Young Life

[Rising Phoenix]

when I was a freshman in high school I got sucked into their little cult, I was expected to go because my older brother was really into it. I went and sang songs and watched stupid skits and prayed. I even recruited my friends to go, but by that time I was going stoned every week. I even got up at 5 in the morning once a week to go to bible study before school. Luckily I heard Nirvana, and some sense was knocked into me before they could do any permanent damage.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Mrs. Sniffa.........

I haven't heard of this group........Is it an East Coast thing?

I'd say you did well to escape them, though!

And definitely there wasn't any permanent damage!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Rising Phoenix]

3. It was in Pittsburgh

and I was lucky to make my way out...they called getting it on "making purple" because girls were pink and boys were blue.... I think they were insane.

[graywarrior]

2. I got into Amway once.

Ran like hell after a month.

[Rising Phoenix]

4. good for you, I think

whats Amway, is it similar

[graywarrior]

17. Amway: The Mother-Load of MLM's

http://www.amway.com

DO NOT EVER GET INVOLVED, THEY ARE A SOAP CULT.

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Coupla friends o' mine once drove like 100 miles

down here to "talk with me" about Amway.

The more they talked, the more they convinced me it was a scam.

[graywarrior]

20. They're all freaks.

My "friends" hounded us 24/7 to get involved in buying tickets for their holy roller rallies. After a month of that crap, Mr. Gray told our "sponsor" to leave us alone with their Born-Again Amway Bullshit or he was going to beat the living shit out of him and his entire upline.

We still run into out "ex-sponsor" every now and then. Guy runs away like a scared little rabbit. Course, we're crazy muthafukkers from Lynn, so maybe that's why.

[JackBeck]

5. I begged my parents to let me be a Lifer.

They were wise to convince me to let it go. I attended a few events and yes, they were insane.

[Rising Phoenix]

6. good thing you had smart parents

[Kajsa]

7. Is this the group?

If so,

Wow- their insanity is well camouflaged.

http://www.younglife.org/default.htm

[Rising Phoenix]

9. yes, they are very sneaky

[undeterred]

11. I went to two of their camps

The whole presentation is canned- same exact thing at both.

At the "Come to Jesus" moment at the end of camp I turned in a letter asking why Jesus wasn't equivalent to all the Gods of other religions and why they had to be so exclusive about it.

They prayed that everyone would make it to the top of a mountain the whole group was forced to climb. And even though I got hit by a rock from an avalanche on my ankle halfway up the mountain, they dragged me to the top. Prayer must be answered, goddammit.

I'm a Christian, but not their kind.

[Rising Phoenix]

12. yes I went to one of their camps too

I remember the end where kids stood up and accepted jesus and everyone cried....wierd

[Kajsa]

13. I'll say!

I'm so glad you got out of there.

:pals:

[Rising Phoenix]

15. thanks

it was a close call. I remember the leader was a fundie and tried to convince me to be a republican....eek

[jonnyblitz]

8. never heard of "young life".

you owe kurt cobain. :hi:

[Rising Phoenix]

10. hi sweetie

I certanitly do owe Kurt and will never forget that....

mwah

[bettyellen]

14. i befriended a COG hippiy mini commune as a preteen- i thought there'd be some

drugs and free love involved. but no, they cleaned carpets all day. LOL. there was no danger or sucking me into that!

[crim son]

16. Oh my god, me too!

It's funny. The young man who got me involved looked rather like the "conventional" Jesus and I think that it my confused brain, this was somehow important. He was a wonderful, enthusiastic, kind, emotional guy who, it turns out, came out of the closet in college, about five years later.

[SeattleGirl]

18. I went when I was in high school, but I had a great time. I think it

was because of the two guys who ran our group. They were hysterically funny, and didn't have that awful holier-than-thow attitude that drives me nuts.