Religion And Cult In Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses Religion is seen as a stable and reliable way to forget about worries and what all is going on around in the world today. Some people are just programmed to desire the need for a religious yearning. This need can be so strong that they will take great lengths to serve their God to the best of their abilities. But what if this particular religion requires more than just regular attendance every Sunday morning? A religion that commands rules outside of what is written in the bible, and can put their followers in danger of psychological and emotional issues and even get away with killing their own. Jehovah’s Witnesses refer to themselves as Christian Creationists. They are also best well known as the ones who come to the

If someone were to ask an active Jehovah’s Witnesses member if they think they are a part of a religious cult, their answer would surely be a resounding no. No one wants to admit that they may or may not be a part of a religion with cult tendencies, but the followers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization can be oblivious to what happens around them. The characteristics of the organization compared to what a standard cult would be defined as are almost uncanny. “Exploitive-destructive cults concentrate a large percentage of their efforts on recruiting new members and controlling the financial, social, familial, and sexual or aggressive lives of their members ‘for their own good’” (Peter Olsson 40). Jehovah’s Witnesses require mandatory door-to-door witnessing every Saturday morning, they require contributions, and they control who you associate with and how you are supposed to raise your families and so on. There is no normal religious behavior practiced by this

Many churches have been involved in legal ordeals regarding child sexual abuse cases, unto which were all disclosed and handled by the authorities properly. Jehovah’s Witnesses have more recently been called out on their actions taken when it comes to how they handle cases of sexual misconduct with minors. If a young child or teenager who was sexually abused were to seek out help from one of the officials at the church, they would not immediately take it to the authorities. No rather the issue is kept within closed doors and handled between the church elders; the pastors or heads of the congregations. Discipline is formed for the perpetrator and the case is closed and not taken to officials, rather, the victim has to live knowing that their abuser is still in close contact to them. The reasoning behind these rash decisions are based on “following the Bible” (Patrick). Typically when the perpetrator is found guilty they are “often banned from the church for a number of years, or they are demoted in the church hierarchy” (Patrick) and are eligible to come back into good standing if repentant of their