Slow Train to Heck
Conversations with regular people about their deconstruction experiences, leaving toxic religious groups, and what comes next. Maple syrup-flavoured discussions about how authoritarian religion manifests in the Canadian space. Episodes release biweekly on Wednesdays.
Slow Train to Heck
Episode 32: A Paper Wall of Fire and Flames
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Josiah Mahon
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Episode 32
This week Marie Wall shares her story of joining, living in, and ultimately Escaping the Church of God fundamentalist Christian cult in Aylmer, Ontario. She shares her harrowing experience of being slowly worn down by the church until she joined, then being brainwashed to believe that there was no hope for her outside their walls. After a deep descent into depression, she was able to escape and has never been happier.
Content warnings: significant spiritual and religious abuse, physical abuse of children, depression, suicide
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