On February 11, 2024, the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Deliang, a villager in Yinqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, had a happy smile on his face. Looking at the grandchildren playing in the courtyard and listening to the pleasant laughter, 54-year-old Zhao Deliang was full of emotion, how many years have there been no such lively scene at home! This is an ordinary happiness in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is extremely difficult for Zhao Deliang's family.
The family has a reunion dinner
Stuck in the quagmire, there has been no reunion dinner for more than ten years
Zhao Deliang was born in 1968, and at the age of 20, he met and fell in love with Li Xia in the same village and became husband and wife, and the two had a son and two daughters after marriage. Zhao Deliang works at a construction site to subsidize his family in addition to farming, while Li Xia concentrates on taking care of her children at home. However, the dull days are broken unconsciously.
One day in November 2008, Wang Min, a neighbor of the village, visited her home and told Li Xia: "There is no farm work to do in the fields now, so if you are okay at home, come with me to believe in God." After believing in God, God will bless your family with safety. Li Xia felt that life was boring, so she half-believed that she went to the party with her, and as time went on, she gradually fell into it, and began to devote herself to believing in "Almighty God". Since then, Li Xia often secretly ran away from home, and she walked for more than ten days, and she didn't care about the lives of her three children, leaving all the farm work and housework to Zhao Deliang alone. For this reason, the husband and wife quarreled constantly, and the originally harmonious family gradually cast a shadow.
In the days that followed, in the face of her husband Zhao Deliang's persuasion, Li Xia thought that this was a test of "God" for her, not only did she not listen to anyone's advice, but also brought her two daughters Zhao Xingfang and Zhao Xingli, who were in junior high school, to the party. The sisters originally had good grades, but they followed their mother every day to "eat and drink myths", and their studies gradually fell into ruin, and finally they thought that it was useless to study, as long as they believed in "God", "God" would arrange everything, so they both dropped out of school and went home, and threw themselves into working for the "God family".
Seeing that the whole family was sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of "Almighty God", Zhao Deliang gradually fell into despair, drinking and anesthetizing himself all day long......
Lonely and lonely Zhao Deliang
In the blink of an eye, in 2023, under the continuous brainwashing of the "Almighty God" cult, the sisters are getting deeper and deeper, taking "doing their duty" and "spreading the gospel" as their only priority, and the two are young, and they have become backbones one after another. Li Xia was very proud in her heart, thinking that her family had done so much "duty" for the "divine family", and she would definitely be protected and favored by the "gods".
In fact, because they often left home to "do their duty", the sisters' marriages were on the verge of breaking down. Because the mother and daughter have been out of touch with society for a long time and have become more and more withdrawn, and because they have frequently handed over "donation money" to the "Almighty God" cult, their families have gradually fallen into the double predicament of indifference and financial constraints. For more than ten years, Zhao Deliang, his wife and children have not had a reunion dinner.
Winter turns to spring, and desperate families usher in the dawn
In May 2023, Zhao Xingfang, who had been engaged in illegal cult activities for a long time, was seized by the Suzhou Municipal Public Security Organ. In order to save Zhao Xingfang, the police insisted on having heart-to-heart conversations with her every day, understanding her family situation and ideological situation, and caring for her at all times in life. One night, Zhao Xingfang's whole body was sore and weak, tossing and turning and it was difficult to sleep, and the nursing police took her temperature as soon as they learned about it, and found that it was as high as 38.5 degrees, suspected of being infected by the new coronavirus. The police immediately found a doctor to see her, prescribe medicine, and arranged for the canteen master to make a delicious "sick meal" alone. As time passed, Zhao Xingfang was gradually moved by this warmth and care, and the ice in her heart began to melt slowly.
Zhao Xingfang confided in his belief in "Almighty God", and the police comforted and encouraged
In the face of the police's question, "Where is the 'God'?" What do you get by believing in God? difficulties in life, what help has 'God' provided", Zhao Xingfang's heart is full of contradictions and suffering, in the long days of "doing her duty" for "God", why did she not question and hesitate? Since I believe in "God", I only think about fulfilling the "duty" of "God's family", but I forget my duty as a daughter, wife, and mother, which seems to be pious and selfless, but in fact it is ruthless and indifferent to my family.
Remembering that the child was just two months old, and by the arrangement of the "Almighty God" organization, Zhao Xingfang had to often leave home to "do her duty", she ignored her husband's strong opposition, ignored the child's crying, and ruthlessly weaned the child off breast milk. Once, Zhao Xingfang went out for more than a month before returning home, and when she got home, she reached out to hug the child, but the child cried and refused. Looking at the young child, Zhao Xingfang also hesitated at the time, but when he thought that he was "doing his duty" for the "divine family", he told himself that it was worth paying whatever price he took.
