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Date Posted: 14:07:00 03/25/05 Fri
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: Cult Apologist Lobby
In reply to: Chris 's message, "Re: Cult Apologist Lobby" on 15:29:46 03/24/05 Thu

Here is an English article on that issue: Jehovah's Witnesses Granted Legal Status

You will meet the typical cult apologist arguments to counter the testimonies of ex members:

"If you have out of a hundred or two hundred thousand Jehovah’s Witnesses, 10 or 15 who say something like that, well you can go to any of the churches, the Catholic Church or others too, and ask was there anything you were discontented with?"

Such arguments must have sounded rational to the judges. Dropouts are considered as not trustworthy, biased and unreliable.

The German bishop Huber brought it to the point: "Who else can give you proper information about how the group looks inside, if not ex members?"

Also, the mind control aspect of the group was not discussed by the judges at all. But that's exactly what makes the difference between the Catholic Church and Jehovah's Witnesses, and between UBF and any ordinary church.

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