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ex-cogtfi · 6 months

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Following threats of legal investigation due to reports of sexual abuse of minors in COG-TFI, cult leaders Steve Kelly and Karen Zerby decided that children and teenagers in the cult needed to be indoctrinated to lie to protect the interests of the cult.

The infamous “Deceivers Yet True” comic was thus written, with strategies learned from military campaigns, to teach children that lying about the cult's practices and beliefs was a righteous act in God’s eyes. The comic used Scriptures and Bible stories (some of which were fabricated) to support this idea. The concepts in the “Deceivers Yet True” comic became an integral part of drills and role plays that the cult forced children to undergo in preparation for possible police raids and interaction with legal authorities, and became integral to a cult culture of incessant deception and suspicion of non-members.

(The content of these posts has been adapted and excerpted from an article on exfamily.org: “The Family - Official Policy on Lying & Deception”. The full comic referenced in these posts can be found at xfamily under “True Komix - Deceivers Yet True”. Underlining in the comic excerpts is consistent with the original publication.)

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ex-cogtfi · 7 months

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The Family International (formerly known as the Children of God) has been highly organized in its lies and deceit, complete with international PR boards that were formed to network for the cult, seek out local protectors and connections, and train cult members in the use of deception, coverups, and lying.

In this account, a COG-TFI survivor recounts attending a PR training session in which members were taught how to sidestep and feign ignorance when being asked about the cult’s sexual practices and beliefs.

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