Is Terry Jones a Cult Leader?
Besides being a populist demogogue and religious bigot, Terry Jones exhibits some classic symptoms associated with Cult leaders.
Several of Jones’ former and current followers have come forward to describe Jones as a controlling zealot who isolates congregants from their family.
“I had to tell them that we won’t be able to communicate until they apologize, until they accept the Gospel. It was a little bit wrenching,” confessed 25-year old Chris Nassoiy, a current Jones adherent.
In addition to swearing off supposed non-believers, members of Jones’ church, the Dove Outreach Center, are made to take a loyalty pledge that dictates their diets, employment and personal lives, according to the ‘Washington Post.’ And, most of all, you must exalt Jones above all others.
Nassoiy’s mother, Sally, had unsurprisingly harsh words for Jones: “They take young people willing to devote themselves to God’s word, and they exploit them. It’s a cult. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it.”