Types of 2x2s

There are many types of 2x2s. I'll outline a few so you have an idea of how I categorize 2x2s in my mind. I'll mention a familiar saying "You can take the boy out of the country, but you cannot take the country out of the boy." I believe this saying has great relevance and parallel when talking about 2x2s. (Without God's Miraculous work) "You can take a person out of the 2x2s but you cannot take the 2x2 out of the person".

Overseers - These people have seen a lot and have a seared conscience. They are practiced liars and have no intention in knowing the true gospel.

Hard-line workers - These workers are like the overseers. They know teh rules and love the feel of power over the friends. These workers push people away from the religion and cause people to look elsewhere. Many old-school or older workers fall in this category.

Friendly workers - These workers are outgoing and friendly. This makes them more dangerous in my opinion. They may know about the problems but believe there are the same problems in every religion. This contradicts their belief that they are the only way and are special (not like others). No matter how much they smile and flatter, they cannot make their contradictory beliefs to reconcile.

Dedicated elders - these are the elders that love their place and power in the meetings. They like to be respected by the friends. They will follow the workers biddings (whether they want to or not) because they like the power and prestige and glamor of being an elder and leading the meetings.

Dedicated 2x2s - these are 2x2s who have heard the gospel on message boards by Christians, but have rejected it in favor of their 2x2 version of the gospel. I repeat, they claim to be Christians, but reject the gospel just the same.

They know their lies and try to cover them up and persuade people that they are Christians. They can be friendly and persuasive. Their lies are powerful and tricky. People claiming to be Christians are persuaded by them and decide that some cult member are Christians! I think these are very dangerous people. They may say "the way is perfect but the people are not". Sometimes these people will make up lies greater than what the workers would say in order to justify themselves and claim websites about their practices are wrong. They may take greater liberties in telling stories than even the workers. They may claim that the group is a non-denominational Christian group or that they are Christians. Their lack of publicity makes them dangerous. Workers can only lie so much and the friends would be un-enamored with them, but a 2x2 trying to win someone to the cult may make up lies that a worker or elder could not teach.

These 2x2s view their group as just another religion. And some of them leave the 2x2s when they become too educated. They usually join another cult, or rarely a Christian body. But often times, they treat their religion just like their 2x2 religion. They believe in a works-based religion, claiming that as long as they say they have faith in God, that they are saved. But their behavior remains the same, they ignore the teachings of Jesus Christ in favor of their opinions and believe they are saved because they uttered the words "I believe in God". The devils believe in God too, and they tremble. These 2x2s who treat Christianity like the 2x2 religion continue on with their same pattern of teachings. They make decisions based on selfishness and use self-justification and peer-justification, peer beliefs etc just like when they were a 2x2.