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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Yes, Christianity began as a so-called cult in the first place, only the benefit of history (and perhaps to it's credit, longevity) assures much of it's credibility as many of the controversies or issues are long forgotten or simply ignored. The disadvantage of Mormanism and JW's is that their roots were laid down only very recently and yes I can say both have serious flaws that even their best apologetics have difficulty answering.
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In more or less his words, Ron L. Hubbard (AKA the first scientologist) said "the best way to make money is to start a religion." While I do not know a tonne about either mormons or JW's I have had interaction with both peoples and found them quite odd. The Hubbard quote kind of reflects the motives I believe to be prominent in JW and Mrmns. One thing I find quite odd about mormons is the controlling manipulative nature children are raised within the society. It is not uncommon knowledge that a child's mind until age 12-13 is as malleable as clay and it is in these formulative years alot of assumption and bias is gained. These years are when young mormons take instruction at the temple from 5:30 to 8:00 AM everyday. This is what in layman's terms I would call brainwashing. To protect what I have said, I am not sure if this practice exists within all families and branches of the religion.
Also if you want a scary insider story of a Jehovah's Witness family read The Truth Book by Joy Castro. Very sad, very interesting.
I am sorry if any bias offends, but that is what makes things interesting, isn''t it??