My Parents Joined A Cult
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- chaztoo0
I'm pretty into my faith. I think it gives my life a lot of meaning and direction and it has given me a lot of great relationships with people.
I'm a christian and the big idea for me and the group I'm with (a fairly generic bunch of christians) is telling people, if they are interested, about the great meaning we have found, about the Good News of it.
I have been a part of a few group studies with people who were new to the Bible and God, and after anywhere from a few months to a few years, those newbies will decide they want to be a part of the same thing. But even when people change things fast, it's really not that fast b/c a lot of the experience started months earlier just by other christians being cool to them and establishing relationships.
I think that kind of thing as it happens over time with growing relationships and logical studying can be a really healthy, meaningfull thing for the people who experience it. It's not crazyness and rolling around. It's just finding some pretty cool meaning and belonging and support.
But when people go into it over night and unilaterally, with no real time spent with other people like that, no build up, it can be scary. I hope your parents are finding meaning and faith and not getting swept up in something that will leave them empty in the end.