This thread is a foray into the cult called The Family International (formerly Teens for Christ and then Children of God), founded by David Berg in Huntington, California, in 1968. It now has dealings all over the world, including (worryingly) India.

If you haven't watched the documentary Children of God on Netflix, I highly recommend it. It is a good primer on the way the cult operated. However, I will summarise the leader's (lovingly called Dad by his followers) bizarre world view here.

David Berg believed that Jesus was love, and love was sex. Members were encouraged to give themselves to anyone who wanted them as a way of worship. They lived communally in different "Family Homes", and it was typical for one woman to bear several children from different men.

Members were encouraged to recruit people to the cult with a method called "Flirty Fishing". As the name suggests, this was basically religiously sanctioned prostitution, used to grow their flock. More about this here: https://t.co/GhjD5ZWPOs

David Berg would write what he called "Mo's Letters", richly illustrated combinations of instructions to his followers on recruitment methods like Flirty Fishing, & bizarre feverish rants on his sexual fantasies, often involving minors. This is the cover of one of them.