Rose McGowan and Joaquin Phoenix's families were involved in the Children of God cult
Paul Walker, Katherine Heigl, and Eliza Dushku were raised Mormon
Any others?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | May 15, 2019 6:57 AM |
Winona Ryder's folks were associated with the weirdness of Timothy Leary.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | May 9, 2019 3:20 AM |
^^And she turned out just fine (eye roll).
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 9, 2019 3:23 AM |
Kathryn “Katy Perry” Hudson’s parents are Pentecostal preachers.
Growing up, Perry and her siblings were not allowed to eat the cereal Lucky Charms as the term "luck" reminded their mother of Lucifer, and had to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs". Perry primarily listened to gospel music, as secular music was generally discouraged in the family's home.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 9, 2019 3:32 AM |
Ellen DeGeneres grew up in the Christian Scientist religion.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 9, 2019 3:48 AM |
Glenn Close was in a cult before she went to college.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 9, 2019 3:57 AM |
Piper Laurie had a physical relationship with Jim Jones in the early 70's.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 9, 2019 4:59 AM |
Amy Adams was in the Mormon church until she was 11.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 9, 2019 5:36 AM |
Aaron Eckhart is another ex Mormon.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 12, 2019 6:28 PM |
LOTS of African-American celebrities grew up Jehovah's Witness:
Michael Jackson Prince The Wayans Brothers Donald Glover Serena and Venus Williams Terrence Howard Naomi Campbell
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 12, 2019 6:32 PM |
The Jacksons were JWs and so was the late Tejano singer Selena.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 12, 2019 6:41 PM |
Elizabeth Moss Lisa Marie Pressley and Riley Keough Danny Masterson Beck Juliette Lewis Erika Christensen Mimi Rogers
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 12, 2019 6:41 PM |
^sorry about the lack of spacing/commas
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 12, 2019 6:42 PM |
Michelle Pfeifer was in a cult as a young adult.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 12, 2019 6:54 PM |
Ryan Gosling was raised Mormon.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 12, 2019 7:12 PM |
[quote]Actors and singers who grew up in weird religions or cults
Anyone that belongs to any church belongs to a cult, no?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 12, 2019 7:13 PM |
R22, I disagree. If you are punished for leaving then it's a cult. If no one cares you stop attending services then it's a religion.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 12, 2019 7:23 PM |
R22 most students of cults make a distinction between cults and churches. Here is the classic Lifton definition. It is usually thought a cult doesn't have to have all of these criteria. It's hard to think of say, a mainline church like Episcopalians, having any. Even churches we dislike for their gay stance, a mainstreet Southern Baptist in Houston, don't have enough of these criteria to be a true cult.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | May 12, 2019 7:26 PM |
Amy Adams was also raised Mormon.
Actress A.J. Cook and musician Brandon Flowers are still active Mormons.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 12, 2019 7:34 PM |
Glen Close grew up in Moral Re-Armament. This is what the Oxford Group turned into. AA also grew out of the Oxford Group. I don't believe AA is a full blown cult but given its origins it has a tendency to go in that direction.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 12, 2019 7:47 PM |
Jared Leto ‘s single mother had him and his brother grow up in a commune of artists. I think they also lived out of their car for a while like Jim Carrey
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 12, 2019 7:50 PM |
Isn't Mel Gibson's father some sort fundie preacher or self-proclaimed prophet who is also a notorious antisemite and Holocaust denier? And Nicole Kiidman's family is into some cult stuff, too, I think.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 12, 2019 7:50 PM |
I think Mel Gibson's belongs to some traditionalist break away Catholic group that thinks the Roman Catholic church is not strict enough. Fundamentist usually implies Protestant. But I may be wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 12, 2019 7:59 PM |
Fundamentalist Catholics are those engaged by Vatican II and still go by the old code
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 12, 2019 8:02 PM |
The Catholic sect is called Opus Dei.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | May 12, 2019 8:38 PM |
Mormonism is labeled as a cult by some people due to reports of some ex-members being harassed by bishops or others when trying to leave or after leaving the church. Some Mormons do disown family members when they leave the church.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 12, 2019 9:11 PM |
Prince was not raised as a JW, he got into it later in life. He was raised a Seventh-day Adventist.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 12, 2019 9:23 PM |
Lark Voorhies from the Saved by the Bell is a Jehovah's Witness.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 12, 2019 9:53 PM |
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Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 41 | May 13, 2019 5:13 AM |
A lot of the main-line Christian religions don't recognize Mormons or Jehovah's witnesses as being a Chritisian religion and are a cult. THe Mormons because they equate Joseph Smith as being equal to God and the Book of Mormon to be equal to the Bible. The Jehovah's witnesses as they don't recognize the Trinity and Jesus being the Son of God.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 13, 2019 5:40 AM |
I just heard Patricia Arquette on Fresh Air this week and she talked about growing up in a cult, so that’s her, David, Rosanna and Alexis.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 13, 2019 5:58 AM |
I guess you can add Luke Schroder to this list. Although when you see what dear old dad escaped to after getting out of that sham of a marriage alive and under 50…
[quote] Lark Voorhies from the Saved by the Bell is a Jehovah's Witness.
The producer of that show went to work at Pat Robertson's glorified diploma mill. Hayley Mills got out while the getting was good.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 13, 2019 6:29 AM |
Derek and Julianne Hough grew up Mormon. I think both have left.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 13, 2019 4:33 PM |
Opus Dei is very conservative, but it's still within the fold, recognizing the Pope and recognized by the Vatican. Mel Gibson is a Traditionalist Catholic, in a group not in good standing with the Vatican.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | May 13, 2019 4:58 PM |
Gibson comes from a long line of Catholic Church educated Jew haters. Plenty of them on DL. No cult required.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 13, 2019 6:02 PM |
Anyone raised in Scientology. Leah Remini (though she broke away) and Elisabeth Moss.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 13, 2019 6:34 PM |
Very interesting thread OP.
Here is an article written by Guinevere Turner on her time in the cult (and after).
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | May 13, 2019 6:41 PM |
Children don't get involved with cults. They're raised into them.
Will this thread be shut down like the Soros one or completely vanish as the things scrubbed off the Internet?
Is there anything in this once great message board that will resist censorship?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 13, 2019 6:54 PM |
Oh my god, it's the scrubbed-off troll. Please get a new schtick.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 13, 2019 7:43 PM |
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Allison Mack as the trail has just started.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 53 | May 13, 2019 10:37 PM |
R53 Most people don't really know who she is, apart from the sex cult I'd never heard of her.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | May 14, 2019 12:24 AM |
Didn't Allison join that cult as an adult?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | May 14, 2019 12:28 AM |
R55 Probably, another reason for her not to be on this list.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | May 14, 2019 10:28 AM |
Did not know Luke Evans family were Jehovah's Witnesses and he was bullied in school.
What about Jonathan Groff? Thought I heard something about his family and upbringing ....Amish?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | May 14, 2019 12:58 PM |
I've heard that about Luke Evans. Probably explains why he had such a hard time coming out.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | May 15, 2019 5:59 AM |
Glennie is probably the most famous former member of "Up With People." Make of that what you will.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | May 15, 2019 6:24 AM |
Why is this thread flagged?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | May 15, 2019 6:30 AM |
What's the difference between a "weird religion" and a cult? It seems like all religion is a cult by today's standards.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | May 15, 2019 6:57 AM |
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