Publisher Pioneer Unbeliever
What Terms Do Jehovah's Witnesses Use To Indicate They Are A Cult?
by minimus 61 Replies latest jw friends
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eyeslice
Worldly, worldly people, worldly desires, worldly ambitions.
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Gill
Kingdom Hall! What a silly name!
Good News
Eternal destruction
Non believers
Spiritually weak/strong
Lukewarm
Materialistic/ism
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confusedjw
From a University website, but what do they know?
My comments in Red
WAYS TO IDENTIFY A CULT
It is not abnormal for any college campus these days to have cult-like activity occurring. Some is more explicit and annoying than others. Cults tend to focus on students who appear to be lonely or lost, isolated, or questioning. It appears as though there is at least one such group on our campus this year, and perhaps more. Tell-tale signs of a cult are:
Extremely Friendly
. You will find cult members abnormally friendly -- the word "gushy" comes to mind -- when they meet you and when you agree to attend their functions. If they sense you are vulnerable, alone, feeling isolated from friends or family, or questioning your religious beliefs, they will "target" you. Cult members have been carefully trained in this regard. (aka Love Bomb)Persistence
. Group members will persist in asking you to functions even when you say you are not interested, and they will typically "shun" or ignore you if and when you make it clear that you wish to dissociate from the group. (Return visits, bible studies)Time
. The cult will slowly attempt to make it clear to you that you should give more and more of your time to their "cause," whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or a combination. When you ask for time to study or to meet socially with your friends outside the cult membership, you will be made to feel guilty. You may be told that your university studies are less important than the "cause" and made to feel guilty if you object. (5 meetings a week, personal study of what the FDS writes, service and association)Separation
. Again, slowly, the cult will use a form of mind control to convince you that your parents and family, your friends outside the cult, your teachers and religious advisors, and -- as a matter of fact -- anyone outside the cult is seriously troubled or wrong in the way they think or believe. This is especially attractive to college-aged students who are establishing their independence. Ironically, you must believe the way the cult tells you to believe. Though certain differences may be tolerated at first as a way to "draw you in," there will come a time when you are no longer allowed to disagree. At the same time, you will have become separated from anyone outside the cult who can offer you alternative ways to think or act.Allegiance
. At some point, you will be asked to give absolute allegiance to the group and to largely, if not totally, ignore friends outside the cult, family, and other persons who differ in their beliefs from the cult. (baptizm in the Cool Aid, turn your friends in who don't think right)Cults draw in members in very subtle ways and, once convinced of their "cause," it is very difficult to think rationally or clearly.
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minimus
"the brotherhood, the friends, the Watchtower says..., glorious ones, disfellowshipping, marking----"
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one
From a University website, but what do they know?
any link?
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Fleur
touched on:
"submit to theocratic arrangement
around here, they said "loyally submitting to Theocratic Order" otherwise we would suffer "divine judgement". If that isn't a cult, I don't know what is.
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Brummie
"Maybe Jehovah is using this situation to humble you?"
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Cicatrix
"independent thinking"
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minimus
Soeaking of normal people as "worldly people".