#353 - Doomsday Cult Leader Breaks Silence on Most Evil Religion in History | Ray Connolly

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 174 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Ray Connolly is a former leading member of "The Children of God", one of the most radical group of Jesus Freaks spawned during the sixties. They later morphed into a headline grabbing cult known as "The Family" known for strange mixture of evangelism, doomsday prophecies and unusual sexual practices taught by their founder, David Berg. SPONSORS https://trueclassic.com/danny - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on True Classic today. https://brooklynbedding.com - Use code DANNY to get 30% off SITEWIDE. https://masterclass.com/dannyjones - Get up to 50% off today! https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS Ray's book - https://a.co/d/j4608ol FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Joining the Children of God cult 11:32 - How 'Children of God' brainwashes new members 22:47 - What David Berg did before founding his cult 35:01 - CIA infiltrating cults 36:47 - Rules married couples had to follow in Children of God 43:44 - Recruiting new members with sex: "flirty fishing" 54:44 - Children's role in the Children of God cult 01:09:06 - Deciding to escape the cult 01:23:39 - The tragedy of Ricky Rodriguez 01:35:06 - How 'Children of God' escaped the FBI 01:42:08 - Embracing Christianity after leaving the cult 01:46:43 - Psychedelics + the Jesus movement 01:55:05 - Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane 02:00:08 - Myths in the Bible 02:11:08 - How do undo cult brainwashing 02:19:57 - How the military uses cult psychological programming 02:28:04 - The merge of Christianity & politics 02:39:00 - Bringing psychedelics into the Church Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.0	Right when I joined the group, 1970, televangelism wasn't even a thing, but there was one guy out in L.A. who had a church in the home, he called it.
1:22.9	So we were kind of his project and he had,
1:29.0	every week he had to do church in the home.
1:30.7	So he had all these converted hippies come,
1:34.6	but it was like this.
1:35.5	It was all just, just, you know,
1:37.4	cellophane stained glass.
1:39.2	Hey, how dare you?
1:41.2	Disrespect my cathedral like that.
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