We call these occult's?? Not sure what you mean by this term. The world occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to the 'knowledge of the secret' or 'knowledge of the hidden' and often popularly meaning 'knowledge of the supernatural', as opposed to 'knowledge of the visible' or 'knowledge of the measurable', usually referred to as science.
You may be referring to the term "cult" in which case the usual meaning could apply to all religions. (See below) But the modern meaning which everyone uses is "the follower of some leader (a man) who leads a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream." (Remember Jonestown?) If you use this discription regarding Jehovah's witnesses you would be in error. They follow only Christ. While a few of their beliefs may seem unusual they are in fact more closely inline with Biblical teaching that most praticing Christians. Anyone who has studied what they believe recognize this.
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n 1: adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices 2: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, rage] 3: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: cultus, religious cult]regarding Jehovah's witnesses you are in error. The follow no man
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Originally Posted by SANguru
Also if your church doesn't believe that homsexuality is a sin and only takes the bible with a grain of salt, we call those occults ie Johovah's Witnesses, Mormons, etc, not Christian...
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