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EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 1H 13M

Part 2 | The Good, the Bad, and the Culty

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Part 2 of 2 - Eric walks through the highlights, lowlights, and spiritual plot twists of his 25-year church-cult experience—complete with sincere faith, complicated power dynamics, and the slow dawning realization that maybe this wasn’t everyone’s Sunday. In this episode of Friends on Purpose, Eric and Elaine talk belief systems, cult dynamics, and the strange process of making sense of it all.Rabbit Footnotes:Breakfast in Hell: with Sarah Davis Part 1 and 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breakfast-with-sarah-davis-part-1/id1806983124?i=1000731574463Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - ⁠https://amandamontell.com/cultish/⁠The Exvangelicals - ⁠https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284471/theexvangelicals/⁠Shiny Happy People - Seasons 1 and 2 - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfEilxYpbM⁠

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