The Most Powerful Cult

The difference between religion and sect is: a cult is a group of individuals who are separated from the religious group for not agreeing to the practice of true doctrine. I'll tell you first what is the most powerful sect in our days and what is their history, the Jehovah's Witnesses are the most powerful sect, begin their existence by Charles Taze Russell, an individual who in 1870, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , at 18 years old, started a Bible study at the back of a clothing store for men of their property. In 1876 he was appointed Pastor students, despite having no training in this regard. However, by the ability to manipulate the circumstances and publishing a book series, "Studies in the Scriptures," and writing a papal authority, his work reached a circulation of 25 million copies between 1886 and 1960. This can give an idea of ​​what kind of evangelist was, crossed the U.S. by train on numerous occasions. Boat trips made by the advertising world The Watchtower (Watchtower). In each place where it was given a vibrant sermon scale which was then published in their journals.

Later it was discovered that these sermons were imaginary, never took place, but by then the trip had already given their advertising results. Russell was replaced after his death in 1916 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, better known as the "Judge". This man had a personal magnetism impressive. It was he who gave the Watchtower extraordinary momentum and became popular. He wrote more than a hundred books and pamphlets that reached a circulation of more than 500 million. He did a great number of recordings, radio broadcasts had 347 stations, extending to Canada. He further transmissions all the evangelists during the decades of the thirties and forties. He lost the privilege to speak on the radio when the Catholic Church asserted its influence in the "lobby" in Washington. The attacked while in the end decided to use its policy of "religious freedom", which applies very well centuries ago. Rutherford was the one who made the tremendous Watchtower organization, through the propaganda. Who created or coined the name Jehovah's Witnesses in the international convention of 1931, in Columbus, Ohio. He died in 1942, the most powerful voice in the history of the Watchtower, never surpassed by anyone.

Well today Jehovah's Witnesses are the most powerful sect, there are thousands of insurance that we all have visited a Jehovah's Witness, they are a dualistic sect that means they cren that jesus is the son of God and not accept it as God, the Lord Jesus is different for them, and the Holy Spirit will consider only an active force that is why we are dualists, this sect has very strong points of doctrine, one of them is that they honor the flag or homeland, one of them is that they do not accept blood transfusions if someone is dying and needs a blood tranfucion, they let it die.

Now I speak of another sect also very powerful, they call themselves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as Mormons. was founded by Joseph Smith, a native of Vermont, in the United States in 1830. He tells, how at the age of 14 years, had a vision in which he was warned not to adhere to any religion, because God, through him, wanted to restore the Gospel was not observed by any of the existing religions . After seven years, around 1827, appeared the angel Moroni, son of Mormon, the last prophet of Americans who had once been Christians. Moroni instructed him to look for a book written by his father in gold plates and that was in the Hill Cumorah, in the State of New York. Smith promptly went to the place indicated, and indeed, in a stone box, he found the wonderful book of Mormon. But there was a serious difficulty: the book was written in a language unintelligible mixture of Hebrew, Greek and ancient Egyptian. Joseph Smith, a poor farmer who with difficulty reading and writing English and at the time of only 21 years, did not know what to do.

But the problem was solved in a wonderful manner, as by the book found a breastplate, sword and two talismans that Mormons called Urim and Thummim, but not sure what they were, but that apparently were a kind of miraculous glasses with which Smith could easily read and translate the Book of Mormon to the language of Shakespeare. He could not, however, translate everything because suddenly the angel Moroni took a box of solid gold, breastplate, sword, talismans and the Book of Mormon passage, leaving us with no evidence able to test and make credible this fantastic story. What took time to translate, however, is a tome of 631 pages of fine print, as the Bible divided into chapters and verses, something very strange as neither of the Old Testament prophets and the Evangelists never bothered to do such a thing . Joseph Smith was certainly a very original and very attractive because many fans had probably attracted them polygamy and established his first church in Lafayette, New York, stating that the original Gospel was restored "with all his charisma and powers ".

Then sought to send missionaries to various parts, considering all those who would not accept its doctrines as "gentiles", name that Mormons still call those who profess their faith. In 1831 they moved to Lafayette, first to Kirtland, Ohio and then to Jackson County, where they were violently expelled by the villagers, outraged by their doctrines and customs. He then established with some success in Navuoo, Illinois and was there in 1843 where Smith claimed to have been revealed that polygamy should be one of the fundamental doctrines of the new church and other excesses that stirred up the inhabitants of nearby towns such degree in a riot were lynched and his brother Hiram Smith, who were already imprisoned in Carthage Jail III. This happened on June 27, 1844. Certainly were not lynched for preaching the Gospel. On the death of Joseph Smith, the chairman of the 12 Apostles, Brigham Young, was chosen as chief prophet who would not recognize a child joined Smith, forming the "Rearrange Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints "still exists, but without having achieved great development.

The same year, 1844, Brigham Young, to escape the enmity of the "gentiles", organized a general migration of nearly all Mormons from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah, then sparsely populated region; there for more than 30 years, exercised almost absolute power and indomitable energy, organized the church, those populated desert regions and sent missionaries throughout the United States and even outside. He died in 1877 leaving no less than 27 widows and 56 children. To finish the story of the Mormons, say that when in 1872, the Utah Territory became part of the North American Union, where polygamy is illegal, many Mormons had to leave, at least officially doctrines or appearance and practice of polygamy and those who refused to give up their wives, emigrated to other countries, including Mexico, splitting into as many branches of Mormonism. Migrants consider apostates who, obeying U.S. law renounced polygamy, and in turn the latter considered apostates migrants to keep their women. God bless you. http://www.chatjesusvive.com