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  <h3>Beliefs and Practices</h3> *[[:Category:Beliefs|Beliefs]] &mdash; Beliefs held by The Family
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• Ricky Rodriguez
  ...ust be moulded into an ideal follower, an incarnation of their beliefs and practices. His upbringing was [[Story of Davidito|exhaustively documented]] and highl ...ining people's lives by propagating false doctrines and advocating harmful practices in the name of God, and as far as I can see, show no regret or remorse." [h
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• Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family
  ...aid the groundwork for this rejection and revolt. These policies, and the practices that resulted from them, made many of the group’s younger members feel ab Sixth, the beliefs and lifestyle of the group had a dramatic, and negative, impact on children
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• Selah
  ...e, while leading different lives and adhering to often radically different beliefs on the inside. [[Category:Practices]][[Category:Secrecy]]
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• Open Letter to President and Mrs. Clinton on "The Family Singers"
  ...heir communes, they have stayed away from some of their most controversial practices. Contrary to their claims however, the group has not changed. They recently ...benefactors from ever finding out about its most controversial beliefs and practices. They try to hide instead behind their missionary facade and their good wor
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Common Thread of Sexual, Spiritual Abuse Among Cult Defectors Who Killed Themselves
  ...ve their God, and their religion to cling to -- the same God and religious beliefs that they placed above their children." ...upuy emerged as a leading defector and source of information about abusive practices inside the Children of God, which by then was calling itself the Family.
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• All of These Things Moved Me
  ...e Bible, but the "New Wine" that I was reading started to conflict with my beliefs in the Bible. 87. In April of 1992, the "Statement on Attitudes, Conduct, Current Beliefs and Teachings Regarding Sex" was published. Here are excerpts from that doc
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• The Family International
  ...] group ([[FREECOG]]), and the unconventional [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual practices]] which soon followed within the Children of God solidified its place among ...es, and Beliefs Regarding Sex#Part 3|The Family’s History, Policies, and Beliefs Regarding Sex&mdash;Part 3]], [[GN]] 1236 [[FD]]/[[MM]]/[[FM]], ML 3673, [[
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• Apostate
  ...ge is leveled against those who speak out about manipulative and unethical practices witnessed during their time in the organization. ...he children of group members when they choose not to follow their parents' beliefs is misleading. Many former members charge that The Family has historically
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• Loving Jesus
  [[Category:Beliefs]] [[Category:Practices]]
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• The Devil Hates Sex
  ...l of which is terribly illegal & dangerous today! You can't engage in such practices. ...d it up, crewed up sex and screwed up man's attitude towards sex and man's beliefs about sex to where the Devil's made it seem to prove hate rather than love&
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• No Regrets
  ...st explosive subjects that we had to address were the Family doctrines and practices concerning sexual contact with minors. I eventually became the WS in-house ...what arose as a result of it. Among other things, we acknowledge that his beliefs and teachings led to the setting aside of ordinary taboos and restraints, p
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• Inspiration
  ...otivational speeches or testimonials conducive to the group's ideology and beliefs. Usually held first thing in the morning, immediately before or after [[dev [[Category:Practices]]
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• Activated Ministries
  ...tivated]] and the [[Wine Press]], both of which promote Family beliefs and practices. Activated Ministries is The Family's largest outreach operation, and in a
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• Complete Judgment of Lord Justice Ward
  ...invaluable assistance. The Plaintiff's has voiced her anxieties about the practices of the Children of God because the group has, over the years and on several ...it caused them, has an ironic edge to it considered against certain Family practices I have heard so much about. This marriage was not a happy one. The Plaintif
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• San Francisco Chronicle: IRS documents show ties between charity, sex cult
  ...missionaries around the world who endorse the cult's "bizarre beliefs and practices." ...r children" in 1986. Other members insist the cult has long abandoned past practices and has since enacted new policies.
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Escaping a Free Love Legacy Children of God sect hopes it can overcome sexy image
  ...One of the the most detailed examinations of Berg's prophecies and sexual practices is contained in a voluminous 1995 court judgment in a British child custody ...d time in life," she said. "I wasn't attracted by the born-again Christian beliefs, but I liked the commitment to social causes. They were trying to change th
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• Our Replies To Allegations Of Child Abuse
  ...ps, maintaining that such literature accurately reflects the lifestyle and practices of our membership. Nothing could be further the truth. Therefore, we feel i ...r Position and Policy Statement [April 1992]: "Attitudes, Conduct, Current Beliefs and Teachings Regarding Sex.")
