I said maybe it comes from the word occult question mark, it was a question. and then I found out it comes from the Latin word for WORSHIP. Why do some people think the KKK, AA and the BP are cults? If the word literally means worship then yes a cult is religious based, unless we are just going...
give me an example of other cults? It not an assumption, it comes from a word which means worship...
plus I never even said there are only religious cults I said all organised religions are cults, there are different warning signs and opinions on what constitutes a harmful cult though.
I assumed this thread was about religious cults as it is in the comparative religion section, but what we generally consider to be cults are religious/spiritualist based. Maybe it comes from the word "occult?" I'm not sure about that.
I agree with pegg and jay here, they would never know if God has taken away their desire to rape children, so why put their own family and friends at risk?
Even if someone does believe Jesus performs miracles today doesn't mean they have to be completely faith blind and stupid.
:). No I don't have any tattoos, I have no idea what I would get tattooed. I've seen some amazing tattoos on other people. I don't think I would ever get one. what about you? I prefer piercings for myself I am planning on get my philtrum done soon.
Maybe early Christians didn't actually say God's name as much as JWs think they did or as much as JWs do? Maybe they thought the same thing about his name as the Jews do?
Also lets not forget there were a hell of a lot more Jews in concentration camps than JWs and probably a good deal were not even observant Jews, so why compare a religious obligation to a non religious group of people? And to make such a sweeping statement is verging on being anti-Semitic and...
oh jay don't you see what I am getting at? why not just say the JW shared there food with each other, why say and compared to the jews Jws shared food with each other and the jews didn't? you don't see what is wrong with that?
Nazi Germany should not be used to boast about how righteous and special you are, it was a time of survival, people did what they had to do to survive, others resisted, all should get sympathy, no group was better than the other is what I am saying.