Mom I Joined a Cult

Göbekli Tepe is one of the world’s most significant, yet mysterious, archaeological sites. Between the tenth and eighth millennia B.C., people there erected a series of massive stone circles where groups gathered for religious or social purposes. 

The Good:

• Honor Father And Mother
• Great Work Ethic
• Amazing Stone Tool Works

The Bad:

• To Much Work

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Enjoy the harvest

Sources:

Dimas was the cult leader of a ritual group, Padepokan Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi, in Probolinggo, East Java, who claims to have the ability to multiply banknotes. His supposed mystical power attracted hundreds, if not thousands, of supporters, who regularly gathered at his secluded residence.

The Good:

• Game Show Inspired

The Bad:

• Murder
• Bad Magic
• Stealing From Impoverished

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Next Live Show will have a Deal or No Deal aspect

Sources:

The cult, known as “The New Light of God”, is made up of indigenous people who claim to be chosen by God to sacrifice non-believers, even if the heretics are members of the own families, according to residents in El Terron, Panama.

The Good:

• Jesus on a Motercycle
• Family

The Bad:

• Murder
• Torture
• Goat Sacrifice

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• A Yearly Birch Branch Beating in The Sauna

Sources:

Ruby Franke from 8 Passengers and ConneXions’ founder, Jodi Hildebrandt, are arrested over child abuse charges.

The Good:

• Inspired to be better parents now
• Inspired coffee table book

The Bad:

• Bad parenting
• Starving children
• Duct Tape Parenting

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Maybe a coffee table book
• Never record committing a crime

Sources:

Eleven murders over a period of four years sent shockwaves through the Krugersdorp community and made headlines nationwide. Listen in as we discuss the details.

The Good:

• Cookies
• Stories
• Being The Center of Attention

The Bad:

• Murder
• Giving Satanists a Bad Name

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Story Corner ( Every week in season 6 we will have a story for our listeners)

Sources:

Eligo Lee Bishop, otherwise known as Nature Boy, the top of the religion known as “Carbon Nation” ... Listen to find out more.

The Good:

• The 3 Ns Nature, Nudity, and Niceness 
• The sun might be good for fighting MS

The Bad:

• To much sun
• Having a belt as a nudist
• The Stink
• Rape
• Forcing
• Keeping someone up by talking

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Clean the Bermuda Triangle of your body daily

Sources:

Thor brings us down the life of a carnie. We learn never to brag about killing someone.

The Good:

• Travel
• Climbing Ladders
• Farris Wheels

The Bad:

• Murder
• Carnies
• Arbys
• Blackmail
• No Remorse

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Bring Arbys to a Carnie whenever you go to a carnival

Sources:

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode has details of sex trafficking of minors. This is not a funny episode.

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Protect Children
• National Human Trafficking Hot Line Number: 888-373-7888

Sources:

This cult makes Gunnar look like he is a good father. It just might do the same for you.

The Good:

• Giving Children a Home
• Yoga

The Bad:

• Child Abuse
• Water Boarding
• Just About Everything

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Bobbing For Apples

Sources:

All Gunnar can think of is sex during this cult. Find out why.

The Good:

• Inventions
• School
• Singing
• Not Forcing Individuals to Stay

The Bad:

• No Sex
• Lack of Companionship

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Eric Bjarnson is going to teach how to learn languages

Sources:

This episode we talk about several cults that are hitting headlines.

The Good:

• N/A

The Bad:

• N/A

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• N/A

Sources:

This AI cult is preparing for the takeover. Thor seems to have found out the secret of how to survive.

The Good:

• Being Prepared

The Bad:

• AI Takeover

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• From last weeks episode, we take on deciding a date of when Renaldo will come and have added a cake and cornflakes to the occasion.
• We take adding AI Renaldo to our website.

Sources:

Thor brings us down the road of one of the biggest apocalyptic cults in history. He also tells us how good he is in bed, which surprises us all.

The Good:

• Being Prepared

The Bad:

• Predicting The Apocalypse Multiple Times
• 62 Pages to Explain One Verse of Scripture

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• This one is up to our listeners

Sources:

Gunnar brings the case that the Demarcate and Republican parties are cults.... There was no one who did not agree.  Listen and decide for yourself.  

