In the beginning of Undertow, my memoir about being in a cult, you’ll see a string of endorsements. I was lucky to get them from academics, cult experts, journalists, former members of The Way International, writers of related books, and supportive friends. In this post, I want to return the … [Read more…]
Welcome back for the second of two posts about Victor Paul Wierwille and the books he “borrowed from.” These two posts are especially for former followers of The Way International, what I now consider a fundamentalist cult. In my memoir, Undertow, readers find out how I discovered, while working in … [Read more…]
Welcome to the first of two posts about “biblical research” done by Victor Paul Wierwille and how he derived it from other people without citing them as his sources. This is called plagiarism. This is serious. In my memoir, Undertow, readers find out how I discovered, while working in The … [Read more…]
If you think cults are long-gone, weird groups from the 1970s when some of us wore bell-bottoms, think again. Recently, the A&E channel produced a series about some high profile groups considered cults or “high-control” organizations, such as Scientology and NXIVM, a so-called self-empowerment group. A common question on the show … [Read more…]
Despite its official sounding title, this post is not a statement of faith, or a list of beliefs, or any other such carved-in-stone program I’ve invented. It is just some thoughts about my life after leaving a cult. Why I’m writing this Recently, I was asked to speak at an … [Read more…]