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Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones

28 reviews

librarymouse's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Faith Jones's perspective on the Children of God cult, with the conflicting and wildly varied emotions and memories she has of her time there. Her story is unique as she comes as it through the lens of how she viewed the incidents at the ages they were occurring. She brings the reader along with the journey of her struggles, joys, and the ways her perspective changes as she ages and learns. Her need for proof and desire for knowledge and understanding is deeply understandable and admirable as she breaks away from the way she was taught to unquestioningly believe what those in positions of power say. As she notes, she is astoundingly mature and innocent in equal measure, and her capacity for forgiveness is admirable. It makes sense that she didn't break her personal relationship with God after her break with organized religion. The title Sex Cult Nun is also quite interesting, as she both devotes herself to God with a vow like a catholic nun, but she also proselytizes and attempts to spread her beliefs by living the ideals she'd been taught as a nun would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

alicefaye_'s review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Incest, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicide

evenstr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

strawberrybookess's review

4.5

The end of this book made me weep. Going through a faith crisis & leaving a high demand religion feels like the foundation of your life is crumbling under your feet. It’s the most freeing & terrifying process that has truly defined my life. I would not be where I am today without the stories of others who have gone through similar things. Reading this book broke my heart & healed it at the same time. 

“I have not finished my quest for truth. It is continuous & joyous. Old ideas crumple as new truths are revealed through rigorous questioning.” 

“All things did work together for my good, but not automatically. I had to choose to create good from it & turn my traumas into strength.” 

“Our susceptibility to cults comes from our desire to have a source; an authority to tell us what to do & what is true.” 

“I’m doing this for those who have been oppressed, manipulated, & abused & need the words to stand up for themselves.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Misogyny

onecrab's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

What a story.  Definitely taking a minute here to be born into a pretty normal family.  

I really disliked the shade Ms. Jones threw at what I assume is Monterey Peninsula College.  Like it may be a community college but it did advance your learning and goals.  Save that shade for the pedophilia ring that called itself christians.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

liam_bennett03's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide

ladyhoneybee23's review

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

rakizaka's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide, Murder, Animal death, and Homophobia

modernbookmom's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

It’s always hard to rate someone’s personal account of trauma. Do I think it could have been edited and pieced together better? Absolutely. But am I going to rate low because of the way someone felt inclined to share their story? Absolutely not. This story is full of childhood trauma. I’m not sure why people have complained in reviews that they thought this would be “about a cult not just a bunch of childhood trauma”.
Those people need to read the room and stop talking.

The insight to what it’s like growing up in this crazy ass religious cult is astounding. It’s disgusting, hard to read at times, and humbling. The multiple similarities between growing up as an evangelical Christian baptist in the Bible Belt and the children of God are despicable and honestly not surprising. I felt a strong connection to the author and I’m so beyond happy she was able to find her way. Cheers to undoing years of childhood trauma!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Misogyny, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Incest

Moderate: Abandonment and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide

meghan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting