional video. Loved your narration at the end of the video. Very well done.
As someone who spent 19 years of my life in a religious cult, I appreciate how knowledgeable and thoughtful you are on this topic. What I always tell people is that key to successful group-think is incrementalism. Just like an abuser, a cult slowly and carefully grooms its followers over time until the group's thoughts are your thoughts, and you don't even realize it is happening. In fact, you would adamantly deny it. But the desire to go along to get along runs deep in the human psyche. When I left my group, I almost couldn't recognize the person I had become. No, strike that... I almost didn't recognize the person I had been. And it took me two years to find that person again. --- Keep up the good work. I really enjoy your content.
@@lyndanorris The Way International
@@lyndanorris I could spend hours and days explaining this group but to keep it simple I'll just say... start with your basic Christian beliefs, but remove the trinity, and add the manifestations of the holy spirit practiced in daily life. Then mix that well with required classes, required behaviors, a ridiculous level of obligation, an even greater level of big-brother-oversight, and then top that all off with an overriding fear that leaving the group = turning your back on God himself.
@@vandergrad Sorry you went through that I'm glad you made it out. Crazy that when googling "the way international", it takes a lot of scrolling to get to content about their cult behavior. Insidious.
@@vandergrad that sounds terrifying, thank you for sharing your experience. im so glad you were able to reclaim your individuality and get your freedom back!
@@vandergrad Sounds familiar, sort of an anti trinitarian sect?
"One person slept through the whole thing..."
Sounds about right
That guy is my spirit animal
Imagine going to nap and when you wake up EVERYONE around you is dead. Just bodies and bodies around...
I thought that meant he didn’t drink and faked his death.
Me as a cult member
he's either the luckiest or unluckiest guy ever depending on ur perspective...
The LDS church imposes mandatory "tithing settlement" meetings. They AUDIT your income to ensure you've paid your 10% tithing. Fasting is mandatory once per month and the money the entire family would have consumed is required to be given to the church. HOWEVER, you're expected to give as much as possible. It's said to be for feeding those less fortunate but that's not really the case 😬
Hell, add time share reps to the cult list. I once went to a meeting that lasted for nearly seven hours where you were driven out to the desert outside Las Vegas and they wouldn't let you on the bus back until you finished the exit interview. I almost took out a loan for 50k, until I called a friend who talked me out of it. Then I had to order my own taxi to get back to my hotel.
omg the way zoe looked at the camera after you say "zoe is your family" absolutely killed me
lol yes
After the debates.....im ready to follow the pooch . She seems far more honest and certainly more informed ( considering her domestic situation) ;)
There are worse religious movements out there than praying to a massively over inbred goblin dog abomination.
@@SD-tj5dh hahahahaha goblin dog abomination hahahaha
"God has 3 letters. Zoe has 3 letters. You cannot question that!" Love it Joe. There's a number of statements that got me right in the laughs in this video. Good show ole Joe.
When you think about it God spelled backwards Is Dog. Zoe looks pretty intelligent to me.
@@lillianleigh7316 Evil from OZ
Joe has three letters too! COINCODENCE?! 😄
@@janclarke6501 I think not.
Joe is three letters
Idk why I scrolled past this video so many times. It might be your best work. Bravo, Joe.
I'm a new subscriber and I've just been letting TH-cam keep playing your videos so I guess I'm now in the Cult of Joe 😭 Love the content!
Never thought I’d see Joe shoutout Ask a Mortician. Two of my fav channels
The little high 5 with Zoe and her getting a treat had me laughing my ass off!
Thanks for these... mind opening specially the last part... Makes me remind myself of what I was taught wayback my Psychiatric Nursing days❤❤❤...
From the deepest of my heart.... THANK YOU!
My favorite opening skit ever!
I come back just to watch it.
And Zoe is definitely THE LIGHT!
I think they joe put a ton of work into this one. It's nearly an hour long and I LOVE IT! The quality of his videos just improves every single time and he also speaks like I'm having a real conversation with him. Keep up the amazing work man!
Didn't even realize it was that long, it was so interesting.
@@unknownx7252 I know right? I really hope he does more videos that are longer in length.
We’ll see how this does. My poor editor can’t do this very often. 😄
@@joescottIt's so awesome that you not only read my comment but actually responded! In my 15 years on this planet no youtuber had ever responded to one of my comments on their vids and you made my day by doing so!
