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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 29, 2021, 02:39 PM Mar 2021

Former Moonies cult members are working with families of QAnon believers to help their loved ones

get a grip on reality.

Diane Benscoter can empathize with many of the QAnon believers who stormed the US Capitol on January 6.

As a former member of the Unification Church - a religious cult whose members are commonly known as "the Moonies" - Benscoter knows what it feels like to be completely fixated on a common belief.

"I know about the righteousness you feel when you believe you're on the right side of history," Benscoter told Insider. "And the camaraderie you feel with the community you're a part of."

But while she can relate to the mentality of the Capitol mob that day, Benscoter also knows what it's like to come out on the other side.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-moonies-cult-members-working-111009360.html

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Former Moonies cult members are working with families of QAnon believers to help their loved ones (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
The Trump Cult will never end as long their leader is alive and talking. rickyhall Mar 2021 #1
It really attracts people with mental health issues. blm Mar 2021 #2

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
1. The Trump Cult will never end as long their leader is alive and talking.
Mon Mar 29, 2021, 02:49 PM
Mar 2021

Manson's Family may still exist. Raygun's Cult lasted till Trump took over.

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