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[–] Fish7463 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Just a little bit of 1st hand input.

John Nelson Darby founded the "Plymouth Brethren" later called the "Exclusive Plymouth Brethren" and finally the "Exclusive Brethren" which continues today but it's numbers would be in the tens/hundreds of thousands world wide. They claim to be the only true Christians.

JND's main claim to fame was the "pre-Tribulation Rapture" doctrine..

I was born into this sect in 1963 and we remained in it until I was around 13yo.... I grew up reading the JND translation of the Bible which is only slightly different from the KJV, and closer to it than some of the modern translations....... This sect believes that they are literally the only people who are going to Heaven, and all outsiders are going to Hell.... They are well skilled in brainwashing and have an extremely strong psychological hold over their members.. They are "exclusive" in that their doors are closed to all outsiders and one can only be born into it. There are no converts.

During my time in the sect, they did not call themselves Zionists.. They did not teach the "false apostle Paul" doctrine. which is something I learned of only a few years ago.