Flattery will get you everywhere. 😉
“You just can’t beat Jonestown” - Joe Scott, Minister of Tourism of Guyana
I'm "proud" to say that I was born exactly on "Uncle Jim's" 25th birthday. And just as coincidentally, the Pope was shot on my 25th birthday. But much more important than all that: WATCH OUT FOR THAT FLAVOR AID LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! (It, uh, tastes awful . . .)
"If you cant beat em, join em"
- Democrats
Come home to Jonestown!
One of your best! I look forward to joining up on Nebula! I rake it the second coming will be using this as The Path....ok it's too early for humor.....Seriously excellent video and yes I look forward to enjoying more good carefully thought out content Thanks G
Thank you for discussing colts they are so fascinating. You really wonder why anyone joins a cult and puts up with all that crazy stuff. It boggles the mind
This is one of the most important pieces you've done. Timely as hell. Vital. Thank you.
Absolutely agree. Just watched it again after seeing it when he first posted it. Worth the 2nd view. Also good to watch as a timely video is his ‘Human Experiments.‘ Self awareness and public awareness.
Timely as hell because radical Dems want socialism 👀
Important. Hardly.
Cult lives that mattered.
In today's time, it is not only unnecessary to be social, it is actually extremely dangerous to be social. This is why I socially isolated myself 8 August 2000. I was abused by those I believed were my friends and one I believed to be my girlfriend. It turned out they were just a group that targeted socially inexperienced people to victimise them for all they could take from them. I will always be socially inept, especially after becoming a victim to the group of users I mentioned. Now, it is impossible for it to ever happen to me again. Beware of people seeming interested in you and approaching you with a smile. Those people are not your friends nor do they want to be your friend. Be especially cautious around one person approaching you that looks attractive. Those are the worse social predators. I have had no friends, nor a girlfriend, since 8 August 2000 at 18:34. I am unbreakable after I gave up being social. It is worth it to have nobody in your life to become 100% unable to ever be used, betrayed, and painfully abandoned. Security is worth any price.
I honestly didn't realize that I had been watching this for 50 minuets, I didn't see how long it was before I played it.
Wow. Good job Joe you are one of the best TH-camrs out there.
There is no way this was 50 minutes! Man this is creepy! It is 50 minutes long and only now I realise this.... I feel it something like 20 mins or so.
I LOVE Zoey's nervous side-glances during the sermon LOL- an ACTRESS
Edit: AND THE LIL HIGH-FIVE TOO OMG!!! ADORABLE!!!
This was scary and thought provoking.
Thanks for the effort
That opening was fuckin awesome 👏
I didn’t know love until I accepted the lord Zoe into my heart. ‘Begins chanting’
*Chants in baby babbles*
🐕❤️
That whole preacher bit was, and I cannot stress this enough, _too real._
Even with the pug.
I was thinking that too, but everyone under the bible belt, like me, have heard countless evangelicals that are so stereotypical that it almost feels like a joke.
I agree, but she's a French-bulldog 😊
I am nearly convinced Joe grew up listening to preachers????
Its crazy how spot on you were with what you said at the end of the video. Social media is making us bad at thinking for ourselves.
I really like you videos and your voice. Thank you for your work ! I always feel like I am learning and I always have fun doing it 😌
Same could be said for abusive relationships. They don't start off that way - if they did no sane person would stay. It starts off small. A small dig at you. A sharp tongue. So you check yourself and you think you maybe did something wrong. And then it escalates slowly - it creeps up on you. Until before you even realize it bad things are happening and you swore that you would NEVER be the person that could get into a situation like that - until you are. IMO cults play you the same way.
Damn, you good?
This
Michael LaGrasse I’m good now thanks
Very true. Lots of overlap
Shut up literature boy
the one person who slept though the thing is a legend
Just imagine waking up and everyone around you is dead. That poor dude lol.
Seriously though could you imagine waking up to that?
@@joescott They must have been scared sh*tless. Seeing all those bodies of their friends and neighbours not knowing what f*ck happened.
Our college dorm fire alarms were concussive, brutally loud, but a guy downstairs would sleep through them every time.
I found out about a year or two ago that my grandpa had assisted with handling the bodies from Jonestown once they got to the U.S.
