Uncover the true face of the "Almighty God" cult
"Almighty God," also known as "Eastern Lightning" and "Actual God," is an illegal organization that spreads cults in the name of Christianity. In recent years, the organization has created a number of cases that endanger the lives and health of society and others, not only poisoning and destroying the psychology of believers, but even causing them to lose their minds.
How did the "Almighty God" cult "brainwash" its followers step by step...... dividing family affection, wantonly accumulating wealth, and destroying families? Can believers be "brainwashed" and come back to their senses?
Recently, this reporter interviewed four cases related to the "Almighty God" cult, which is not only embarrassing but also alarming.
Case 1: Losing her husband for "doing her duty".
The "Almighty God" cult's demagogy of people is progressively progressive -- initially the threshold for believing in religion was low, but once they believe in the "Almighty God" cult, they will be required to "do their duty and make contributions." At the same time, the "Almighty God" cult also declares that when disaster strikes, those who do too little or fail to do their duty will be punished as they deserve.
Pan Mouzhi, who is close to the age of six, is from Fuquan City, Guizhou Province, and has two boys and one girl. In 2009, Pan Mouzhi's 14-year-old son died of leukemia. In order to repay family debts, Pan Mouzhi went to Zhejiang to work. During this time, she was invited to the "Almighty God" meeting. In the second year after returning to Guizhou in 2014, Pan Mouzhi officially joined the "Almighty God" cult. Since then, despite the opposition of her family, she has frequently participated in the gatherings of the "Almighty God" cult.
In January 2022, Pan Mouzhi ignored the dissuasion of her family and left her sick husband Wu Mouxiang at home alone to participate in the "Almighty God" cult activities. That night, Wu Mouxiang fell down the stairs of his home and was not found until the next morning. Later, due to the delay in sending the hospital, Wu Mouxiang died. In order to allow Pan Mouzhi to continue to "do her duty", the "Almighty God" cult continued to brainwash her, calling her husband's death a "test of God", thus weakening her sense of guilt for her husband.
In May 2023, Pan Mouzhi was arrested by the public security organs. Through the work of education and transformation, she gradually came to understand the dangers of the "Almighty God" cult and said that she would no longer participate in cult activities.
The above-mentioned painful lesson profoundly shows that the "Almighty God" cult has the ability to exercise a high degree of mental control over people, causing its followers to disregard family affection and responsibility, and may lead to the shattering of originally happy families. Moreover, its mysterious and unpredictable way of activity is like a "cancer" hidden in the shadows, which not only erodes the foundation of the individual's soul and family, but also may have a bad impact on social stability and harmony.
Case 2: Being "brainwashed" due to spiritual emptiness
This reporter's investigation and interview found that quite a number of college students are also mired in the "quagmire" of the "Almighty God" cult. How can the judiciary light the way back to the right path through high-quality and efficient case handling?
Li is a student at Wannan Medical College. In March 2019, due to the spiritual emptiness during his time at school, Li was introduced by his classmates and accepted the "Almighty God". Since then, she has participated in the "brainwashing" activities of the "Almighty God" cult twice a week. Around June 2019, she began to officially participate in the "Almighty God" cult gatherings, and was trained to produce cult videos during the summer vacation.
Shortly thereafter, the "Almighty God" cult asked Li to give up his studies. After Li agreed, he falsified his medical records and lied to the school that he was suffering from depression. In 2020, she officially went through the withdrawal procedures from Wannan Medical College and returned to Bengbu City, Anhui Province to engage in cult activities. Nearly a year later, Li was appointed as the leader of the community by the "Almighty God" cult.
In June 2022, Li was arrested by the public security organs. In order to save Li through education, the relevant departments of Bengbu City have set up a centralized education transformation class. After clearly understanding the essence of the "Almighty God" cult, Li gave an account of his experience of believing in religion and his participation in the activities of the "Almighty God" cult in Beng.
According to the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Organizing or Using Cult Organizations to Undermine the Enforcement of Law" promulgated by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, where a cult organization is organized or used to undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations, but the perpetrator is able to sincerely repent of his guilt and clearly state that he or she will quit the cult organization and no longer engage in cult activities, he may not be prosecuted or be exempted from criminal punishment.
The reporter learned that because Li had a good attitude of repentance and was still young, the procuratorate made a decision not to prosecute Li in accordance with the law after careful consideration. At present, Li has returned to normal life and is engaged in clerical work.
