There is discussion of Doomsday Cults at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_cult, and much of it aligns closely with Watchtower predictions and behaviour, so I was wondering why Jehovah's Witnesses are not mentioned. Here are some quotes from the article:
Doomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in Apocalypticism and Millenarianism , and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about
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Others have used the term to refer to groups which have made and later revised apocalyptic prophesies or predictions, such as the Church Universal and Triumphant led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet , and the initial group studied by Festinger, et al.
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Lofland laid out seven conditions for a doomsday cult, including: acutely felt tension, religious problem-solving perspective, religious seekership, experiencing a turning point, development of cult affective bonds, and neutralization of extracult attachments. [7] He also suggests that individuals who join doomsday cults suffer from a form of deprivation. [11]
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Social scientists have found that while some group members will leave after the date for a doomsday prediction by the leader has passed uneventfully, others actually feel their belief and commitment to the group strengthened. [31] Often when a group's doomsday prophesies or predictions fail to come true, the group leader will simply set a new date for impending doom, or predict a different type of catastrophe on a different date.
Would it be accurate to add Jehovah's Witnesses, and if so what should be included?