When she was away from home, Zhao Xingfang mostly lived in the homes of other believers, often not going out for half a month or a month, doing the things assigned by the so-called "gods" in a room where the curtains were not opened all year round, and not having contact with the outside world for a long time. When she misses her children, she occasionally asks herself what the hell she is doing. Is there really an "all-powerful" "God" in this world? Why can't the grace of "God" be compatible with parental love, brotherly affection, or even the relationship between husband and wife and children? But every time she wavered, before she could think deeply, the sisters of the "church" took turns brainwashing her, persuading her that believing in "God" was to abandon worldly emotions and devote herself to serving "God" in order to be blessed by "God", and on the other hand, they sternly warned her not to forget the poisonous oath she made when she joined, and if she did not devote herself to believing in "God", she would be severely punished by "God". Under the repeated torture of this kind of doubt and fear, thinking of the poisonous oath he had made, thinking that he was not afraid of 10,000, he was afraid of what happened, thinking that "I have believed in it for so many years, even if I go out, will my family, friends, and society still accept me", thinking that his belief in "God" is also to keep his family safe, Zhao Xingfang chose to continue to fall in the midst of shaking again and again.
Fortunately, the public security organs pulled her out of the quagmire in time, making Zhao Xingfang repent, it turned out that the "god" she had believed in for 12 years was actually a complete liar disguised by people. "I regret that from the age of 18 to 30, so many years of youth were wasted to the cult organization and brought deep harm to my family." Zhao Xingfang cried a lot, pouring out all the suffering and grievances he had suffered. After calming down, Zhao Xingfang firmly pleaded with the police: "Save my mother and sister, who are still trapped in the cult." ”
In July 2023, with the help of Zhao Xingfang, the public security organs found Li Xia and Zhao Xingli, who were also away from home. Hearing the good news, Zhao Xingfang said that she wanted to talk to her mother and sister, hoping to save them through her own efforts.
However, Li Xia and Zhao Xingli regarded Zhao Xingfang as a "traitor" and resisted unusually. The people's police patiently and meticulously popularized the law to Li Xia and Zhao Xingli's mother and daughter, and clearly pointed out that the "Almighty God" is a cult organization, and believing in the "Almighty God" is an illegal act and may even involve a crime. In response to Li Xia's erroneous idea that the "Almighty God" she believes in is a religion, the police gave her a detailed account of the establishment and development of the "Almighty God" and the fact that she fabricated false reasoning and heresies under the pretense of Christian Bible theory to confuse and control believers. Zhao Xingfang also persuaded her mother and sister in a timely manner. She asked Li Xia bitterly: "Mom, don't you want the whole family to be reunited?" Don't you want my sister and me to have our own happy little family? When will it be a head to wander out and hide like this? If your family is separated and your family is not married, even if you suffer yourself, you will also suffer your children, is this the original intention of believing in 'God'? If 'God' is so good, why not make your believers better? "Mom, the 'God' you believe in is actually a human disguise, and we have all been deceived!" Looking at her tearful daughter, thinking about her life without being a ghost over the years, Li Xia gradually let go of her vigilance. Through unremitting efforts, Li Xia and Zhao Xingli's thinking gradually changed, gradually changing from their initial belief in "Almighty God" to wavering their doubts, and finally they clearly understood the cult nature of "Almighty God."
After her mother and sister returned, Zhao Xingfang sent a pennant to the police, which read "Lost and returned, grateful to Dang Hui", thanking the police for not only saving her but also saving her entire family.
Zhao Xingfang's pennant
Get back on track, and a happy life is incomparably sweet
Seeing that his wife completely got rid of the "Almighty God" cult, took his grandson to do housework every day, and could have a hot meal when he went home, Zhao Deliang was so happy that he seemed to have endless energy. In 2024, the family's 14 acres of land will be planted with one season of wheat and one season of corn. Only one season of wheat was sold for more than 20,000 yuan, and Zhao Deliang estimated that the corn that was about to be harvested could be sold for about 15,000 yuan, which was completely enough for the usual expenses of the old couple. The family also raises 20 pigs, and the annual income of this alone is expected to be 30,000 yuan. Zhao Deliang wants to do his best to do more and earn more, the burden of the three children is not light, and he can help them a little bit.
Zhao Xingfang and Zhao Xingli's sisters' small family, which was on the verge of breaking down, is now back together. Sister Zhao Xingfang regards the police as her bosom friend, and often calls to share her work and life after returning, telling how she relives the happiness of a new mother in her newborn second child. Her younger sister, Zhao Xingli, has now found a stable job in a garment factory, earning more than 5,000 yuan a month......
The police visited Zhao Xingfang
When one person falls into evil, the whole family suffers. Now, with the help of the public security organs, Zhao Deliang and his family have finally gotten rid of the poison of the cult, their lives are back on track, and they are living an incomparably sweet and happy life again.
(For privacy reasons, the names of the cult victims mentioned in this article have been changed.) ）