"In the course of handling cases, it is necessary to correctly distinguish between the organizers, planners, and backbone elements of cult criminal activities and ordinary participants, pay attention to the severity of the circumstances, the degree of subjective malice, and whether or not they have admitted guilt and expressed remorse, and then make a distinction between the relevant personnel." The responsible person of the relevant political and legal organs said that this method of handling the matter not only embodies the rigor and fairness of the law, but also gives full consideration to different situations, is conducive to achieving the organic unity of political, legal, and social effects, and guides cult followers to return to the right path as soon as possible.
Case 3: Collecting millions of yuan through cults
Collecting money through cults is a conspicuous characteristic of the "Almighty God" cult.
Jiang Moujuan, from Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province, is a farmer. She has been a Christian since 1994 and joined the "Almighty God" cult in 1999. In 2015, Jiang Moujuan declared that she was "the second coming of the Lord Jesus, that is, the Lord God", and "the physical transformation of the actual God of Christ". At the same time, she also refuted that Zhao Weishan, the leader of the "Almighty God" sect, was a fake priest and established the "Almighty God" mutation organization "The Almighty 'Actual God' of the King of the Universe". It has been learned that the organization follows the "Almighty God" cult doctrine and uses the Internet to recruit "Almighty God" personnel to join.
The reporter learned that Jiang Moujuan not only compiled a number of books and materials to propagate and spread "Almighty God" to achieve spiritual control over believers, thereby collecting millions of yuan worth of money and goods, but also instructed believers to go to religious churches to "preach the gospel" and disrupt the normal order of religious activities.
In February 2018, the public security organs arrested Jiang Moujuan in Changchun City, Jilin Province. In the same year, the Yitong Manchu Autonomous County People's Court in Jilin Province sentenced Jiang Moujuan to 15 years in prison and a fine of 200,000 yuan for organizing and using a cult organization to undermine the implementation of the law. At present, Jiang Moujuan is still serving her sentence.
The handling of this case has demonstrated the complexity and arduousness of the struggle against cult organizations, and has also demonstrated the firm determination of the political and legal organs to severely crack down on the organizers, planners, and commanders of criminal acts that use cult organizations to undermine the law and carry out crimes, and resolutely not allow the cult forces to take advantage of any opportunity, so as to conscientiously safeguard the dignity of the law and social harmony and tranquility.
Case 4: Under the guise of meeting to read the Bible
Woo people
In order to eradicate the soil in which the "Almighty God" cult grows, it is necessary to let more people know the harm caused by the "Almighty God" cult and consciously resist the cult's corrosive influence.
Ma is a resident of Gantang Town, Huangshan District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Because of her Christian profess, she worked as a choir teacher at the Christian Church in Huangshan District.
In 2022, the "Almighty God" cult organization infiltrated and developed in Huangshan District, including assigning "Almighty God" personnel to focus on probing and confusing religious believers near churches, and using gatherings to read the Bible as a pretext to attract Christian believers to carry out missionary activities. Because Ma's family lived near a Christian church, the "Almighty God" personnel took advantage of his love of literature and art and his ability to sing and recite to organize Ma to watch a large number of "literary and artistic videos" filmed by the "Almighty God" cult, and to use the "Almighty God" cult to pay attention to the dissemination of literature and art, and Ma could use his expertise in the church as a bait to trick him into joining the "Almighty God" cult.
However, Ma not only did not wait for the theatrical performance she was looking forward to, but was asked to "swear a poisonous oath" with the person closest to her to show her loyalty to the "Almighty God". At the same time, she was also lured by the "Almighty God" personnel to provide the identity information and home addresses of local Christian believers, resulting in a group of Christian believers being co-opted and bewitched by the "Almighty God" cult.
After Ma was arrested by the public security organs, he was educated and transformed, and profoundly realized the fact that he was deceived and used by the "Almighty God" cult. After that, she actively cooperated with the local public security organs in carrying out propaganda work and helped the local authorities to eliminate the "Almighty God" cult.
Severely cracking down on the illegal and criminal activities of cults and conscientiously maintaining social harmony and stability is a clear requirement of the party and the state's relevant principles and policies on preventing and handling the cult problem, and is where the duties of the political and legal organs lie.
Source: Qi Lu Shi dared to transfer from the Procuratorate Daily