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[quote=Anonymous]Young Life is fairly harmless but was also a gateway to Campus Crusades for Christ in college, which I think is VERY cult-like, much more so than Young Life. I'm not Christian though. But I was raised Christian and had friends and siblings who got really into both YL and CCC when I was growing up so have a lot of exposure to both and have been to some meetings and events (and went to a YL camp for a week once in high school).

YL is mostly just community and outdoor activities with some bible study thrown in, but IME they don't even talk that much about religion (still quite Jesus-focused, but not so much that it would be a huge turn off for a kid who just like the social aspects but was lukewarm on the religion). Campus Crusades (oof, that name even) is much bigger on the religion part and I think exploits the fact that college kids are looking for some kind of community or direction. They suck up a decent number of people into their employment via these "summer projects" that are often somewhat dubious (seem to mostly be about using cheap young labor to help proselytize Campus Crusades, more than Christianity itself).

If my kid wanted to do some YL stuff I'd let them as long as I met the local leaders and knew it was a safe environment, but I'd discourage Campus Crusades as being cult-like and weird.

High school kids often just want to do what their friends are doing, and at least a lot of YL stuff is outdoorsy.[/quote]

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