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    Quote Originally Posted by pjohns View Post
    An interesting observation, this.

    But does it mean (1) that the Jehovah's Witnesses are not a cult; or (2) that all of Christendom is a cult (as many people believed in the first century)?

    Please do not be bashful about answering.
    You may call them whatever you like, but they all belong in the same class whatever you decide.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    You may call them whatever you like, but they all belong in the same class whatever you decide.
    What class would that be? What class do you want them to be? What class are you in? What class do you think I'm in?


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    Quote Originally Posted by pjohns View Post
    My own reaction to being "shunned" would be: So what? Why should I care, anyway? (After all, it is emphatically not the church that saves; it is Jesus Christ that saves.)
    Mine too. It's a case where the religion has, indeed, become a cult and forgotten why it exists: spiritual enlightenment.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Rockatansky View Post
    What class would that be? What class do you want them to be? What class are you in? What class do you think I'm in?
    Religion. What did you think I meant?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Religion. What did you think I meant?
    Well, you've accused me and others of prejudging you so I find it odd you get snippy when asked for clarity. Are you snippy due to feelings of inadequacy? Unsurety? Arrogance or some other reason?

    Why do you have a problem with people who follow religions? Most are very nice, regardless of their beliefs.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Rockatansky View Post
    Well, you've accused me and others of prejudging you so I find it odd you get snippy when asked for clarity. Are you snippy due to feelings of inadequacy? Unsurety? Arrogance or some other reason?

    Why do you have a problem with people who follow religions? Most are very nice, regardless of their beliefs.
    You may follow whatever religion you choose. Makes no difference to me.

    Just don't try to say the next guy's is really any different from yours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    You may follow whatever religion you choose. Makes no difference to me.

    Just don't try to say the next guy's is really any different from yours.
    If the goal is spiritual enlightenment, it's not. If it's to kneel down to dogma like LWers seek to have people kneel down before the State, then it is different.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Rockatansky View Post
    If the goal is spiritual enlightenment, it's not. If it's to kneel down to dogma like LWers seek to have people kneel down before the State, then it is different.
    We on the left kneel to no one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    We on the left kneel to no one.
    The mere fact you said "we" says you do. You kneel to the group and do not believe in individualism.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    You may call them whatever you like, but they all belong in the same class whatever you decide.
    Any group that requires that all its members must march in lockstep with each other is, definitely, a cult.

    Fortunately, this does not accurately describe most of Christendom.

    It does, however, accurately describe the JWs...

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