• somehacker@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    They aren’t open to medicine. Also most adult men have cell phones and hide them.

    Every Individual in their community I’ve met has been super nice, but it’s still a cult and they still do fucked up shit.

    EDIT: looked it up instead of going off my experience alone. They aren’t categorically anti-medicine as part of their beliefs, but generally don’t go to doctors unless it’s dire.

    • ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Some individuals being hypocrites doesn’t invalidate their way of life. I admittedly don’t know much about them but I remember watching a documentary where the teen members of the community explore the outside world.

      One girl comments on the public school education system that the students were focused on passing exams and not on actually learning anything. Always stuck with me.

      I would be hesitant to call them a cult, since there seems to be a diverse range of communities and practices. Maga is a cult.