{"id":9220,"date":"2025-06-11T09:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/waco-survivor-warns-justin-bieber-about-falling-into-a-religious-cult\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:02:01","slug":"waco-survivor-warns-justin-bieber-about-falling-into-a-religious-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/waco-survivor-warns-justin-bieber-about-falling-into-a-religious-cult\/","title":{"rendered":"Waco Survivor Warns Justin Bieber About Falling into a Religious &#8216;Cult&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Ex-Branch Davidian Cult Member<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">My Religious Advice to Justin Bieber &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8216;Don&#8217;t Go Against Pit in Your Stomach&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-06-11T01:00:32-07:00\">June 11, 2025 1:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-e599f9b41cd5d7f69d39ab97a381ba3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-adbf2eeb-24d8-4ad6-a566-f438c0c330c0-1245663771-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-adbf2eeb-24d8-4ad6-a566-f438c0c330c0-1245663771-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fc\/16by9\/2025\/06\/07\/fc98a4b534e04dcbb70965a891a43a3a_md.jpg\" alt=\"david-thibodeau-bieber-kal-06-06-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e599f9b41cd5d7f69d39ab97a381ba3b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2d8aae23f1e3230985836206aa6ba479\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>David Thibodeau<\/strong> &#8212; a survivor of the infamous 1993 Branch Davidians siege in Waco, Texas &#8212; is giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-bieber\/\"><strong>Justin Bieber<\/strong><\/a> some sage advice on religion, as some of his former friends question his association with Churchome.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2d8aae23f1e3230985836206aa6ba479--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a3a40d7d9c2967a747cf6fbeb16dc2d7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Justin&#8217;s inner circle&#8217;s been getting smaller, and we&#8217;re told part of the reason is former friends believe Churchome, the Christian church he attends, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/16\/justin-bieber-churchome-cult-allegations\/\"><strong>is a cult<\/strong><\/a>, and Thibodeau has a lot of experience in that area, having been a member of the Branch Davidians &#8212; the <strong>David Koresh<\/strong>-led cult that had a weeks-long standoff with the feds before their Waco compound burned to the ground, killing more than 80 members.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a3a40d7d9c2967a747cf6fbeb16dc2d7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aa2d2b91c5d234f4fb90242507800a45\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ed9dda87-d9df-41d2-a5aa-86971ba6570e-1133465156-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ed9dda87-d9df-41d2-a5aa-86971ba6570e-1133465156-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a9\/16by9\/2025\/05\/15\/a998ba3e88ca4b5794d0433292698e6b_md.jpg\" alt=\"justin-bieber-and-churchome-1280x720\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aa2d2b91c5d234f4fb90242507800a45--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-22bf92e777e4f404d14d8e945f5f6ff3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Thibodeau told us he sees a lot of good and some bad in the case of Justin and Churchome. He says one major positive is the org is nowhere near as hardcore as the Branch Davidians were.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-22bf92e777e4f404d14d8e945f5f6ff3--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20efd96495eff0b19b49b422f052d42b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>For starters, Churchome is not a 24\/7 operation like the Davidians &#8230; in fact, the church only meets once a month &#8212; which David says gives Justin time and freedom to research other religions, if he chooses to do so.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-20efd96495eff0b19b49b422f052d42b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a2a8e63be2d79e3aade372b6e50c029d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-48346614-5b8b-4826-af2f-29c437557d19-1989479888-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-48346614-5b8b-4826-af2f-29c437557d19-1989479888-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/16by9\/2025\/04\/25\/612ef32a273041b8bd24cc0efcc6ac31_md.jpg\" alt=\"042425_tmz_live_bieber_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a2a8e63be2d79e3aade372b6e50c029d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-387ee07f432e959ccf13f6b7de3d651d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Thibodeau warns JB, &#8220;Don&#8217;t go against that pit in his stomach that says something is right or wrong?&#8221; He also cautions Justin to be wary of Churchome&#8217;s leadership if they only have him read &#8220;the scripture&#8221; with no outside influences.