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ComradeGibbon t1_ja6r8zd wrote

Reply to comment by BigDCanuck in Why don't Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate Halloween? by crispilly

I have a rule about how you can tell if something is a cult or not. It's the answer to the question what happens when you try to leave.

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Collective-Bee t1_ja6wumy wrote

There are more but yeah, this is a good one.

Missions are another big cult thing. Not too hard to see how a 2 year trip with forced minimal contact for young adults would completely destroy their social ties with people outside their ‘religion.’ And minimizing connection with people outside the religion is a huge cult thing.

Then there’s how much control they have over members lives, such as JW Watchtower society only allowing people to read the news that they produce along with many, many other things.

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