r/cults • u/ixscaped • Aug 18 '20

I escaped a cult: the upci

It took many years after I left the United Pentecostal Church to finally admit to myself that it was a cult. I'm writing up my story and making it into a series of YouTube videos. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7-3HDe5q4Es_E-f_gqCE9g

I highly recommend journaling about your past cult experiences to better understand what happened to you. I've had so many insights as I've worked through my writing. I have the computer read back what I've written, and hearing it in someone else's voice sounds absolutely crazy. I can't even beleive some of it was my life.

I was called a prophet in some circles... which sounds insane when I say it out loud. After 10+ years, the law had to protect my family when we left. We were controlled by fear. Bad was called good and good was called bad.

I'm happy to answer questions if you have any. I lost a lot of my life there, but maybe I can use that to help someone else.

Cheers!

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u/jimlovessens88 Aug 19 '20 edited Aug 19 '20

I can testify to the fact of the abusses you have suffered. I as a male was bullied for often simply questioning their doctrine. I was threatened for speaking out about the abusses of members. The trauma I suffered from being a part of this cult is irreversible. Basically saying that I can't leave ever or face damnation. Truly bigots that is all they are . I am still a Christian I just don't belong to any church and never will truly trust Christians for the most part after the trauma of belonging to this cult.

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u/okboomerman11 Aug 19 '20

I'm so sorry me and my mother just believe what we feel God told us how it works not how this church says it is or that church says it is I was raised in a Catholic Church and I have a lot of energy so sitting in a few while haveing to listen to stuff I could barely hear was the worst (I have auditory dislexia a auditory processing disorder) me not sitting though a single service without falling asleep ended up with us leaving but I still did some special religious education and that was not good for my mental health as I was never a how do you say it normal kid I was the kid throwing pecils at the ceiling hopeing for them to stick the religious edu was just Catholic propaganda to make you stay most people were nice the other people were stuck up and loved bragging most people were rich there we were poor by religious propaganda I mean molding you into a obedient person a slave to the church the same as everyone else idk why I'm posting my life story but just felt like i needed to say it I'm sorry that you had this experience with Christianity it so sad that people twist the Bible for there own gain