Is Jehovah Witness a cult or a religion?
I left this cult many years ago, my family is still involved. There are many sociological aspects we can examine to determine if a group fits the criteria of a “cult,” but one of the easiest models to use in evaluating cult mind-control is given by Steven Hassan in his book Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves, published in 2000 by Freedom of Mind Press, Somerville MA. In chapter two, he gives four basic components of mind control, which form the acronym BITE. We will examine a brief summary of these elements, apply them to both Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons and contrast each cult control element with true Biblical teaching. You will see by the examples given below, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons implement cult mind-control on their followers to various degrees. Some elements of mind-control will be more evident than others. The simple fact that one may find mind-control elements existing within a group does not necessarily mean that the group should catego