Delaware has the biggest mortuary and we receive those who died in combat. There are multiple veterans in-state that have PTSD regarding working with the victims back then. My relationship was bad with my grandpa for several years leading up to his death, but I really want to know how he felt about it all.
This was a very good video, worth watching more than once.
Grandma poured money into a cult to wipe her evil guilty soul clean. One year the cult leader was holding a seminar an hour away so grandma called to ask them for a ride and was rudely shut down. My mom, hoping to show her that the cult was crap called them to suggest they look at grandma's donations. Grandma got a call saying they would pick her up and that night a big fancy limo picked her up like royalty.
Grandma's response to her daughter telling her she called and they were just after her money...her standard lines, "You're a liar" and "You don't know what you're talking about" and the most used, "They *love* me!"
Until grandpa learned the shocking amount and shut it down.
Really? Also apart from being insecure what did she do that polluted her soul so badly?
This is by far the best researched media piece I have seen in nearly 30 years of work in the cult field. I will be recommending this piece as a general cult information resource. Wish you had a version that included the presentation at the end with less time given to the gore. Most cults, are a kinder, gentler way of destroying your life.
@MIND The internet is full of liars, this is probably one of them
@@NameHere2243 it would be impossible to include every last bit of information about a cult in a short TH-cam video. Someone giving a shortened version of the events doesn’t make them a liar or make the video any less researched
@@xythrialit's a good jumping off point for anyone who wants to know more
Im glad you kept the video ad one part!
Those first 2'50" are along the most entertaining vids you will find on TH-cam. Respect.
That intro was absolute gold Joe, you nailed being the preacher lmao
I thoroughly enjoyed that as well 😂😂
I’m a Christian, and I enjoyed that too.
Well, he is from Texas after all 👀
The southern accent made it even better :D
That’s some solid west Texas preaching there.
*deep East Texas 😉
Not enough yelling or demeaning.
East coast Texas is garbage. Wesssst Coast Texas is besssst.
As someone who has been to churches in west Texas.
Yep.
As someone who's had no experience with West Texan churches, but has gone to church in Southeastern New Mexico, it's really quite spot on. (I'm agnostic btw. Only went for my grandma)
I still go back and watch old videos of his. No complaints about this content 👌
Great video as always.
I'm a cult survivor and this is a fantastic video. I love your commentary at the end.
What cult were u in?
Were you in the universe people cult?
I'm very glad you surived.
Glad you survived. *hugs*
Congratulations on surviving, on getting through it.
I grew up in a cult and was able to get out in my very early teens. The family that I still have there was ridiculed, publicly shamed and told all kinds of things about me to get them to cut me off. I don't feel bad, I don't feel like a survivor, there was nothing to survive. Cult life is a way of life, and when you're born into it there's nothing different. There's been some pretty fucked up shit that's happened there, and I feel bad for the youngest generation being born there, but maybe if I'm lucky, the leader won't be around too many more years and my family will finally be free.
Yeah I grew up Jehovahs Witness, and had to go full atheist for awhile before I got over myself. I hope I'm healthily agnostic these days.
Was it scientology?
Sounds like JW to me.
@@jamesofallthings3684 maybe. But as a former JW we wouldn't refer to a church leader, or 'elder' as a leader, but there are many sects of JW (though they will deny this) so maybe so.
@@jgobroho No. It was a tiny little shitshow in a midwestern state.
This is a 2 year old video but I’m hooked on this channel now. Wish I found it sooner
Damn I didn’t notice the vid was 50 min long I thought I just time traveled in my head
i gotta say you did an amazing job impersonating a pastor, i was sent to a school that was more of a cult than a school and that beginning skit was so familiar it actually made my anxiety spike up lmao.
Authoritarian combined with religion can be a real source of PTSD. If they get you like that as a child, it can be very hard to resist "leaders" like that as an adult. The way Evangelicals grabbed onto Trump is not hard to see.
Fantastic watch. Thanks!
Wow, you actually shared some content I’ve never learned before. 🙌🏻
I think Scientology deserves at least an "honourable mention" lol
Probably didn't want to deal with the lawsuits
@@ethanschaefer8327 this deserves more likes
Ding ding ding! My first thought.
That, and many many others
then he would flagged off youtube