Have you read Banished?

Hi PQ, Is this a true story? It sounds very interesting. I'm almost done with the 50 Shades of Grey series and will be looking for something else to read soon. It definitly sounds like a cult. At the local family planning center here, there tends to be tons of these kinds of people picketing with some really hateful signs regarding abortion. Most of them refer to sinning and going against God and going to Hel so I am guessing it is some sort of religious group. Maybe not. The thing is that this particular family planning place does not do abortions. They offered birth control based on income as well as STD testing and paps smears etc. They also did not pay for abortions.

One thing I remember about this church was a demonstration outside a clinic and one of the banners read: AiD-Solution not the problem. I just thought that was so hideous. It is like cults I have heard about. They have a show on BIO I think that is about Cults and the first show was about one that sounds like this. It goes WAY beyond religion. I remember once when I worked for the telephone company. There was a little park right across the street from the building where I worked. One evening I was waiting in the park for my ride and a van stopped and a young woman and little boy got out. The van drove on around the block. The woman came toward smiling and friendly. She said hello and starting in talking about this group she was apart of and would like me to come to a meeting. I said I might. She kept in like really trying to get me interested. She had some name for it but I don't recall it now. My ride came and the van came back and parked close by. It was a weird occurrence. She seemed so overly friendly and trying to get me to go to this meeting. I started talking to my friends and one knew of the group. It was a sect of the Moon cult. I am so glad I didn't go with her to that meeting. And I really think that the others in the van may have kidnapped me if my ride hadn't come right when she did. Really weird. Hadn't thought of that in a long time. That was back in the late 70's.

I have not read this book and I don't think it is available in my country. It sounds like another religious extremist groups which would use religion codes to control their followers. I never understand how humans can become that weak to be manipulated en-mass and do deeds which are very questionable.

This is a cult in my opinion. I can't believe how people can get caught up in such a so call religion as this one. It is so painful to hear of the way they live their lives. People spying on each other and having certain rules and regulations to abide by. I feel people who get involved in such nonsence are weak minded people with no direction in life. I feel for the kids because they don't know better. They live with this abuse on a daily basis, it make me want to cry.

Dear PQ it sounds like an interesting book, never heard of it so far so thanks from this old bookworm here for bringing it to my attention. Yes I know there are some churches which are a bit extreme, with rules like women are not to pray loud in church, cover their hair, not wear jeans or trousers in general, etc etc and i have always kept a good distance to these.

Majority of the churches and religions brain wahs you. I was born into a catholic family, my grandparents use to go all the time, and we were forced to go. I stopped going as the things they would say or try to convince you. It's all a way to control people, and all lies.

They're just a bunch of whackos. There. I said it.

cults like this really make it look bad on religion. it is what makes people scared of committing to any.