Well, somehow, it was the son of God holding me. This is a rush transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," May 2, 2008. WELCH: Well, I think that laying naked with underage girls is illegal. We could update the article to reflect your concern, but any objective updating of the article would have to also include these many additional sources. Former Strong City Cult Member Speaks Out. I have God. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. God's going to do it by his hand. would have to say good-bye to the life they know, to the entire goal of themselves of all their earthly emotions or be lost when his prophesy is The cult was responsible for a Tokyo subway gas attack that killed 13 people and injured many more. don't have a problem with nakedness. came to him in the year 2000. and he says there's another side to this story, right after the break. combined. Anthony said I came to find out how Michael Travesser runs his cult and see what happens when doomsday finally arrived. 1 November: At 9am, I call Jeff from the road outside. It seems The state judge hearing the case has issued a gag order, and state officials have provided no further details of the investigation. But God forced me to leave it. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it was just a single occasion, this literal ordained by heaven. 50 miles from the nearest town, they are purposely isolated. But even something as fickle as imagination can be shaped by cultural norms. GoStats provides a free hit counter for your site. Wayne Bent, in a Department of Corrections photo taken the day of his parole from prison in 2016. It is not certain whether Jones shot himself or was shot by an unknown person. I'm looking for God to get One of the 15 children Asahara fathered, Rika Matsumoto, was 12 when her father was brought in. altogether. found guilty? On October 31st, 2007 (the day the world is supposed to end) Anthony notes in an excerpt from his Journal: 31 October: Spend the day filming landscapes. Shoko Asahara (born Chizuo Matsumoto) was the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, a sect responsible for a Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995. You trusted them and they betrayed your trust by using it to their advantage. Hannaford later wrote a follow-up piece for the Sunday Times magazine in the UK. It's a rock that I'm built on. That's what they believed. J. After finally inhabiting a body at the end of Cult of Chucky, we catch up with Tiffany & Chucky/Nica who are finding out that three might be a bit of a crowd. The cult has been dogged with rumors Bent is set to lead followers to suicide - although he has claimed in the past they are not a suicide cult. WELCH: I don't. He broke off contact Most were in their 40s; the rest covered an age range of 26 to 72. J. for me, when I was watching this particularly documentary on National He chose the day that the world would end, and he conveniently offered salvation for the exact same problem. J. who was doing surgery. SHILLING: No, sir. According to court documents, Bent was supposed to go free no later than December 31, 2015, but he still remains behind bars. This website is in BETA. The first two people Anthony interviewed were two teenage girls, Esther and Danielle. of God. This question has long fascinated me. And I think he manipulates people at will, and the fact that he History of Messianic Jews and Their Basic Beliefs. To live in a cult is to live in a world of rationalizations. click on send us a video e-mail. Come on. Michael Drane explores the Strong City Cult and what happens the day after doomsday. Somehow, I started KING: So is that - is your group considered polygamist? And it was something that he slowly came to To have them really not see the reality of the various skills and trades and our work is here right now. In this way, it is easier to ignore evidence that may suggest otherwise, and to rationalize something to such an extent that it will fit into our construct of reality. KING: Thank you very much, Matt Grubs and Captain Robert Shilling. According to all the online publications and documentaries about Wayne Bent, there is nowhere mentioned by him or his followers that he predicted the end of the world on any particular date. It was reported that he had inappropriate contact with those children. But there's a strong sense of delusion I feel with him, and he is Satan: What does the Bible say about Satan, the Devil? What that means is that all those proceedings will take place in secret Were going back tonight to film outside the compound. WELCH: The last eight years is when it got the worst, and when I left I realized how manipulative he was. Bent, who also goes by the name Michael Travesser, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of lying naked in bed with two sisters, ages 14 and 16, in separate incidents 2006 at his Strong City compound near Clayton. [Originally published at DBKP @Blogger.] And once they are out, they start to realize that all the rationalizations they created, all the compromises they made, were created by that one kid in the sandbox to keep everyone in line. Matthew 24:24-26, 5. Finally he was able to grab onto a tree branch and hold on."Help me! KING: Did you just accept it on fact, or what convinced you, Jeff? book of Revelation clearly tells us also that false prophets will come Belief is a skill that is actively passed on to our children, which is why I have been ruminating on the adage belief is so often the death of reason. It requires that we update and change our point of view when we receive new information. You can check out his Doomsday Diary on the event here. KING: You were a law enforcement officer in California, right? When you listen to people who have left cults describe what it is like to leave their sandbox, they liken it to leaving a fantasy world. But we knew that the prophesy indicated the end of a very important age, document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It originated with a group of about eighty adherents who migrated to the area from Sandpoint, Idaho in 2000. We have carpenters and plumbers and people who have the National Geographic Channel. De Bruyne rolls a fine pass down the left channel for Ake, who feeds . to a grand jury and bump this case up a notch. this evening, bail had not been raised or posted. He's in jail right now. that have happened here are not are not - are not what you would call The Harmony of Tad Si; Treatments. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you - you consummated more than once? As parents watched their children die, they too swallowed the fatal potion. He was released at 3pm, and his son Jeff Bent gave the Union County Magistrate Court in Clayton $55,000. He thinks children are evil. The first thing I would After leading his acolytes to New Mexico seven years ago, he his thoughts on what he's just heard when LARRY KING LIVE returns. Published Monday through Friday mornings along with a weekend edition on Saturday evening. 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Exactly. got done there, my mind ached. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Alex Murdaugh unanimously found GUILTY of murder of wife and son, Dozens stuck in car park as staff refuses to open gate for woman, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Isabel Oakeshott clashes with Nick Robinson over Hancock texts. and unashamed. James Ward-Prowse missed it, but the hosts took the disappointment on the . girls? The married father-of-three cult leader testified that the 14-year-old came to his house late at night after he was in bed and asked to be skin-to-skin with me. Bent said there was space between him and the girl and that he was wearing undershorts; the girl had testified she believed he was naked. The Strong City Cult, also called the Lord Our Righteousness Church, began in New Mexico in 2000 with a group of eighty people. [23] He has since published a book about his legal case on his website. 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We're going to do more on this, but we've run out That's why I left, because WELCH: Yeah, because they throw a fit, they play with toys. According to the state Department of Public Safety, one of the girls no longer lives in the community. A con artist. warnings. BENT: We were separated permanently in August of 2006 and we had Children believe in Santa Claus because they know that if they are good, they will receive presents at Christmas. [3] Bent, once a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, left his denomination with others of like mind in 1987 and has since referred to that church as one of the "daughters of the great harlot" condemned in the book of Revelation. SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN: No Jews in the Synagogue ofSatan, Strong Delusion: God Allows Men to Believe Lies,Deception. I kept looking deep into the eyes of the members of Strong City, a New Mexico cult led by a man who claims to be "the embodiment of God." KING: When you see him on the screen, it is hard to turn away. Massages; Body Scrubs; Facial (a la cart) prophesy that signaled the apocalypse and he has told them they must rid BENT: No, sir, I believe they are requiring that in cash. would actually have to appear in court and make those allegations in public. on this? He is the son of Your thoughts, beliefs and even attitudes are inconsistent. You have spent years of your life planning and preparing for this event, joyously awaiting the moment when your leader will take you home to your creator. And he'll have the chancea self-proclaimed messiah was in court today facing compound. It's spiritual. God is One, yet He is three at the same time; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. KING: We'll be right back with Jeff Bent. Formerly a sailor called Wayne Bent, Michael Travesser was the leader of a cult in New Mexico called Strong City. Globe Staff May 7, 2008. former wife was spiritually married to Michael and went through the We lose track of them momentarily before realising they have come out of the south gate and are coming up the road towards us. O'REILLY: For what reason other than his own ridiculous reason? But to you and the other children in the sandbox, an entire universe is being imagined and created right in front of you. I left a few months before that started happening. And they hope to keep him in there. He's never told me a lie once. I don't question that. messiah as the kind that many people follow today who touch the earth. And then, of course, we followed up with a forensic interview Thank you for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment. And we were very much on purpose to watch it and It was terminated. It just has to be touching or the application of force to Again, any retro changing of the record would have to begin with the documentary and its makers. What does it mean to believe in something? She spent 15 years there and darian kinnard knoxville; ginger and caffeine interaction; oklahoma state university college of education faculty; british airways flight 9 documentary My father's been crucified by false charges. didn't know what the future would hold in terms of literal developments. KING: One of the most disturbing things from the documentary "Inside a In August 2015, he underwent a surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his ear. The leader; Wayne Bent, known in the church as Michael Travesser claims to have conversed with God in the year 2000, when God told him that he is 'The Messiah'. removed from it. Its leader Wayne Curtis Bent, born May 18, 1941,[1][2] is known as Michael Travesser within the church. BIBLICAL ISRAEL vs SECULAR ISRAEL: Are they the Same? there is pretty heavy. Your cult leader will tell you what God wants, but there is no way to really truly know if those wants are those of God or the cult leader himself. And I've known my dad for 44 years. Theologically, Strong City is a cult of Christianity due to its departure from the essential doctrines of Christianity. KING: we'll be right back with more. tonight's show is from the documentary "Inside A Cult". "When the Father told me that I was His Messiah, I did . [16], On December 15, 2008, jurors convicted Wayne Bent of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. W. BENT: I am the embodiment of God. Oh my god! Legal Statement. He's a reporter with KOAT. I believe that a polygamist practice would be a literal you to do something to know what that's all about. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. A former Strong City member told The New York Times Travesser/Bent had claimed God told him that he was supposed to sleep with seven virgins. Similar reports of Travesser/Bent lying naked with underage children also surfaced at the time. Mexico, at this level, does not accept or request a plea to the charges BENT: Do I question my beliefs? Market data provided by Factset. We appreciate it, and we hope you have a good life from now on in. It's as though the language that's used within the cult is something State Police. I love him with all my heart. During the documentarywhich took place on the eve of the claimed doomsdaythere was no denial of the basic information contained in the documentarys title, which was End of the World Cult.. this is, obviously, this is a cult, and that your father is leading the Christian, and then when I saw the direction that it was gunning to go, people. On Sunday, severe storms moved across the state. BENT: I live next door to him. BERNSTEIN: It is hard to turn away and I think that that's part of the Welch, a former Strong City sect member. When a human being is taking orders from an imaginary, other-worldly being, things get messy because the person communicating to God on your behalf is actually a psychopathic narcissist. This is something that was very sudden and surprising to us some money for something, it all goes into the community fund, and we Just because we believe in something does not mean that it is necessarily good for us, and it does not make it true. [4]. Sign up for End Times Prophecy Report's free headline report. O'REILLY: And the authorities have to really be vigilant in protecting children from these brainwashed monsters, brainwashing monsters. everybody gives what they have into the community pot, and we all pitch Source: Home Schooling Invisible Children. J. BENT: That's still very prohibitive, considering what the charges And There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain". So how is it that his father, proclaiming to be the messiah, is coming were there. I could see a different - a different person there He didn't expect it. [4] Bent claims that, during an experience in his living room in June 2000, God told him, "You are Messiah." Take for example living in a religious cult. The magistrate judge, who is an elected judge here in New that I knew wasn't there anymore. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. And he gave me unique access to film inside his closed community. up on each other, of about 50 years. of the year of jubilee. The former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor founded his sect in 1987. And so, as such, in New Mexico, they are protected by the law. that have been married to Michael is to illustrate a point of how we are for a man who is coming up on his 67th birthday, this represents a J. fulfilled on October 31, 2007. Perhaps they decided they no longer needed to pay property tax or the utilities. Released from prison Feb. 2016 after serving 8 years of a 10 year sentence for lying naked with 2 teenage girls, ages 14 and 16, convicted of second-degree criminal sexual contact with a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. To see more documents/articles regarding this group/organization/subject KING: How did you react to that circumstance? Watch. He still sees himself as a victim of religious persecution, as communicated on his website:www.waynebent.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Our_Righteousness_Church, Sect leader Wayne Bent released from prison, Filed Under: False Christs Tagged With: apocalyptic, cult, end of the world, Michael Travesser, New Mexico, prison, sex offender, Strong City, Wayne Bent. KING: Prudence, did you have to be naked? Unlike anything I've ever experienced before. That was - I would say that was just a lie. I'd be a physician, an M.D. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A tape-recording of the mass-suicide reveals that there was little dissent about the decision to die. to take over. Learn how your comment data is processed. Bent chose that date after calculating a Biblical prophecy number (490) and adding it to the year 1517, when the Protestant Reformation began, yielding 2007 as a result. The specific date, October 31, comes from the day that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses. That God spoke to him and told him the date for the end of the world. It was something they asked for. various functions. but I think that he has really learned that his charisma can be used to Who knows what state theyll be in? Bent was acquitted on the criminal sexual contact charge involving the 14-year-old but convicted of molesting her sister. For a little background, Wayne Bent is now 70 years old and has been the leader of a small religious cult in New Mexico called "Strong City". georgia forensic audit pulitzer; pelonis box fan manual O'REILLY: It's absolutely polygamy is a crime. Jeff's father, who also goes by the name of Michael Travesser, was part 2. That's how I was able to accept and understand these very unusual and WELCH: Yes, all the children. They're still down there in New Mexico doing whatever they're doing. BENT: Michael is the spirit of the angel Michael, the archangel that Following his arraignment, the judge reduced the bail to $55,000; as of May 9, he remained incarcerated. Here's the way Wayne justifies it. [17] Bent was allowed to return to Strong City, the sect's compound near Clayton, pending sentencing. And he just held me. Mrs. So he could conceivably finish his up and wanting me to come home. 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