The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight

www.theguardian.com

The long read: Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated

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The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight

www.theguardian.com /news/2025/jul/24/jesus-army-fellowship-cult-noel-stanton

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Best way to avoid a cult? Drop all religions, you dont need it.
- We don't need Freedom OF Religion, we need Freedom FROM Religion.
Lately I have been watching that cult experts videos and one thing that caught me was when he talked about mlm's being cults which I experienced with my sister being into an mlm. It sorta blows my mind how expansive this type of thing is without us even realizing it. One thing I wonder about is Im signed up for this thing that is basically supposed to be about getting focus groups. Twice now I have seen ones advertised looking for no particular thing just wants opinions and is 8 or 9 fucking hours long with a decent enough payoff but WTF! I have not responded to them because immediately I felt its at best a time share pitch or something and at worst a cult. Well you signed a paper that said you would be here for nine hours.