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Chapter 3: Freely Consented Submission. But what is sectarian in this organization exactly? How can we identify the contours of what is disturbing in a movement that people, after all free in their beliefs, have decided to join? We are touching here on a thorny question that international institutions and States alike try to answer year after year. Let us therefore dig a little deeper into the daily life of Jehovah's Witnesses; let us touch the depths of this blind spot in our society to try to see more clearly. SUPPORT To keep Méta de Choc alive, you can make a donation on: Tipeee: http://bit.ly/3e5abBb PayPal: https://bit.ly/3rnObFH (from €10 to avoid PayPal's exorbitant commission) LiberaPay: https://bit.ly/2WH4Lpt RESOURCES Find many references on the Méta de Choc website: https://metadechoc.fr/podcast/au-pays... FOLLOW Facebook: https://bit.ly/2yWeVXl Twitter: https://bit.ly/2xpJ5BH Instagram: https://bit.ly/2KPLclt LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3t1kQ4b PeerTube: https://bit.ly/3f5qX1b YouTube: https://bit.ly/35jqGmF TIMECODES 01:14: The relative prohibitions: marriage outside the group, frequenting non-Witnesses, clothing, beard, masturbation, long studies, time-consuming activity, making a career, fantasy, violent or sexual films, vulgarity, the word “worship”, combat sports, yoga, meditation, superstition, piercing, nightclubs, alcohol, syndication, demonstrations, discussing religion, learning biblical languages. 08:46: Signs of sectarianism: vocabulary, diet, clothing, refusal of conventional care, break with family, commitment to the group, submission to leaders, loss of critical thinking, stereotypical responses, indoctrination of children, lack of sleep, burn-out. 11:18: The population of the movement: method of calculation, type of population, death of the generation of 1914, defections after 1975 and 1995, accusations of sectarian excesses, MILS, Miviludes. 23:35: The place of money: purchase and sale of the organization's magazines, 1990 trial on the sale of religious material, real estate economics, voluntary work. 30:57: Bertrand's parents: attraction to the occult, religious radicalism, martyrdom, pacifism, superstitions, the Smurfs, sectarian intelligence and thought, family violence, domestic violence. 49:16: What attracts followers: the Truth, Jehovah as the name of God, refusal of the trinity, restorationism, conviction / belonging, the end of the end of the world, Covid, sense of identity, Beyond the Curve, Flat Earth. #sectarianism #belief #community