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The Midwest is full of tiny communities that would look like cults to someone who hasn't lived here- Amish, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses and mo
by zdragnar 4y ago
The Midwest is full of tiny communities that would look like cults to someone who hasn't lived here- Amish, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses and more.
A big part of the difference is that- aside from Jehovah's Witnesses, they tend to not be active in proselytizing, and members tend to stay within the groups for longer- their activities rarely make hollywood-style media news because they're not particularly interesting compared to what we more typically think of as cults (i.e. the doomsday cult" in the article).
- dexwiz 4y agoOh yeah the Midwest is full of cults. There are a ton of radical and fundamentalist Christian offshoots. The only difference between many religions and cults is time. West Coast cults have their own particular flavor though, like the Fellowship of Friends.
- csisnett 4y agoSo if every religion is a cult then why many mainstream denominations are easy to leave? You're making it harder for people to actually share how to escape an actual cult by calling every religion a cult
- bergenty 4y agoI’m not going to lie, the fellowship of friends sounds awesome. A group of cautiously hedonistic people with real world jobs sounds great.
- Beldin 4y ago> aside from Jehovah's Witnesses, they tend to not be active in proselytizing From [1]: Members are expected to participate regularly in evangelizing work ... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_practices https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_practi...
- bseidensticker 4y agoYeah, that's literally what they said.
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- Beldin 4y agoI'm not a native speaker; I thought proselytising = evangelising work. Did I get that exactly the wrong way around?