tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899127576497018828.post8255187628787323286..comments2023-09-08T04:01:16.111-04:00Comments on My Buddhagan Chronicles: Is the Jehovah's Witness religion a cult?Buddhaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753180190392981429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899127576497018828.post-17765423942052547082013-12-19T13:19:42.519-05:002013-12-19T13:19:42.519-05:00I just shared these very same points during a disc...I just shared these very same points during a discussion this morning. The amount of psychological control, especially for a child raised in the JW group, is very much in line with the definition of a cult and has lifelong damaging effects when the child/person leaves the group, especially if the child's father is a leader in the church. The fact that the JW's have 8 men leaders at the top vs. one leader, does not make the group any less dangerous. My father and brothers who are lower-level "leaders" in the group, "elders" at the congregational level, do not speak to me because I left and have different beliefs now. My mother does not speak to me. They also choose not to have contact with my children. It is very sad. The JW's don't tell the full truth about their practice of shunning and lead their followers to believe that shunning is the loving thing to do to "win the person back into God's good favor." They also teach their followers to the avoid "close association" with people who are not part of the group for fear they will be led astray. This is a very isolating and myopic existence for individuals in the group. If a JW follower decides to go against the mandate and "closely" associate with non-JW's, the disfellowshipped, the inactive, or the disassociated, they are considered "spiritually weak" and in some cases are reprimanded and do risk being shunned themselves. April Martenhttp://www.aprilmarten.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899127576497018828.post-29659203556670937962013-10-11T23:21:41.365-04:002013-10-11T23:21:41.365-04:00Well Done!Well Done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899127576497018828.post-83351099110874507532013-10-11T19:50:28.318-04:002013-10-11T19:50:28.318-04:00Nicely written. (Danmera)Nicely written. (Danmera)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com