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Originally Posted by Nigel Tomes
I would suggest that there are. Zimmerman-Liu & Wright report that Local Church leaders concede that “most Americans who are familiar with the group view it as a cult.” They conclude that the Local Churches will continue to be stigmatized by the ‘cult’ label for the foreseeable future. In the US it is claimed that “there is really nothing more that the group can do to change grassroots opinion [regarding] the cult label.” We reject LSM’s claims of impotence. The ‘cult’ stigma remains, not because LSM is unable to do anything, but because they are unwilling to make the necessary adjustments in teachings and practices.
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I would agree with Nigel's assessments. Especially pertaining to the portion I have bolded. It's not that the cult label is irreversible, rather an unwillingness to do what is necessary to reverse the cult label.