Religion? Cult? Commune?

Everyone is familiar with Religion and the majority of us participate, or have participated in some form of Religion. Centuries ago, if you did not belong to the state church and/or religion, you simply could not survive. Today we have a choice and a freedom to choose to belong to a certain type of church or religious belief. My personal feeling, is that all religions of this world, are essentially trying to accomplish the same goal, the ultimate relationship and union with our creator. Now of course we all have a different name for this creator, and a different framework, or religion to accomplish this goal. To me, no religion is necessarily right or wrong, there are just different names and actions for the same end result. Here in the United States, we all have the freedom to choose due to the separation of church and state within our laws. So, when we make choices for a particular church or religious practice, we must heed our intuition to ensure that we do not get taken advantage of. I have been to good churches and I have been to bad churches.

One such religious organization, from my youth, will forever stay entrenched within my mind and the minds of my family. My purpose is not to point out specific people, and not name this organization, simply because there were also good and honest members involved. Most of my memories of this place are usually kept deep in the caverns of my mind, however, I recently watched a video of the Jonestown massacre, and this brought back all those memories. I was raised in what most people would classify as a religious CULT or…