Beliefs: The weird, the dangerous, the benign and the useful.

Does it matter what cults believe? Or is it only what they do that matters? Should we respect beliefs that aren't true? How should we engage with beliefs? Should we challenge each others beliefs? And how should the podcast engage with cult escape stories that include finding a new set of religious or mystical beliefs?

In today's podcast Celine and Stephen explore these questions by looking at some unorthodox belief systems; The Aetherius Society, the Breatharians, Fruitarians and the Workers' Institute of Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought, as well as 'men's movement' committed to bringing back the patriarchy!

This podcast was recorded before the attack on author Salman Rushdie.

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References

The Aethrian Society

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/opinion/gods-from-space-aetherius.html

The Cult Next Door

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08c3vrx