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• Persecution
  The Family's persecution complex has influenced their everyday practices and life since their earliest years, but heightened criticism by [[second g [[Category:Beliefs]]
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• Irish Times: Helping to Take the Cult Out of the Man
  Religious cults are characterised by extreme beliefs and practices not generally shared by mainstream churches. Having separated themselves, m
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• None of These Things Move Me!
  ...he Word. In ridiculing the Word, they’re ridiculing God and you and your beliefs, and we won’t stand by while they do that. ...stioning minds in a broader sense--that rather than only questioning their beliefs and foundations, they would instead question those who seek to undermine th
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• Washington Post: 'The Family' and Final Harvest
  ...ics. She calls The Family a "pseudo-Christian cult" that dabbles in occult beliefs and sanctions adultery. "They don't understand biblical Christianity apart ...group takes "strong exception" to the claim that it is not Christian. Its beliefs are "fundamentally rooted in the New Testament," he says, comparing Berg's
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• More Madness from Mama Maria
  ...15). The purpose of this newsletter is to expose the heretical beliefs and practices of the Children of God cult aka The Family and of its present leader Karen ...ractices had indeed stopped. They have not. Those interested in the latest beliefs of the COG/Family are invited to go to their David Berg idol web site at ht
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• No Real Changes in the "Children of God" Cult
  ...The purpose of this study is to show that despite several changes in their practices, there has not being a real and fundamental change in the group. I am prese ...lking of efforts of "identifying those Letters that still represent Family beliefs and teachings and those that need to be seen in their historical context."
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• I Almost Didn't Make It
  ...of lives it may still potentially infect with its poisonous doctrines and practices. ...death, Berg's lover and top zombie Zerby has "introduced even more debased practices into the group such as masturbating while praying to Jesus." That by the wa
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• Children of God. Family of Love. The Family
  ...was trying hard to show itself as becoming more conservative in its sexual practices, the rule of no sex between members of different communes was done away wit ...ld-adult sex and immediately did all they could to stop and eradicate such practices from ever happening again. Saying that there were some, meaning few, instan
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• Judgment of Lord Justice Ward
  ...d the risk of harm to the child in light of the organization's beliefs and practices. ...cations|writings]], [[:Category:Beliefs|doctrines]], [[:Category:Practices|practices]], [[:Category:Leaders|leadership]] and the group's treatment of children w
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• Purge
  ...other controversial [[:Category:Beliefs|doctrines]], [[:Category:Practices|practices]], and policies. In [[1991]], members were also instructed to destroy any p [[Category:Practices]]
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• Christian Research Journal: Inside the "Heavenly Elite"
  In describing the cult's incredible beliefs and perversions, I am actually describing a part of my own life, for I myse I pity the poor parents who dare to rebel against these practices, because rebellion against the group's thinking, or against the leadership'
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• Marie Claire: "Killing Myself is the Only Way Out of the Cult"
  ...side world and operated with minimal scrutiny, despite highly questionable beliefs. ...e other side are current members of the organisation who say that if these practices did go on, they were isolated; they have never seen or experienced abuse. T
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• Los Angeles Times: A True Conversion?
  Officially, such practices were banned-under penalty of [[excommunication]] -in 1985. But [[Ed Priebe] ...ld be different if the sect didn't conceal its identity and soft-pedal its beliefs.
