Cults and Extreme Belief

If you are looking for a good overview of some of the various cults in America today, there are certainly better ways to learn than from this mini-series. This is because the films do not present a logical and systematic look at these groups. An academic overview, these episodes are not. Instead, the stories of one or two specific ex-members are given and you learn about them and their specific negative experiences....and what in particular prompted them to leave the groups. And so, what might not be important to them might be extremely important to another. It's often just too specific to have much value to the casual viewer who just wants to know what these groups believe.

As a Brit watching this I have to say it was a great watch. I guess it made me ask why are there so many of these groups in the USA? Also how is it the wacky ones are allowed to be armed? This series does a great job of trying to understand this issue from inside the group and outside looking in.

A boo-hoo tearjerker for the privileged. Firstly, Elizabeth Vargas must be the most ignorant person I've seen in years on television! She must live on fantasy Island because her absolute ignorance is astounding. She is such a complete and utter product of her society that I would be surprised if she had an original thought in years.

And as such, she's predictably judgemental, a true Karen!

As for the program, most of it is small beans. There's a lot of boo-hooing about spanking, or having to eat weird foods, having to have your hair parted down the middle. The agony!!!

All of this is portrayed as being subhuman treatment, when probably 2/3 of the populace of the earth wish they had it that well!

Just another failed docu- drama about the privileged citizens of the United States, and their absolute ignorance of the rest of the world.

First of all you need to understand something. Many of the groups spoke about in this show are indeed cults. Unfortunately many aspects that this show reveals are not true. This is done for sensationalism. People speak about all kinds of things as facts, when indeed they are not facts. The host of this show tries to ingratiate her woke doctrine at every possible turn. This makes the show bias, unreliable, and unbelievable. You're not sure what our facts, and what is just made up for rating. Very unsatisfactory job done in this series. Wake up little sheep.

This show is fascinating! However, they have several facts wrong about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints (the church in which the FLDS people had originated and no longer associate with).

Please don't believe ever word that is said by these ex-members, members, or "experts" since it is mostly just their word and personal experience, but definitely a great watch!