Seems Catholics, Protestants, Jews and others have developed great hospitals and Universities.
What have the JW's ever done?
(Though they do clean up after themselves after conventions.)
>>6.a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. 7.the members of such a religion or sect. 8.any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific. 6 and to a lesser extent 8 describe JW beliefs ==================== >>"a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader." >There is a problem here, actually a few problems: Who does the considering here? You,The Rev. Al Sharpton .. The Pope, Who? How about the majority of universal societial morals, mores ethics and social norms. For instance, it's unethical to allow your infant to die no matter which society you live in, it's immoral to shun your family when they're suffering from a drug addiction, it's against social mores to bother people at their doors about personal religious beliefs and it's against universal social norms to publicly shame somebody for disagreeing with you. >"under the direction of a charismatic leader" >Again, this would fit in nicely with the Catholics and the Pope. JWs love to bash Catholics in debates even if the other person's not a Catholic. >On your number eight: "... treating human sickness...employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific" .. >Other than the abstaining from the use of blood .. What other unorthodox or unscientific medical practices do the JW's engage in?
Read it and weep. >If outside of conventional society is a Bad thing, would you please explain why? Actually .. Please just explain WHAT that means!? Every JW that I know of ..live in homes and go to normal jobs just like you and I do. They shop in the same markets and go to the same banks. >If they have compounds anywhere .. I'm not aware of any? A cult doesn't need compounds to control a person, they just need emotional barriers. You can function in society very well and still be in a cult because your religion's leaders will tell you not to speak to outsiders or have much to do with them.