The Jehovah’s Witness religious organization has sometimes been labeled as being a cult. This can be confusing for some, because “cults” can take on a wide variety of meanings. this label is made by religious opposers of various types. While not every definition of the term “cult” is the same, the first century Christians are sometimes described as a cult, which centered around the charismatic leader Jesus (Jesus was actually more of a reformer of the existing established religion of Judaism). It usually is used as a label, and has come to signify, in the mind of the public, as a religious or other group which has complete control over its members, many times using coercive and oppressive, or unethical psychological pressure to gain that control, or in making major decisions for its members.