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• FSM 353
  many Family members are sincerely proud of all the Family’s present-day beliefs and practices?” I, for one, am. I am more than aware of how odd some of our
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• FSM 354
  practices in our Family, he was perfectly happy and content during the years people are so ashamed and embarrassed about our beliefs that they’re no longer
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• FSM 355
  Family beliefs, as well as his impressions and </p> and beliefs which I was confronted with which I </p>
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• FSM 357
  deceive some and lure them into my (the Devil’s, that is) words and beliefs. I in it, and she practices it, and makes sure those who live and work with her do
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• Family Care Foundation: A Front Group for The Family Cult
  ...mily]] aka the [[Children of God]] (COG) have shocked the world with their practices of [[:Category:Sexuality|free sex]], [[Flirty Fishing|prostitution]] and [[ ...ave being presented a sanitized version of the Family’s past and present beliefs we should help them see the true picture. I am convinced that contrary to t
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• Midwest Christian Outreach Journal: A Family Affair
  [[:Category:Sexuality|Sexual practices]] in The Family continued to become more and more extreme until the end of ...le for the general public. These materials hide or mask the group’s true beliefs. In general, this material deals with benign subjects such as prayer. The c
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• Hollywood Reporter: HBO Documentary Focuses on Cult Kids
  ...the [[Children of God]], an apocalyptic [[cult]] accused of extreme sexual practices such as [[:Category:Incest|incest]] and rape. ...ategory:Discipline|discipline]] and commitment to cult [[:Category:Beliefs|beliefs]], which included total devotion to cult activities on the part of children
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• Victor Program
  ...amily]] as their parents (it wasn't so much that they didn't have the same beliefs as their parents, they probably did, but they didn't share the same enthusi [[Category:Practices]]
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• Birmingham News: New Home, Old Questions Controversies of Past Follow Communal Group
  ...would-be supporters. The Family still holds and tries to hide its bizarre beliefs, said Craig Branch, director of Watchman Fellowship in Birmingham. "We beli ...Mrs. Spain said they oppose abortion and do not use birth control. Berg's beliefs
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• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family v. The Rock
  The cult's beliefs were described by an American Jewish organisation, the Anti-Defamation Leag ...lieves The Family is the Children of God cult hiding its true identity and practices from "mainstream society" by isolation and the mind control of its children
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• The Age: Family's leader sends top aide to secret talks
  Dr Millikan describes himself as the world authority on the history and beliefs of the Family, formerly known as the [[Children of God]]. ...om cultural isolation and their parents' religious, educational and sexual practices.
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• The Age: Moses David's children
  ...s has found, whenever the cult attracts unwelcome attention, its professed beliefs change. ...rs of the sect, leaders of the cult declined to talk in detail about their beliefs, saying they were too complicated. However, this week, cult members did mak
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• Christianity Today: Children of God Cult Records Higher Numbers
  Meanwhile, efforts of former cult members to expose the cult's beliefs and practices, continue. Kathy Hansen, de­programmed four years ago, now pub­lishes a n
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• Cornerstone Magazine: The Family and the Truth
  ...ld be to move the cup toward the plate. But given their current views and practices in a host of areas, they had virtually no chance of getting on the plate. ...aspects of the Family’s more unusual and provocative sexual beliefs and practices, Peter suggested we take a break. He looked over to the assistant and aske
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• CNN Larry King Live: 'The Family' - Preachers or Pornographers?
  ...ey describe a scary, sex-obsessed, doomsday sect which abuses children and practices mind control. One practice in particular - 'flirty fishing,' or winning new ...about beliefs of a group, but we are particularly concerned about harmful practices. And with this group, and with many others like them, you see such an explo
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• CBS News: Woman breaks away from religious cult that promoted prostitution and sexual abuse of their children
  Good evening. We begin tonight with a disturbing look at the practices of a [[cult]] that viewed itself as a church. Only this church was no sanct ...s through writings called "The [[Mo Letters]]," volume after volume of his beliefs dictating every facet of the group's life from prayer to marriage. The husb
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• Geraldo Rivera: Former cultists comment on requirements made of them by their leaders
  was outside the cult, but these practices also went on own beliefs were, and I was willing--thinking that it
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• Dr. Phil: The Family Cult Escapees
  ...of God, later renamed itself The Family. It's known for its bizarre sexual practices involving children and adults. Now China and her husband John left the grou ...rents with children of their own and the right to practice their religious beliefs. The Family has clearly codified statutes in place since the mid '80s to pr
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• Publishers Weekly Book Review: Life in The Family: An Oral History of the Children of God
  ...|conversion]], [[:Category:Beliefs|beliefs]], [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual practices]], mission strategies, the sacrifices of membership and the [[second genera
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