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Religions are all the same, I think the JW's are easy to spot, thus easy for other christian groups to single out and point out their differences. As an Atheist I don’t have different views on most protestant religions. I see them as myth based, and a waste of time. Some other christian religious cults I see as much more dangerous than JW’s.
A cult is generally a group with beliefs that are considered unusual. The problem with that is social conditioning decides what is and isn't "unusual". If you had never heard of the Bible until you were in your 20's or 30's, you'd find the stories unusual.
Here is an example of a cult ,so far out of mainstream of Christianity and and at the same time they have a charismatic leader who once headed the congregation and his name being Jim Jones.
my cousins are JWs and they asked me to start going to their congregation with them. i would feel bad if i said no so i went ahead and told them i would go. i'm moving in 3 months anyway so what the heck. i personally don't believe in anything that their religion teaches nor am i even religious. i just figured i would humor them the last few months i'm here. so my questions: what do you think of JWs? and has anyone else done something similar to what i am doing just to please family or friends?
JWs are unique cult, and I say that, because they are one of the few that I know that rewrote the Bible to fit their religious beliefs. Anytime they saw something in the Bible that their leadership did not agree with, they called it an error. And because of that, they would often remove a word, or sometimes even an entire verse to get the Scripture to read to their likeing. Their Bible is called "The New World Translation", and it has been condemned by numerous world Bible scholars. And that's because it is more of a perversion, than a translation.
A cult is generally a group with beliefs that are considered unusual. The problem with that is social conditioning decides what is and isn't "unusual". If you had never heard of the Bible until you were in your 20's or 30's, you'd find the stories unusual.
So for a Burmese, who has ever only heard of Buddhism, everything from Hinduism to atheism would be cultic. But for Westerners, who can hardly travel very far without seeing a pointed building claimed to exist for the sake of Christ, Christianity cannot possibly be a cult.
Now JWs claim to be Christians, but say that everyone else who is not a JW cannot be a Christian. So JWs in effect makes themselves cultic by saying that the society norm is a falsehood.
They are all cults, all meet the definition, all control their followers. If anything the JW are a less dangerous cult than those who claim not to be. I have never heard of a JW crusade, or a JW inquisition, and witch hunts. Can’t say that for the main stream christians.
They are all cults, all meet the definition, all control their followers.
They control their followers? Can we see evidence?
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If anything the JW are a less dangerous cult than those who claim not to be. I have never heard of a JW crusade, or a JW inquisition, and witch hunts.
JWs have.
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Can’t say that for the main stream christians.
Absurd nonsense!
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