Is your Bible intact or edited? Might be a cult Bible

Cult Bible Study

Cults Are Sneaky - Pay Attention and Beware of Blind Faith

I got pulled into a cult Bible study group in college – this girl just wore me down trying to get me to go with her, and I ran out of excuses. It was a religion I wasn’t familiar with.

The group sat all the girls into one room in a circle. Then they passed out a box of Bibles – I flipped through one and it had much blacked out. So much for the cult Bible study – it was fine-tuned to their own purpose. The girls had blind faith in everything the group put out

They read a couple passages from the Bibles to discuss – but nothing they discussed had anything to do with the passages. They stressed, over and over, that God did not want us to have pre-marital sex, and that was THE theme of the whole evening. But the reference they made to the passages had nothing to do with that discussion. Blind faith in the cult had them believing everything without question.

It dawned on me that most of the girls were lonely and felt a connection with each other. They were pulled in by a camaraderie with each other and the group leaders. That is how a lot of people get sucked into cult groups – they feel a disconnect and might be stressed or depressed – then the group gives them comfort, support, and love (a feeling of belonging). I realized that about the girl who pulled me in.

I never returned – my eyes were opened. I understood the game they were playing to suck girls in. I avoided the girl because she could not let go of the group and I could not pull her out. She had blind faith, full belief and allegiance to that group.

The group offered a bit of truth, some false promises, and a lot of lies and gaslighting – many girls fell for it. I did not – I was not lonely, or overly stressed, or depressed – I was fine and going to a different campus church with my roommate and friends. I was enlightened and knew it was all just false stuff.

Watch out for blind faith – check things out and see if you are being told the truth. Use your critical thinking skills. Are the messages really appealing because they open a door for you? Or do they know how to suck you in because you are vulnerable? Do they REALLY care about YOU? Be sure of yourself and don’t go so low that anyone can hijack your thinking.