Inside a 'cult': Chinese husband goes undercover in religious sect linked to McDonald's killing
Group that killed woman in fast food restaurant says non-believers are 'impure' , says infiltrator
A man who posed as a member of the banned religious cult the Church of Almighty God has said it believes anybody who is against the group is a demon or evil spirit, a mainland newspaper reported.
Members of the movement, which calls itself Quannengshen, were arrested last week for beating a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant in Shandong province.
The woman, Wu Shuoyan, was waiting in the restaurant for her husband after work when she was approached by church members who asked for her phone number.
[Some followers] hoped the church would help give them immortality
She refused and state-run television quoted the leader of the group as saying the beating started when his daughter accused Wu of being an "evil spirit".
The man who posed as a church member told the Beijing Youth Daily he did so to get his wife to leave the group.
He said followers were first initiated by attending bible study classes.
Church members were taught orthodox Christian doctrine, but later "abnormal teachings" were added, he said.
Members were encouraged to "break the bondage of family, which is the real start of believing in God", according to the report.