Luis Favela & Honor Academy

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Jesus bootcamp, anyone? Musician Luis Favela shares what it was like attending the Christian youth training camp Honor Academy, part of an evangelical youth organization called Teen Mania Ministries. Luis shares his story about growing up as a religious youth leader, attending Honor Academy only for it to turn into a military style bootcamp, the physical and mental stress the "interns" had to endure in the name of Jesus, and how cat food factored in. PLUS: Lola & Meagan discuss Young Life and climate change avoidance. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at Trust Me Pod @gmail.com FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me, do you trust me? Trust me, I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never
0:25.6	lied to you. I never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.5	Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cult, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two teen
0:37.4	maniacs who've actually experienced it, I'm Lola Blonde. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. And today,
0:42.2	our guest is Luis Favella, he's a musician who attended the Christian Training Camp for Youth
0:46.9	Honor Academy, which was part of an evangelical youth organization called Teen Mania Ministries.
0:52.0	We'll talk about his religious upbringing as a youth leader, how he agreed to attend honor
0:56.2	Academy to appease his parents after some turbulent teen years, and the daily routine once he
1:00.8	arrived that included multiple weeks of military-style boot camp. We'll also discuss gauntlet weekend,
1:06.8	which was basically hunger games for Christians, the psychological and physical stress that they
1:11.1	were forced to endure all in the name of Jesus, and how cat food factored in. I'm really curious
1:15.6	to know how many of our listeners attended camps like this because I know we have a lot of people
1:20.0	who feel that their Christian upbringing or youth organizations were cults. So if you guys
1:24.0	went to honor Academy or something related to Teen Mania Ministries, definitely let us know.
1:29.6	Very curious. Before we get into it, notice I still have the sexy voice. Yeah, so I love it.
1:36.4	I'm still here for it. Thank you. This is just how I sound now, I guess.
1:41.0	Before we get into it, what is your cultiest thing this week?
1:44.3	Well, mind some memory, because the conversation that we had today, I never went to Teen Mania
1:49.6	unfortunately, I probably really would have loved it, but I did go to Young Life during
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