ABSTRACT
There can be love in cult families—deep, genuine, protective love. Love can grow in thick darkness. That love can have the deepest roots. It might not be noticeable, but it is there. It shows when parents mess up a little of their children's programming. When they drop hints about the truth of their lives in normal life. In some cult families, the supposed parent might not be biological. A parent can state in an offhand way who the biological parent is, or whether the child the adult is raising is a biological one. Perhaps the ultimate sign of love is when parents arrange for their children to escape from this criminal world and live far away with a safe family. Cult parents can be like the mother who stood before King Solomon and preferred her child not to be destroyed even if it meant giving up custody of that child.
