This was wayyyyy worse. It wasn't even an organized religion. Yeah, I know that is an oxymoron but it was just them. They didn't have fellow church goers. They just "made up" their own religion it seems. Everything he had was off brand because logos and corporations were from the devil. They even selected his university study for veterinary medicine because it ensured he would not work for a major corporation later on in the future.
Corey used to tell us that when they went to the grocery and such or a place like Kmart, he couldn't even wander around and look at TVs there, or comic books or the toy section. After his sister killed herself his mother moved to Athens as well and I never heard from them again.
Man that’s sad. At 14 or whatever she really didn’t have clear mind to be able to make the decision, but that being all she knew of life and that she wanted out, man that’s painful and heart breaking to hear. It’s abuse by the parents, they probably never realized it either.