Except the leaders, of course, who are allowed fruit and vegetable juice. Everyone knows it, and we’re all in agreement.Įxcept, of course, the Breatharians, who believe humans can, should, and must survive entirely on air and sunlight. It’s the fuel that keeps us going, without it our organs basically eat themselves and we die a horrible death. Likely the only thing that every single scientist in the world is in agreement on is the fact that human beings, and indeed all living beings, need food and water to live. The one notable celebrity recruit is Jeremy Spencer, of Fleetwood Mac. Unsurprisingly, TFI has not managed to recruit many celebrities, but it did manage to produce several! Among the ex members born into the cult are the Phoenix siblings (Rain, River, Joaquin, and Summer) and Rose McGowan. The cult is also, unsurprisingly, known for rampant child abuse, and former members have released books and statements, as well as collectively running a website dedicated to finding, connecting with, and sharing experiences as ex members to shed light on the horrors of being a child within this cult. TFI believes that humans are meant to serve Jesus as a wife serves a husband, and yes, that extends to sexually and includes the men of the cult, although they are required to imagine themselves as women. Started in the late ’60s, the cult has gone through numerous names, starting as “The Children Of God”, before moving to “The Family Of Love”, simply “The Family” and then ending with “The Family International” from 2004 to now.Ībbreviated as TFI, the cult is Christianity based and has some…strange views on the Christian Messiah. 7 The Family InternationalĪnother well known cult, although lesser known than Scientology, is The Family International. With such a horrid reputation, you’d think they’d have been unable to attract anyone for whom image is everything, such as a celebrity, and yet among their ranks are Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Danny Masterson, and Juliette Lewis. The cult is also known to be violently homophobic, often placing gay members in re-education camps that function as a cult owned and operated prison. The cult even designated Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the hit adult cartoon South Park, as suppressive persons at one point, instructing agents of the church to harass the pair at their houses and pick through their trash to find anything with which to blackmail them. Their founder’s wife has been missing for years and is presumed dead, though members are required to claim they have seen her and that she is “happy and healthy”. They’re known for belief in aliens, targeting ex members, targeting critics, whom are referred to as ‘suppressive persons’, and even infiltrating the US government to shred documents on their behaviors (an endeavor known as Operation Snow White). They have complex rules, dozens of ‘levels’ to their memberships, their own navy, thousand year contracts for service to the cult, and require massive amounts of money from their members. Scientology, even as the most well known cult on the list, is a lot to take in. See Also: 10 Terrifyingly Evil Killer Cults 8 Scientology Some cults have managed, however, to spread into the mainstream, and recruited (or even produced) actual celebrities! Actual, big-name, A list celebrities that the public know and love have been involved in, and some are still involved in, the following cults. Yet, for the most part, they operate under the radar, unseen and unheard of by most normal people. The leaders tend to be extremely enticing, which is how they get thier members in the first place. The truth, however, is much more sinister.Ĭults tend to have members who blend in almost perfectly with society, who seem normal, even charming. We tend to think of members in robes, talking about the end of days, and their leaders looking and acting violent and crazy. Cults have a very specific image in the American public eye.