22 Wild Times People Lost Someone to A Cult
No one is immune to falling for the trappings of a cult. The right bait and subtly introduced ideology could yoink anyone out of reality.
One Redditor had a friend who almost kept joining cults. As they tell it, he’s “smart enough to recognize cults and be against them,” but he was very into veganism, meditation and yoga, and kept attending events like “yoga treat with free vegan food.” Each time, he would snap out of his treat-filled haze and realize, “Oh, this is a cult,” and start speaking up in an effort to warn the other people in attendance. The Redditor noted that this friend “still falls for the initial recruiting methods, but never actually joins.”
While there’s a lesson in there about the dangers of veganism, it also goes to show that tasty little treats can indeed pave the way to succumbing to a new god.
Other Redditors have shared stories about people who left their lives behind and joined a cult, and it seems like the state of Tennessee is leading the charge in incubating new religions.