The Good:

• Money Maker
• Good at Controlling information
• Proven system of manipulation

The Bad:

• Score extremely high on the BITE model
• They are focused on power and not solving problems
• Fear based propoganda
• False information

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

The only way to get through this starvation cult is to listen to what The Nice Cult has to say. It is another rough one.

The Good:

• 800 Acres of Land

The Bad:

• Killing Children
• Starvation
• Hypocrite

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Trojan Goat
• Rounding Down For Renaldo

Sources:

This Cult has it all, drugs, acid rain, jail breaks, running for office, and much much more.

The Good:

• Giving Back Stolen Goods
• Peaceful
• Drugs (When Used Properly)

The Bad:

• Breaking Out of Prison
• Free Drugs
• Acid Rain
• Overdosing

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Candy Cannon at 4th of July Parade.

Sources:

The best name for a cult.... but is it the best cult to be a part of? Find out as we explore this cult from mainland China with a woman claiming to be Christ.

The Good:

• Thriving in China
• Their Name "Eastern Lightning"
• Second Coming as a Woman

The Bad:

• Beating
• Forcing Information
• Claiming to be Christ

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Renaldos 1st Commandment - Be Nicer

Sources:

Is the Creativity Movement very creative? Find out as we hash this cult out.

The Good:

• Unity
• Diet

The Bad:

• White Supremacy
• White Supremacy
• White Supremacy

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Renaldo Day (TBD)
• Slip And Slide on Renaldo Day
• Renaldo Has 7 Grandfathers

Sources:

We continue our interview with Bill and Eve about their experience joining and then leaving a fundamentalist cult.

The Good:

• Fruits
• Gifts
• Growth in Finding God
• Reuniting of Family After The Exodos
• Recovering From Hardships

The Bad:

• Self-righteousness
• Seeing How Low The Human Spirit Can go
• Self Centered Leader
• Actions Are Far From God

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Question the nice cult (Especially Gunnar)

Sources:

We Interview Bill and Eve about their experience joining and then leaving a fundamentalist cult.

The Good:

• TBD

The Bad:

• TBD

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Nothing Yet.

Sources:

We discuss if the ancient oracle Pythia is a cult....

The Good:

• Great Business Model
• Old Women Giving Advice
• First Influencer
• Six Pack Buns

The Bad:

• Vague
• Not Much Protection

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Six Pack Buns

Sources:

The Kim Family...

The Good:

• Playing Countries Against Each Other
• Self Reliance
• Great Stories
• Propaganda 

The Bad:

• Propaganda 
• Comfort Girls
• Uniforms

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Propaganda Videos
• Jane Goodall added to the Magesterium Collecti

Sources:

We go to South Korea to find Jesus who is now in his 90s.

The Good:

• Tests
• Recruitment Process
• Bible Interpretations 

The Bad:

• Tests
• Control
• Thor Maxed Out Credit Cards

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Jimmy Carter added to the Magisterium Collecti 
• Special segment (Prophecies of Renaldo) 

Sources:

Nathan tries to convince us that Crypto is a cult... Let us know if you agree.

The Good:

• Block Chain is super secure
• No Regulations

The Bad:

• No Regulations
• North Korea will loose its main source of income

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Nice Cult Crypto "Goat Crypto"
• Buy Crypto

Sources:

The Good:

• Self Help
• Education

The Bad:

• Power Trips
• Perfection
• Prostitution
• Manipulation

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Tom Hanks inducted into the Majesterium Collecti.
• Scholarship "Giving away free Nice Cult Membership to someone who has left another cult"

Sources:

The Sullivan Institute Was A Psychotherapy Cult Based In New York's West Side That Demonized Nuclear Families.

The Good:

• Arts
• Not much good with this one

The Bad:

• The beatings
• Lack of children
• Lack of Growth

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• The Summer of The Nice Cult Revolution.

Sources:

The Nice Cult has a fundraiser, Thor give a parable, and The Nice Cult discuss the gospel of Prosperity.

The Good:

• Bringing The Gospel to Those Stuck at Home
• War on Covid 19

The Bad:

• Taking Advantage
• Self Serving

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• The Nice Cult askes Its followers to buy them an ultralight 

Sources:

This Live Show The Nice Cult gains a Knight, a goat is spared and there is a lot of laughter.

