Joaquin Phoenix In A Cult As A Child? [DETAILS]

OK, things just got interesting. Actor Joaquin Phoenix opens up to the December 2104 issue of "Playboy" about his family's involvement in the religious group Children of God during the 1970s and his apparent fear of things like jumping out of planes and bungee jumping. "It's guilt by association. I think my parents thought they'd found a community that shared their ideals," the "Her" actor revealed. The Family International, formed as the Children of God and later named The Family, is a new religious movement referred to some as a cult. It started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, where many of its converts were drawn from the hippie movement. Read More »