recent article about "CESNUR"

by oscartheduck 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  oscartheduck

  Anyone know what this is all about?

  http://www.jesus-witnesses.com/jwnews.htm

  "Jehovah's Witnesses Join 'Babylon the Great' Interfaith Effort
  Jehovah's Witnesses have always claimed to be against interfaith 'contamination' considering all religions other than Jehovah's Witnesses "false" and collectively making up "Babylon The Great" (Rev. 17). However, seeking to join a forum gathering of sociologists and other religious organizations in a united effort for silencing secular and government critics through "CESNUR", the JWs have officially broken with their past history of shunning other religions and have opted to participate with the Church of Scientology, the Unification Church, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, and other groups. Public awareness by anti-cult forces caused their cancellation from this CESNUR forum claiming "previous engagements.""

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
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  nelly136

  . http://www.hrwf.net/newhrwf/html/europe1999.html

  Growing Government Intolerance", hearing as witnesses Willy Fautré of Human Rights Without Frontiers, attorney Alain Garay of Paris, and Pastor Louis Charles DeMeo, leader of an independent Baptist group blacklisted as a cult in France. This was part of an ongoing investigation of continuing religious

  the
  PROTECTION of
  RELIGIOUS
  MINORITIES
  . http://www.uj.edu.pl/confer/columbia98/program.html
  10:45-12:00 Workshop One: The Role of Inter-Governmental Organizations
  JOHAN VAN DER VYVER, Chair
  Emory University Law School
  ALAIN GARAY, Presenter
  Court of Appeals of Paris
  The Judicial Precedents of the European Court of Human Rights and Religious Freedom
  CAROLYN WAH, Presenter
  Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York
  European Parliamentary Enquete Commissions - Justification of a Two-Tiered System of Religious Freedoms
  JEREMY GUNN, Presenter
  JFK Review Board
  Protection of Religious Minorities and the OSCE

  cesnur from what I can gather is an anti anticult group,
  names to look out for in search are alain garay, carolyn r wah, james pellechia,
  james mccabe, phillip brumley, these are borg legals
  nelly
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  oscartheduck

  Thanks very much, matey bob.

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  The Watchtower, April 15, 1928, p. 126 "As every one knows, there are mistakes in the Bible "
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  JanH

  Oscar,

  the Transylvanian Society of Dracula

  I surely am no friend of Cesnur and their associates, but don't make yourself look foolish by assuming the dracula society is a "cult." It's a club for scholars & others interested in the vampire legends, and a good excuse to dress up like the good count and get drunk from time to time. Nothing cultish about it.

  - Jan
  --
  "Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets
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  Shimmer

  "CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, is an international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne. CESNUR is independent from any religious group, Church, denomination or association."

  Quote taken from their website.

  Shimmer

  You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
  ---Joe E. Lewis
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  oscartheduck

  Just to make it clear, the information regarding CESNUR on my first post (ie "Jehovah's Witnesses Join 'Babylon the Great' Interfaith Effort
  Jehovah's Witnesses have always claimed to be against interfaith 'contamination' considering all religions other than Jehovah's Witnesses "false" and collectively making up "Babylon The Great" (Rev. 17). However, seeking to join a forum gathering of sociologists and other religious organizations in a united effort for silencing secular and government critics through "CESNUR", the JWs have officially broken with their past history of shunning other religions and have opted to participate with the Church of Scientology, the Unification Church, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, and other groups. Public awareness by anti-cult forces caused their cancellation from this CESNUR forum claiming "previous engagements."") is all a quote from their website.
  I could have made this clearer, but thought quotation marks were enough, as they usually are.