These are 101 of their practices and beliefs.
http://www.geocities.com/paulblizard/reasons.html
Not too many things shock me these days, but this certainly did.
So, I ask you...In your opinion, Is this a cult?
2007-10-05 19:51:12 · 17 answers · asked by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I suppose Pat or Paul Blizard typed it.
I wonder why McCarthy wasn't after these folks.
2007-10-05 20:27:19 · update #1
Even if I were to believe in this god there were too many things here
to keep up with & I'm not giving up my Girl Scout Cookies for ANYBODY!
2007-10-05 20:35:31 · update #2
yes,definetly. i had 2 great aunts that were in it. both did not believe in our government. (see # 18 on that list) but by darn, their hands were out on the 3rd of the month for ss $. they are not supposed to accept birthday or christmas gifts. but if you gave them one they sure opened it up pdq. i'm with you, i AIN"T giving up my girl scout cookies for no one.
2007-10-06 04:10:00 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ cat furrever ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing shocking there? I know many JWs and have since I was a kid. There are some in my family. They are not any different from any other Christian sect except for the door to door thing. and then Mormons do that too, so whatever. I don't agree with them on a lot, but they are no worse than your average hard line Baptists. They believe that Jesus had to be killed to atone for the sins of mankind and that through Jesus, man may obtain forgiveness from God. Regardless of other barbs you want to throw at them, that is the basic tenant of their belief. So do I agree with all their strict rules? No I do not. But do I belief they are some scary cult or are worse than any other fundy church? No I do not. In fact, I know they are basically quite harmless, if misguided folks. My favorite thing about JWs is that they can keep their crazy singleminded fundamentalism to themselves.. they are not allowed to participate in politics, vote, give money to candidates and are not even allowed to express a political opinion. A lesson that should be learned by other zealots.
2007-10-06 03:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by CB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it is, always has been a not well thought out one either, im sure they will put it together on day that more than 144,000 of their fellow followers have died but i guess they are not keeping count so why should we.....besides they do allow other followers in other countries to take blood transfusions.....who typed this? the first ressurection didnt occur till 1918 but yet his second coming came in 1914??? when he has not even ressurected from the first one? so how is this explained? #48 is a tell tale sign of a cult...you are not smart enough to understand what the bible says without us telling you what it says, always dangerous. at least the bible doesnt say this. dang #58...ouch! several more worth talking about too but too many actually. interesting reading though
2007-10-06 03:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by emt2898 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about "cult," but I would say that they are too concerned about minuscule things. I think God (however you choose to define) just wants people to do the best that they can with the "light" that they know. I think it is pompous for people to decide who is "saved" and who is not. God accounted Abraham's faith to righteousness and that was before Jesus. Not downing Christianity because I am a Christian, I just try to keep an open mind because I do not have all the answers. No one does. Also I think people sometimes worry about the devil way too much.
2007-10-06 03:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds about as weird as Christianity is in general. None of it makes much sense.
Itw was a doomsday cult: 1914 was supposed to be the end of days, but apparently someone forgot to bring the right key ring. So they re-tooled it into a more mainstream outfit. They're harmless, and they don't seem to hate Jews, so that's about all I need to know about them.
And they know the Bible forwards and backwards.
2007-10-06 03:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, sounds pretty cultish to me. How the heck do they keep track of all the rules?
So how many JW's are there in the world? How do they decide which of them is going to be among the 144000 that gets to go to heaven? Is it based on the rate of conversions when they go door to door?
Wonder what the "approved" sexual practices are...
2007-10-06 03:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by magicalpossibilities 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have JW friends and the are nice people. They may be misguided (in my opinion) but I don't find them mindless. When I hear "Cult member" I think of David carish, Manson or the heavens gate bunch.
2007-10-06 03:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if you define all religions as cults. Most of the stuff there is shared by at least one other church, except maybe the blood transfusion stuff. The fact that this church has so many odd rules doesn't make them any more cult-like. It's just religion. Shrug...
2007-10-06 02:56:05 · answer #8 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say that in the last 30 years or so, the JW's have gone from being 'cultic' to an actual cult group. I mean, you literally must surrender your thinking faculties to the leadership there.
2007-10-06 02:59:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yipe! Having checked the website, I certainly think so....
What keeps me from embracing any religious belief wholeheartedly is this gauntlet of taboos that seem devised to get me to surrender control not to "God", but to fatalistic groupthinkers driven by prejudice & fear....
2007-10-06 03:08:56 · answer #10 · answered by morkmath 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