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The Tangled Web: Letters from the Cult
The Tangled Web contains letters and essays I wrote when I was in the Church of Bible Understanding, a religious group that some say is one of the worst mind control cults of all times. This book contains stories and descriptions of everyday life in the cult and provides the reader with an intimate, front row seat view of what life is like inside one of these organizations.
America has always been a breeding ground for many kinds of religious expression, from large well-known mainline denominations to small isolated religious communities which remain, for the most part, hidden from view unless some event brings them to the attention of the media or the authorities.
The Church of Bible Understanding (also known as COBU) was just another in the long line of isolationist religious communities, centered around an authoritarian leader who claimed to have the only true version of Christianity in a world where all others were living in darkness. Communities such as the Oneida Perfectionists, the Shakers, the Shiloh Colony in the 19th Century - and the Church of Bible Understanding in the 20th - and now, 21st, Centuries are just some of the many expressions of Christianity on the fringe.
The Church of Bible Understanding has dwindled from some 3,000 members in its heyday to about 80 members now. And what was once a small legion of people who were zealous to proclaim the Gospel are now a much smaller group of people who seem now to be primarily concerned with their business operation known as Olde Good Things, an architectural antique business located in New York City and several other cities in the US.
America has always been a breeding ground for many kinds of religious expression, from large well-known mainline denominations to small isolated religious communities which remain, for the most part, hidden from view unless some event brings them to the attention of the media or the authorities.
The Church of Bible Understanding (also known as COBU) was just another in the long line of isolationist religious communities, centered around an authoritarian leader who claimed to have the only true version of Christianity in a world where all others were living in darkness. Communities such as the Oneida Perfectionists, the Shakers, the Shiloh Colony in the 19th Century - and the Church of Bible Understanding in the 20th - and now, 21st, Centuries are just some of the many expressions of Christianity on the fringe.
The Church of Bible Understanding has dwindled from some 3,000 members in its heyday to about 80 members now. And what was once a small legion of people who were zealous to proclaim the Gospel are now a much smaller group of people who seem now to be primarily concerned with their business operation known as Olde Good Things, an architectural antique business located in New York City and several other cities in the US.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 14, 2017
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