Really, Are Jehovah's Witnesses THAT Different From The Other Religions?

by minimus 44 Replies latest jw friends

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  minimus

  The more I read on this site, the more I see that ALL religions think their version of what is right and wrong is what matters. Some punish you now for disobedience to the church's rules and others supposedly give you your reward in the hereafter.

  Some live their lives with more strictness. Others are more liberal.

  Look at the Jewish faith. You've got from ultra Orthodox to extreme liberal. And the extremists say ONLY THEIR way is acceptable. Other factions aren't so particular. They are very much like Catholics, in reality.
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  SPAZnik

  well done, grasshoppa
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  undercover

  Depends on what aspect of the religion you're looking at.

  The JWs and smaller fundamentalist sects are different in that they try to seperate themselves from normal society. They're more cult than religion. The Mormons are cultish in a lot of their practices, though they don't shun society as much.

  But, to me, all religion is superstition. Superstitious belief in a mythical being or beings, superstitious belief that by being in a particular religion and by observing their rituals that somehow you're going to prosper above all other people who don't hold the same superstitions. The history of the world is full of examples.

  I'd love to travel into the future 5000 years and see how people then will talk about how their ancestors believed in these mythological creatures much like we look back at the Romans and Greeks now and talk about how they believed in the gods of their time.
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  BurnTheShips

  The more I read on this site, the more I see that ALL religions think their version of what is right and wrong is what matters. Some punish you now for disobedience to the church's rules and others supposedly give you your reward in the hereafter.

  Took you 6 years and 24000 posts to figure that one out?

  Look at the Jewish faith. You've got from ultra Orthodox to extreme liberal. And the extremists say ONLY THEIR way is acceptable. Other factions aren't so particular. They are very much like Catholics, in reality.

  Sure, when you factor in they all use funny clothes, funny decorations and say funny stuff in other languages, yeah they are all identical. Yeah. I never noticed that before, yeah.

  BTS
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  minimus

  Be honest. When you say that JWs are "more cult than religion", is that really true. The Roman Catholic Church is a huge cult, if ever there was one!
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  minimus

  Burn, with over 3500 posts, you think the Catholic Church is ok. Whatever you say, buddy.
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  undercover

  When you say that JWs are "more cult than religion", is that really true. The Roman Catholic Church is a huge cult, if ever there was one!

  Technically speaking, I think all religions are cults. But I was using the word "cult" in an American sense in that they are off-center and anti-social compared to "mainstream" religions.
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  minimus

  My bottom line: I'm no lover of any religion. But JWs aren't so unlike a lot of other religions, really.Religions and sects cause divisions.
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  BurnTheShips

  Religions and sects cause divisions.

  As long as groups of people disagree with each other on anything, there will be divisions.

  BTS
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  minimus

  By the way, I want to make it clear that I'm not defending the Witness religion. I lump most all religions in the same way----negatively.