Crisis of Conscience
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As an ex-Jehovah's Witness, I agree this article gets a lot of things wrong. But they also are a crazy cult. I suggest the book "Crisis of Conscience" from an ex-governing body member if you're interested in JW's seedy history[1]. They started as a numerology-obsessed doomsday cult and evolved from there - the last time JWs sold off their possessions…
on “How Cults Seduce and What Marketing Can Learn From Them [pdf]” ↗…Cult" by Rebecca Stott "Cartwheels in a Sari" by Jayanti Tamm "Seductive Poison" by Deborah Layton "Hollywood Park" by Mikel Jollett "Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope" by Megan Phelps-Roper "Crisis of Conscience" by Raymond Franz "Leaving the Saints" by Martha Beck "Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult" by Michelle Dowd "Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult)"…
on “Why are there so many rationalist cults?” ↗