Good News of the 2x2 Religion of the Workers and Friends
Praise God for His great love for us and for helping us to heal!
The Good News - The 2x2s are an Abusive Cult
This is such good news for so many people. Once the abused person who has doubts about its corrupt leaders find the truth about the inner operations, they feel RELIEF. Yes, relief that they are not crazy for believing in God and relief to get affirmation for their doubts about the workers lies. Once I quit going to meetings and felt the responsibility to get to know God myself, I felt so relieved and then so responsible. To pull the plug on the cult and then believe in God was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Who am I
My name is Brad Lewis. I was a former 2x2 cult leader and member for ~22 years. I am definitely not a member of the group anymore. I spend an hour or two each week warning others away from cults.
What this Website is About:
- Show that the 2x2 movement is just another cult
"But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." -2 Corinthians 11:12-14.
- Show that it is a destructive, harmful cult
- Help: 2x2 cult members, people exiting and former 2x2 cult members
- To provide an objective look at the cults organization and practices
William Irvine - Founder of 2x2 Cult
I really don't care that the cult had a founder. I know it wasn't started by Jesus Christ. What I do care about is that he deceived thousands of people through his lies.
William Irvine was the founder of the 2x2 cult.
What You Will Find Here Regarding 2x2 Cult
- My own experience and feelings. Another perspective
- What I saw that goes on in the 2x2 workers lives
- Things 2x2 workers do that many of their followers don't know about
- Quotes of cult members and pictures of their notes
- Comics
- Jokes
- Recommended reading
- Testimonies of former 2x2 cult members
- Contact methods for reaching other former 2x2 cult members
Why I built this website
- I wanted to warn people about 2x2s
- To tell everyone about the real ugly 2x2 beliefs
- To expose the lies and hypocrisy of their self-righteousness
- To expose crimes committed by 2x2s that are still covered up
Why and How this Website Helps
- Provide another perspective to the 2x2s
- Tell you about what I've witnessed both in and out of the cult
- Provide resources to read about cults and abuse
- Provide some humor and perspective with comic drawings and jokes
- Provide interesting questions to stir up your memory and get you thinking
The Cost of Reading this 2x2 Website
I'll warn you ahead of time. If you are a 2x2 member, you may laugh at the jokes, but disbelieve the things I've witnessed. You may feel provoked by the accuracy of the wording because my goal is not to placate people, but tell things as they are. 2x2s may laugh at the jokes. 2x2s will probably not like the comics because they hit home. 2x2s may not like the questions that I ask because they bring up things they don't want to think about.
- Cult
- Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices, living outside of conventional society under the direction of one or more leaders.
If you are looking for the Faith Mission website Faith Mission
Links on the top are general categories of which there are more specific pages at the left navigation bar.
Help for People Exiting the 2x2 Cult
A Good Exit Strategy:
- Get educated so you can understand better what is going on: Read or skim books or abuse, cults in general, the 2x2 cult and mind control. See the link under resources.
- Make a list of reasons why you want to leave the cult.
- Cross off the list unhealthy reasons to leave. You'll need reasons that stick. Not like "They're hypocrites." A lot of people are. You need something solid, like "They teach bad doctrine. They practice mind control which reduces people's quality of life."
- Make a list of all reasons as to why you would want to stay. Think about them.
- Cross off the list of reasons why you would want to stay if they are not healthy wholesome reasons. Like "If I leave then all my family will speak badly about me."
- Find some people that you trust that are outside the cult and talk about these things with them. You need friends to steady you. Many who leave cults go "off the deep end" as they explore their limits. They are so used to doing things based on what the workers or "the friends" think so that when they leave, they have no reference point for their behavior.
- Refine this list of people down to supportive people to help you and support you in your decision to leave.
- Follow the link "Expect on Leaving" so you are knowledgable about what may happen to you when you leave the cult people's abusive relationships
- Leave the cult based on your wholesome reasons and the support of several close friends.
- Write down your feelings as you work through them and talk about them with your support group.
Other Highly Recommended Reading
- How the group got started - The Secret Sect by Doug and Helen Parker
- Understanding Cult Behavior - Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
- The mechanisms of cults - Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan
- Healing - Changes That Heal by Henry Cloud
And to find some friends, try the "Talk with me" link.
Praise God for His great love for us and for helping us to heal.
God bless you. Brad :)
You Might Be a 2x2 if:
- You might be a 2x2 if you think you're being persecuted when someone asks you about William Irvine.
- You might be a 2x2 if you've attended meetings for 30 years and still don't know if Jesus is God.