JWs and the idea of a cult

by dabster 11 years ago 12 Replies latest 11 years ago watchtower beliefs

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  dabster 11 years ago

  As I've been chatting with a JW neighbour he has said, "Heck, some people think WE are a cult!" and scoffs at very idea. How ludicrous (he thinks)! This wouldn't be uncommon - what exactly do JWs think a cult is? Do any of you know?

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  stillin 11 years ago

  They think that JW's wear hoods at the meetings, have a secret handshake and there are hit men who will kill you when you leave. JW's think that it means secret society. Most JW's cognitive dissonance kicks in when you read the dictionary definition of cult.

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  cantleave 11 years ago

  You get the same reaction from Mormons and scientologists.

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  AlphaMan 11 years ago

  When I was in I denied it was a cult. Now that I'm out, and see the relgion for what it is, and has become.....it's a cult.

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  Found Sheep 11 years ago

  I would use the reasoning book reason. We don't follow one person, we do not hide information about our religion, we live with everyone else not a comune... I don't remember there may be more

  I was such a shlup

  FS

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  Witness My Fury 11 years ago

  They give their own meanings to words to suit their agenda, so of course a negative term like cult could never be seen to apply to them under their definition.

  Use the BITE model and they have no wiggle room.

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  steve2 11 years ago

  Every man who hits his wife would deny he's a wife basher and condemn them. Same principle: The bad labels apply to others, not us.

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  tenyearsafter 11 years ago

  I remember that the typical definition of a cult as a JW was a fringe religion following a charismatic leader with a messianic bent...the BITE model means nothing to them.

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  Ignoranceisbliss 11 years ago

  I've always heard "a cult has a human leader. Our leader is Jesus Christ"

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  Captain Obvious 11 years ago

  If you have an article in your magazine explaining that you're not in a cult... You're in a cult.

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