SECTS

(See also Cults; Religion)

antisect lists (Europe): g98 7/8 28

avoiding sectarianism: re 44-45

Bible view: scl 121; it-2 886; re 35-36, 44-45; g88 1/8 26-27

Brotherhood of the Flagellants (1300’s): g00 2/8 24

causes: re 35, 45

discussion: it-2 886

early Christianity considered a sect: w93 7/1 6

efforts to exclude from freedom-of-worship laws: g99 1/8 7-9; g98 11/22 10

France:

antisect bill (2000): yb01 23

Jehovah’s Witnesses not a sect: ijwfq article 11; g 8/10 6; w05 12/15 22-23; w98 3/15 10-11; g97 10/8 11; jv 117; rs 202

misrepresentation as dangerous sect: w01 1/1 17; w99 7/15 16; g99 1/8 9; w98 12/1 17-18; g98 11/22 26-27

Witness schoolgirl clarifies: w03 1/1 16

Jehovah’s Worshipers, The: yb88 244-245

Le Messager de Sion (Guadeloupe): yb95 129

meaning of term: it-2 886; nwt 1710-1711; w98 3/15 10-11; g88 1/8 26-27

Nation of Yahweh (U.S.): g91 2/8 28-29

of Buddhism: sh 144-148; g89 3/22 11; g89 4/22 18-19

of Christendom:

number of Protestant: g89 9/8 25

of Hinduism: g89 4/8 26-27

of Islam: g89 7/22 23-24

of Judaism: sh 226-227; g89 5/22 20-22

“of Nicolaus” (Re 2:6, 15): it-2 498; re 35, 44; w03 5/15 11, 14

of Shinto: sh 198-201; g89 5/8 21