Why don't JWs get classified as a Cult instead of a Religion under the Law?

by cognac 12 years ago 20 Replies latest 12 years ago jw friends

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  cognac 12 years ago

  I mean, can't any shmuck say they are a religion, then get all these tax breaks while at the same time tell people to murder, commit suicide, etc?

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  wasblind 12 years ago

  Good question Cognac

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  Fernando 12 years ago

  I have come to conclude that all religions are cults, albeit to varying degrees.

  Therein lies the real problem.

  As Bill Maher observed: "religion is a bureaucracy between man and God".

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  Phizzy 12 years ago

  I don't see what difference it makes to the "Law" how you classify them, unless it is illegal in your country to run a cult ?

  If they break the Law they are accountable, cult or not.

  What I would like to see though is more Public awareness of their true nature, a Real Estate Company that uses all the cult methods whilst posing as a religion,

  and claiming all the benefits of a religion i.e Tax exemption.

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  jgnat 12 years ago

  As a test case, I looked up a truly wacky cult, the Yogic Fliers, intent on bringing World Peace.

  They are on the IRS's charitable organization list:

  20-0817485

  United States Peace Government

  Vedic City

  IA

  United States

  PC

  The United States does not classify cults. Some countries do, like Russia and France.

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  jgnat 12 years ago

  Yeah, Phizzy, like "donations" for the acquiring of books and DVD's.

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  cognac 12 years ago

  Cults should be illegal by law. Lets make this simple. If you attempt to force the following via excommunication or otherwise, you are a cult:

  1. To commit murder

  2. To commit suicide

  3. To forego life saving medical treatment (which is basically murder)

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  wasblind 12 years ago

  That's the same thing Jim Jones and the Branch Davidians did

  The Jehovah's Witnesses cause people to commit suicide through in

  their religious beliefs also

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  RubaDub 12 years ago

  Re: Why don't JWs get classified as a Cult instead of a Religion under the Law?

  If you check out their original application to be incorporated, Russell checked the "Religion" box instead of "Cult" on the form.

  Rub a Dub

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  LV101 12 years ago

  It's all because of the freedom the country was founded on and this one was/is a biggee and the court's won't touch it/go there. It doesn't matter what they do/how they do it. It's wrong and makes me crazy. It makes me crazy and the wrongs that are perpetrated against humans is a tragedy. But that's the way it is ---- reality. They've got the law on their side from the get go. It's radically wrong.

  There's no such thing as justice.

  LV

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