Times change, and the meanings of some words change. The same thing happened with the concept of "sect". Previously, it was quite legitimate to answer the question of what a sect is: it is a small religious group that broke away
from the main religion accepted in the given territory. The word did not carry any negative load, at least from the point of view of an atheist. Today things are different. The word "sect" in most people, even those who are not very familiar with religious movements, evokes vivid negative associations. Why is this happening?
What is a sect today?
Today, sects are still groups of people who believe in what they think is God, but not quite (or not at all) as the official religion calls for. Sect today -
this is a very profitable, very cruel and inhuman way to subdue many people, deprive them of the will to enrich one person who is at the head of the current. The sect cripples life, and sometimes just kills. Unfortunately, this is not an exaggeration. Here are just a few names of sects whose members left home, sold their property, forever severed ties with their relatives. But this is not the worst. sectarianslost their will, ceased to be sane, adequate individuals.
- Sect of Jehovah. She came to us from Ukraine, and got there during the war from America, where she had been operating since 1878. They believe not in the Trinity, but in Jehovah, believing that Christ is only his instrument. They continue to recruit people (there are already more than 3 million of them), although they preach that only 144 thousand will go to heaven. They promote leaving home, from material we alth. The course is based on a rigid totalitarian discipline, a strict hierarchy. They use NLP methods, zombies.
- Aum Senrike. In Russia, it is not very common, fortunately. The explosion in the Tokyo subway is their work. So they fought with the Gentiles.
- Whips. In their opinion, only a castrato (more precisely, an eunuch) will achieve the kingdom of heaven and earthly prosperity, and the rest are sinners. All males born are castrated. True, few got rich from this, but hundreds suffered.
The list of these harmful religious movements is endless.
Why is it necessary to fight sectarians?
What is a sect? Escape from the world, escape from problems, escape from oneself. This is a broken life, poverty, often a destroyed psyche. Hundreds of people suffered from beatings, mental abuse and humiliation of leaders. Why are there only mass goings underground, self-immolation and other group actions that take hundreds of believers away. But if a person is doing well, does he really need a sect? Church? There is also a psychotherapist or other people who are able to listen, regret, promise grace and a solution to all problems. Probably everyonea person wants to be weak for a moment. This is what sectarians use, promising what is currently lacking to a tired, upset, stressed person.
What is a sect?
This is excellent knowledge (by the organizers, of course) of NLP, other mind programming techniques. This is the road to nowhere. Therefore, when you meet people with pamphlets on the street, bypass them. Protected, as they say, God protects.
