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Friendly Atheist Podcast

Ep. 87 - Eric, a Former Member of the Worldwide Church of God

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Eric is a writer currently living in Chicago. He was raised in California in the Worldwide Church of God, a Christian organization that is now known as Grace Communion International and has been considered by many to be a cult. Jessica spoke with him about his upbringing in the church, how it affected his childhood, and how he ultimately left it all behind. *We apologize for the sound quality in this episode! The audio equipment wasn't working properly so we had to resort to alternate means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Jess. I know that Hemet has been doing a lot of solo shows. I think he's told you

0:06.8

you guys that he just had a human baby who I met the other day and is adorable.

0:11.3

I got married. We've just been kind of busy doing life things.

0:16.4

That said, I have an interview with, actually who's a friend of mine, somebody who I've

0:21.2

wanted to talk to you for a while about this.

0:22.8

I mean, we'll work together, I talk to him a lot, but I wanted to talk to him about this specifically.

0:26.8

So this is Eric Went.

0:28.2

Say hi.

0:29.2

Hi.

0:30.2

Eric and I have known each other for a couple of years.

0:31.9

We work together. Full disclosure, we're friends, right?

0:35.0

Right? In a court of law, that would hold up.

0:38.0

Yeah. But I found out a little while ago that Eric was actually raised in a cult.

0:44.3

And yeah, and I think,

0:48.0

I have and I doing this show we have the opportunity to talk to really incredible people

0:52.1

to authors and people who are leaders

0:57.0

among the community but I think it is just important if not more important.

1:01.6

Talk to the literacy sometimes. I felt it's just important if not more important. Talk the literature sometimes.

1:04.4

I felt it coming.

1:06.4

But just to people who are living their lives

1:09.2

and have these like weird crazy stories

1:11.4

of being brought up in a religion that has kind of shaped

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