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-387ee07f432e959ccf13f6b7de3d651d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0b511ce334692ed20c1ae358b0e92744\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>David also mentions Bieber should be thankful he&#8217;s older now because younger, less sophisticated people are more susceptible to being lured into a religious group or cult, just like what happened to him with the Davidians.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0b511ce334692ed20c1ae358b0e92744--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9c19b667208168e026abba7bbf346aea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-71ba8a3a-f504-4327-96d1-d027acd4f241-180701693-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-71ba8a3a-f504-4327-96d1-d027acd4f241-180701693-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cf\/16by9\/2025\/06\/07\/cfff7826033843eaa9c8fbc107dffdbf_md.jpg\" alt=\"david-thibodeau-bieber-drugs-06-06-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9c19b667208168e026abba7bbf346aea--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6639b737fbb04723a033e72fe65d896\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Thibodeau says if Justin&#8217;s friends attack the singer&#8217;s faith or church &#8212; it would only serve to strengthen Justin&#8217;s bond with the church. He offers a better approach for those around him who disagree with Churchome.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6639b737fbb04723a033e72fe65d896--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4ba05b73a6d56b497e87dbf6eb72e018\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In our documentary, &#8220;TMZ Investigates: What Happened to Justin Bieber?&#8221; &#8212; available now on YouTube &#8212; we told you about Justin&#8217;s ex-pal <strong>Ryan Good<\/strong>&#8216;s falling out with the singer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4ba05b73a6d56b497e87dbf6eb72e018--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6f2c77c40aee84064a17c4c892f8ee23\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6f2c77c40aee84064a17c4c892f8ee23--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-28fa55135b18c04da2522024ffdba30b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ryan was a Churchome member, but sources told us he left because he thought it was a cult &#8230; something its pastor, <strong>Judah Smith<\/strong>, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/02\/judah-smith-jokes-church-is-cult-justin-bieber\/\"><strong>adamantly denied<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-28fa55135b18c04da2522024ffdba30b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7d3b1d6a6561e3a848c6ecae38e1b306\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Thibodeau says he was able to overcome the heavy influence of the Branch Davidians by &#8220;counting his blessings&#8221; each day, and suggests the Biebs do the same.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7d3b1d6a6561e3a848c6ecae38e1b306--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e72adb0ab3debf7fd0aef1dcbe98a7e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20200430_8e0dacd3ac1a48bb83b836ef0f36ff9c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8fe43887-0593-47e4-9705-f3717421e183\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8e\/4by3\/2020\/04\/30\/8e0dacd3ac1a48bb83b836ef0f36ff9c_md.jpg\" alt=\"0430-David Thibodeau-getty-01\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e72adb0ab3debf7fd0aef1dcbe98a7e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f2270f91161b24cca4e8f7a220ee36ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A couple of interesting facts &#8230; Thibodeau was just a long-haired hippy when he was led out of the Koresh compound in handcuffs in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f2270f91161b24cca4e8f7a220ee36ad--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f4bdd6e25b85afa280892e8a406f7276\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He was one of only 9 survivors of the cult, and he even wrote a book, &#8220;Waco: A Survivor&#8217;s Story,&#8221; about the 51-day standoff with ATF and FBI agents.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f4bdd6e25b85afa280892e8a406f7276--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/11\/david-thibodeau-gives-justin-bieber-cult-survival-tips-churchome\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Branch Davidian Cult Member My Religious Advice to Justin Bieber &#8230; &#8216;Don&#8217;t Go Against Pit in Your Stomach&#8217; Published June 11, 2025 1:00 AM PDT Play video content TMZ.com David Thibodeau &#8212; a survivor of the infamous 1993 Branch Davidians siege in Waco, Texas &#8212; is giving Justin Bieber some sage advice on religion, as [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/waco-survivor-warns-justin-bieber-about-falling-into-a-religious-cult\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=9220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}