Thomas & Micah - God, Goofy, and Growing Up Gay in Religion

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

One is a former Mormon. The other was a child of evangelical missionaries teaching a doctrine called Accelerated Christian Education. Both of them were closeted gay men growing up in strict religious households. Today, Thomas and Micah share about their upbringings, how they met working at Disneyland (a type of cult unto itself), the personalized Book of Mormon that Thomas bought for Micah, and growing up in cultures that stigmatize homosexuality. Check out great sponsors! Shopify: Run your own busines? Sign up for a $1 per-month trial period at shopify.com/trust Progressive: Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® tool for yourself! NEED GIFT IDEAS?? CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch 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 [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with
0:04.9	manipulation or abuse to power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number
0:09.4	at 34786 trust.
0:12.2	That's 347-868-78 or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail.
0:19.0	Trust me.
0:20.0	Trust me.
0:21.0	Dude you trust me.
0:22.0	Trust me.
0:26.3	Trust me. I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:32.3	I never have lied to you. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't! Oh, ho, welcome to trust me, the podcast about
0:35.5	cult extreme belief and manipulation from two mini-mouses who actually experienced it.
0:39.8	I'm Lola Blanc. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. Today is part one of our interview with friends Thomas and Micah, one a former Mormon, the other a child of evangelical missionaries teaching a doctrine called accelerated Christian education. Both were closeted gay men who were too indoctrinated
0:54.6	by the shame of their respective religious upbringings
0:56.7	to come out when they lived together as roommates.
0:58.6	And today we'll talk about their religions,
1:00.2	how they met working at Disneyland, which was kind of a cult unto itself and the
1:03.8	personalized Book of Mormon that Thomas bought for Micah.
1:06.4	Oh, we'll also talk about masturbation, ooh, and what it was like developing sexually
1:12.2	into religious cultures that stigmatize
1:14.6	homosexuality and view gayness as a sin and in part two next week we'll get into what it was
1:19.1	like for Thomas being on a mission as a young gay man and how they both came out.
1:23.7	And so much more, I love them.
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