- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperOne (1 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061118044
- ISBN-13: 978-0061118043
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,007,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book shows how being in the right place at the right time can still be so wrong. Centered on The Family (The Family Internation, Children of God, etc) this book follows from the creation of The Family up through and beyond the suicide/murder of their so-named prophet son. Not only did I get the sordid details of this cult, I also gained a better understanding of the 60's/70's turmoil that the flower children and hippies came from. It definitely made me look at the Haight/Ashbury neighborhood completely new. There is a fair amount of abuse and cursing, however, Don Lattin really sparked my curiousity. He also gave the websites so that I could go and read some of the stuff myself. Definitely recommended. --http://www.paperbackswap.com/Jesus-Freaks-True-Don-Lattin/review/0061118060/
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Jesus Freaks A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Former member
29 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
My name is Josh Bruni and while I haven't yet read the book, I have heard about it and would like to make a few comments about COG/the family.
I was born and raised in "the family". I left when I was 20 in the year 2000. My mother and 6 brothers and sisters still live in "the family" in various parts of the world. I'll never rejoin and I don't recomend anyone else join. What a lot of people who've never been a member don't realize is, when you have been born into "the family" you don't know what "normal" is. When you leave, it takes a while, several years in my case, to realize how weird and twisted some of the things you've been taught actually are. Any book that exposes the inner goings on of that group, I strongly recomend. See also the book "Not without my sister" by ex-members of the same group.
Josh Bruni
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I was born and raised in "the family". I left when I was 20 in the year 2000. My mother and 6 brothers and sisters still live in "the family" in various parts of the world. I'll never rejoin and I don't recomend anyone else join. What a lot of people who've never been a member don't realize is, when you have been born into "the family" you don't know what "normal" is. When you leave, it takes a while, several years in my case, to realize how weird and twisted some of the things you've been taught actually are. Any book that exposes the inner goings on of that group, I strongly recomend. See also the book "Not without my sister" by ex-members of the same group.
Josh Bruni
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Account of Religious Madness
24 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
Strap yourself in for a ride into true sickness. The "Children of God," known today as "The Family" is a cult that started in the 1970s and descended into true sexual madness by following the "God-inspired" personal prophecies of a drunken, sex maniac who called himself Moses David.
Yes, sex between adults, sex with children, sex between children, sex with your own children too. In one section you discover that the murderer had been having sex since he was a few months old (his nannies played with him) and then at 18 months was engaging in sex with a five month old!
This cult wanders from place to place around the world to this day. Adherents have numerous kids and numerous grandchildren but no one knows whose kids are really theirs or whose are those from when these individuals' wives were prostitutes luring men to join the cult by sharing God's love through sexual relations.
To say this is the story of sickness is to underplay how truly vile this "religion" is.
This is eye-opening reading.
Frank Scoblete: author of Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution!
Yes, sex between adults, sex with children, sex between children, sex with your own children too. In one section you discover that the murderer had been having sex since he was a few months old (his nannies played with him) and then at 18 months was engaging in sex with a five month old!
This cult wanders from place to place around the world to this day. Adherents have numerous kids and numerous grandchildren but no one knows whose kids are really theirs or whose are those from when these individuals' wives were prostitutes luring men to join the cult by sharing God's love through sexual relations.
To say this is the story of sickness is to underplay how truly vile this "religion" is.
This is eye-opening reading.
Frank Scoblete: author of Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Very Informative!
28 Jun 2008
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This book provides a background and context for the murder-suicide of Ricky Rodriguez, the involuntary prophet-apparent of The Family, an international religious cult. Also known as The Children of God, the group began in the late sixties under direction of David Berg, a self-appointed prophet, polygamist, pedophile, and narcissist. It continues today, led by Karen (sp?) Zerby, Ricky Rodriguez's mother. The book is a very well-rounded account of the cult's beginnings, compared with other so-called new religions, written by a journalist who covered religion for major newspapers for many years. It's a quick, informative read. I also recommend Not Without My Sisters, a memoir by three girls who grew up moving in the cult around the world.
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