Mary:
While they might initially feel some discomfort when they first read the list, they breath a sigh of relief when they see this because in their minds, it lets them off the hook.
You hit the nail on the head, with that point
Checklist: Characteristics of a cult
by Mulan 14 Replies latest jw friends
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LittleToe
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gumby
Just for the heck of it.......use Jesus as the leader, then go over the list again and see if christians do not fall into the cult catagory here and there.
*runs like a bat out of hell for cover from LittleToe's attempted stoning*
Gumhidin
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blondie
Ithinkisee's breakdown of the BITE model of Steven Hassan re cults using WT publication quotes.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/112308/1.ashx Some very good info from Randy Watters http://www.freeminds.org/psych/ins_outs.htm
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Mary
Gumby said: Just for the heck of it.......use Jesus as the leader, then go over the list again and see if christians do not fall into the cult catagory here and there.
Can't say that I think they do......Jesus did not set down dozens or hundreds of man made rules........he simplified what his followers were to supposed to do:
(Matthew 22:37-40) " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." All the manmade rules that some "Christians" impose on their fellow man today are just that: man made rules.
*runs like a bat out of hell for cover from LittleToe's attempted stoning*
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gumby
Wow....I've heard of gettin stoned, but not with a big rock like that. Damn Muslims don't know a Saint Gumby when they see one.
Gumby said: Just for the heck of it.......use Jesus as the leader, then go over the list again and see if christians do not fall into the cult catagory here and there.
I agree, his two laws were the greatest laws a person can follow....but he also said if you didn't follow and believe in him, you had no eternal life since he was the only way to the father. Now then, quit correctin me, or I'll make ya have green warts all over yer butt and people will make of ya.Can't say that I think they do......Jesus did not set down dozens or hundreds of man made rules........he simplified what his followers were to supposed to do:
Gumspell
