the family

wow, someone sent me a link about christian visualization of sex with jesus, and i found a very interesting set of sites about the family international. specifically three sites presumably by ex-members called xfamily.org and exfamily.org and movingon.org and then a site in support of the family called myconclusion.org.

i’m surprised to see such a public back and forth. i guess it’s not uncommon with other controversial spiritual groups. i’m surprised i haven’t heard of the group before, since i life in san francisco, and some of the controversy is about sex. hell, there’s a buddhist oriented sex cult just a block down from my office. but this is the first i’ve heard of them.

the cons, allege that the group is a cult, that it promoted sexual relations with one’s own children and with outsiders for recruitment, and that sexuality with children must be alright if it’s provided by god. that seems to me to be the most controversial claim. the liturgical basis of the group also appears to be direct prophesy and channelling through their leaders of jesus’ word and they quote jesus directly on topics like 9/11 where he says among other things, “I wish to humble this proud people, to bring them to their knees and to jolt them to their senses as well.” (Attack on America, 2001, par. 167). the most recent news centers around ricky, an adopted son of the founder, who killed a church leader in a murder suicide in january 2005 who had allegedly abused him since infancy. the disturbing and hard to follow suicide-note video he made the day before is available too.

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