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My family has been very worried that my nephew is in a cult.
He shaved his head except for a little tail in the back, He has insence burning all the time in his room when hes at home and not at this temple he calls it.
He stays there for days at a time and has even went to new york with them and sold flowers and booklets to raise money for the temple. He has like a shrine set up with these blue dolls and photos of a older man the man looks indian or black.
He came home after new york with paint on his face, My sister said he looked like he was in a trance. He stopped eating any meat and even other things like garlic he said is evil food. When he gos to the bathroom he has to shower no Tp. He has a little girl that is 3 now and he sees her every other weekend, he is trying to get her to stop eating meat and eat what he eats when he has her. My sister was playing with the baby {her grandbaby}
with a dolly and he told her to stop that she was teaching her to love dead mass...
He thinks that we are all going to come back as animals because we eat meat.
He wont kill even a flea he thinks its a sin. He also believes that any thing that is not absolute nec is being materiallistic. He chants on beads and listens to this music in his ear all the time. This is killing my sister she is so worried about him we all are.
My kids his cousins are heart broken because we just dont know him any more.
please help if any one knows any thing about this please comment your thoughts on thiseven if you dont know any thing about this would like to hear all opinions.
thanks..
I posted about this last year and still we are even more concerned and have seen more odd behavior. I thought i would post a new one in hopes for more response or help.
My sis and mom keep asking what people say about it.
So bushg do you no any thing else about these young men?
No. I just see them around sometimes and they seem to be in their own world...they are always chanting. They do not seem to make eye contact with people around them and seem to be intent on what thye are doing. I mostly just see them in stores, they don't really linger. The chanting never stops. I don't know if they live on their own or in a group setting. Sorry that is all I know.
From my point of view, all religions are cults because they try to rigidly control the thinking of their members. That makes religion about power and control, not about the spiritual growth of the members.
Religions won't hurt you if you don't take them seriously.
Does it ask for his money and does it take him away from his family? I read a really good thing about cults, how to spot and avoid them by knowing their tactics a while back, I'm going to go see if I can find it.
Any group that:
i) alienates you from your family and friends
ii) requires you to part with your money
iii) results in an unexpected change in personality
He works for them selling stuff and fixing things but yet he never has any money.
he is coming around less and less and when he does come home to see his daughter he barely speaks to us.
And his personality has changed.
Perhaps you (or whomever in the family is closest to him) could ask to accompany him to his temple or to whatever they will allow you to see, if there are any restrictions at all. But most importantly be very careful how you say it. Don't call it a cult, don't make fun of his eating habits - that sort of thing. Then maybe the family can understand what he's going through (trying to find a "religion" or ideology that speaks to his heart) and get a glimpse of the group he's hanging out with. Just try really really hard to not sound patronizing or he may just close up.
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