Billions of people are zombies. Lori & Chad have a string of deaths and disappearances that seem to have caught up with them.  This one triggers Gunnar.

The Good:

• Not Many Followers

The Bad:

• Views on half of humanity being zombies making okay to kill them
• Murders of children
• Lack of empathy

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• The Nice Cult has decided that sometimes it is okay to put people in jail
• The Nice Cult askes its members to come up with a name for themselves (like Swifties)

Sources:

At the height of his popularity in the 1980s, his telecast was transmitted to in excess of 3,000 stations and cable systems each week. His “crusades” enabled him to travel throughout the contiguous United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and South America.

The Good:

• Timing
• Singing
• Supportive Spouse

The Bad:

• Drugs
• Hypocrisy
• Driving the wrong way while on drugs and having a prostitute in your car

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Time on a radio station
• $100 for five minutes of lip service with Gunnar

Sources:

Apocalyptic Gadgetology includes faith in prophecy and revelation. Followers of this current believe in the end of the world and salvation at the behest of the Lightbringer. This is a fun one.

The Good:

• Imagination
• Dancing
• Rule against sexualizing cartoons
• Good Intentions

The Bad:

• Cartoon Deity
• Not a powerful Deity
• Only in Russia

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• Fanatical Humility

Sources:

The Amazonian town of Altamira received a sudden increase of reports of missing children. Not having clear clues about the disappearances, the authorities couldn’t do anything about it. The reports rose to 19 missing children from 8 to 13 years old, with no trace or a clue to find them. By that time the bodies of five children were found dead with signs of torture and castration. It was determined that these murders were connected to the medical guild because the castrations seemed to be made by a medical expert.  The plot thickens...

The Good:

• No goats were harmed in this cult
• Website

The Bad:

• Website
• Castration
• Child Murders
• All children are a negative energy especially those boarn in 1981 and after
• Abandonment of children
• Violated Rule #1 - (Date given for the end of the world)

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• The Nice Cult takes on Alien Obduction Insurance
• The Nice Cult adds a wallet card with information on what you do or do not consent to when abducted (like a donner card)

Sources:

James Orsen Bakker is an American televangelist and convicted fraudster. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program The PTL Club and its cable television platform, the PTL...  The Nice cult starts a pledge program in honor of all televangelists. 

The Good:

• Puppet shows
• Amusement park
• Make people feel good

The Bad:

• No transparency
• Miss appropriation of founds
• Infidelity

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• This week The Nice Cult decides to take the leap and become a religion on paper and not just in the hearts of its members
• Thor will build a giant swing on his property

Sources:

Ryan Crafts joins The Nice Cult to discuss The Freedomite movement.  This movement consists of a split-off of the Doukhobors, a community of Spiritual Christians who had emigrated from Russia to Canada in the late 1800s. The Freedomite movement first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts of British Columbia. 

The Good:

• So committed that they would burn their own house down just to prove a point. 
• Ideal of community and self sufficiency are good.
• Nude Protesting.

The Bad:

• So committed that they would burn their own house down just to prove a point. 
• Burning money
• Nude Protesting.
• Bombs

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• This week The Nice Cult takes on building a tutorial on how to create a cult... while in the nude.
• We also add a new title to all who listen to our podcast... "Renaldites"
• Culinary Crafts catering is offering a discount to anyone who uses the phrase "Renaldo sent me" for Their Nice Cult wedding. (Discount may vary) 

Sources:

Sharon Gans Horn started an “innocent” group in Manhattan to study the works of Russian philosopher George Gurdjelf. Her and her husband recruited among members of New York and Boston’s high society, intellectuals, and wealthy. What started as Odyssey Study Group became a cult around one single figure Sharon Gans. She demanded 100% loyalty, monthly membership dues, and exerted unbelievable control over the lives of the groups members. This control included demands of some members to divorce their spouse and marry another, orders to have an affair, and even to adopt another member’s children.

The Good:

• Interesting philosopher that had some good ideas

The Bad:

• High control demands like forced divorce, adoption, and affairs.

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

• The Nice Cult is going to host a dance with a VIP section for those who make ten figures.  We are determined to give them the "Tom Cruise Treatment" that Scientology provides to their elites. 

Sources: