David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishing" AKA prostitution for Jesus and a bunch of other nightmare fuel. Sources; <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/children-of-god" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/children-of-god&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw0EJ3t23qHBJa1o0w0wBKOm">Children of God</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44613932" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44613932&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw1Xo0rPc0BdsNzIvefh3rWn">Children of God cult was 'hell on earth'</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/children-of-god-cult-messiah-chosen-one-182272/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/children-of-god-cult-messiah-chosen-one-182272/&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw17kaBNPBkR747Bc4aZi21u">'Children of God': Life and Death of the Messiah</a> <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29374581/children-of-god-cult-joaquin-phoenix-rose-mcgowan/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29374581/children-of-god-cult-joaquin-phoenix-rose-mcgowan/&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw16kDkBwqJ2b-SqUO-8nM-X">The Children of God: Joaquin Phoenix, Rose McGowan Among Former Members of This Notorious Cult</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/15/us/murder-and-suicide-reviving-claims-of-child-abuse-in-cult.html?searchResultPosition=7" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/15/us/murder-and-suicide-reviving-claims-of-child-abuse-in-cult.html?searchResultPosition%3D7&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw2UoYrSiGrHmHaGXFMybnJF">Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult - The New York Times</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_1rsZ04Ew&t=104s" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dqz_1rsZ04Ew%26t%3D104s&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw2nC6xKu0lCWR8XBxLM064i">Life With Grandpa (1985) - more perverse puppetry from The Family International</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODhlbpJWu4Q" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DODhlbpJWu4Q&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw15RUTr8pgrfSNS_q2OPMMD">"Everybody can be happy" - The Luvvets 1980s - The Family International Puppet Show</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRb0-34n2g&t=451s" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DfXRb0-34n2g%26t%3D451s&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw13RNVheykKRYVRqxOfzC20">Treasure Attic: Let's Have Fun</a> <a href="https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/heavens-girl/scans/01/78-79-copy.jpg" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/heavens-girl/scans/01/78-79-copy.jpg&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw2uaiLF81iPB_aWIZMy82yJ">78-79-copy.jpg (957&times;683)</a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232542050_Lustful_prophet_A_psychosexual_historical_study_of_the_children_of_God's_leader_David_Berg" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232542050_Lustful_prophet_A_psychosexual_historical_study_of_the_children_of_God's_leader_David_Berg&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw0SjNm7jgQTnPK3-Y4xdAtq">(PDF) Lustful prophet: A psychosexual historical study of the children of God's leader, David Berg.</a> <a href="https://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/revolution-for-jesus/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/revolution-for-jesus/&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw2QkU_GZ1H3KY2eMq_c5NdN">The Children of God \\ History \ Revolution for Jesus</a> <a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw3WYujfNkIwHRP1wsRYYRUO">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page</a> <a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw138abob4CaCXKL6N-7L99U">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing</a> <a href="https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing&source=gmail&ust=1750975200996000&usg=AOvVaw1wOoEIWHsOs271Czpb3l1E">https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing</a>0See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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