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My cultural awakening: Losing My Religion by REM helped me escape a doomsday cult


I had been a member of the Children of God for two decades, but was growing disillusioned with its controlling behaviour and increasingly worrying sexual practices. Then I heard Michael Stipe’s lyrics and was set on a path to freedom

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