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This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1998, Volume 15, Number 2, pages 138-139. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.


From Counterfeit to Truth: A Personal Quest

Carson Miles, M.A.


I feel I should have been prepared for getting into one of these groups. I’m also one who grew up in church. My grandfather was a pastor, and in high school I was president of our Young Life Club and vice president of Methodist Youth Fellowship. But I was also struggling with my involvement in these groups and with drinking and drugs. I had two different lives, and I kept them very separate.
 

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