Escaping Evil My Life in a Cult, Yahweh ben Yahweh PDF

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Dr. Ashley Wellman Contemporary Topics in CRJU Cults class. Class was mostly documentary-based....

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Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult, Yahweh ben Yahweh Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Yahweh ben Yahweh Khalil Amani He was born Lloyd Banks in 1960, he had to renounce his birthname Grew up as a Christian in the Baptist church, always a spiritual kid He had an emotionally distant father When he was in college, he viewed religion with a more open mind-why was Jesus white? ○ Questioned basic tenets of Christianity Wasn't until he read a piece of literature that says that people in the Bible were black He goes to a gathering where he met Yahweh ben Yahweh, which means God, son of God ○ Had body guards around him ○ Self-proclaimed messiah He was amazed, frightened, scared, and thought he was standing in the presence of Jesus ○ He no longer wanted to be called Lloyd Khalil and his fiance went to the classes, never missed another meeting for 5 years They got married and moved into ben Yahweh's temple--described it as being a community He would ask Khalil about his life, and told him he loved him and he was his son--taking care of all his needs, everything that was missing from his life Khalil was ready to give everything to this Church Ben Yahweh was well-educated, had a masters in business Every cent went to the temple Authority is enforced with an iron fist--when a member did not turn in

• Authority is enforced with an iron fist--when a member did not turn in all their money, they were subjected to both physical and psychological humiliation and torture ○ Room of understanding: person who is accused is in the center of the room, then coerced to confess their sins and be publicly beaten • Convinced his followers to do anything, no matter how evil • He had unrestrained access to all of his female followers, even the married ones • Ben Yahweh became a sex education teacher for all the women in his group ○ He called for women volunteers to come forward ○ Injected himself into his members sexual lives, controlled their behavior in the bedroom • Instills a belief that everything outside the church is imposed; even MLK Jr. • He believed in eye-for-eye, tooth-for-tooth, not non-violence • Defectors started their own church, and he saw them as cowards and hypocrites; said that they would die or they would get killed • Circle of 10: his elite guard of soldiers that would stand around him ○ He is ready to go to war against the rival church ○ People were stomping, beating the defectors • If one comes to believe that their leader is a prophet of god, and that in order to advance that mission they must eliminate someone, then they will agree with it • Want people to "hear and fear" • Killed people who knew too much or who defected • Everyone had to spank Khalil with a large paddle three times as a punishment for talking about genitals • Separates Kahlil from his wife and children and makes him recruit other members ○ Khalil returns home hoping to be rewarded, but he kicks him out and replaces him • The room of understanding: where ben Yahweh subjugates his followers through torture • All the white devil rhetoric that he had been hearing was wrong; his...