RED HERRING

by biblexaminer 10 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  biblexaminer

  If you have the inclination, call the number and ask ..."Is Russia banning "Reading the Bible, singing and praying with fellow worshippers"??

  Can you say RED HERRING?

  Maybe they should add "Feeding your children is clearly not criminal, neither is helping an old woman cross the street"

  Sure, it's got nothing to do with it, but it will motivate the blind.

  “Reading the Bible, singing, and praying with fellow worshippers is clearly not criminal,” adds Mr. Semonian. “We hope that our global letter-writing campaign will motivate Russian officials to stop this unjustifiable action against our fellow worshippers.”
  Instructions for Letter-Writing CampaignIn order to participate in the letter-writing campaign, please use the link below to download the instructions and mailing addresses.
  Download Instructions
  Media Contacts:
  International: David A. Semonian, Office of Public Information, +1-845-524-3000
  Russia: Yaroslav Sivulskiy, +7-812-702-2691
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  sir82

  Brother Semonian would make a good politician. Answer the question you wanted asked, not the one really asked.
  
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  biblexaminer

  Why, exactly, does the WATCHTOWER have a picture of a church in there?

  AhA! They are appealing to the mentally weak. They try to make people believe that Russia is shutting down the churches!

  Not one "church" is being affected ... 0% churches.

  It's 100% KINGDUMB HULLS. Why not put a picture of a KINGDUMB HULL there??
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  OrphanCrow

  "Reading the Bible, singing, and praying with fellow worshippers is clearly not criminal"

  
  

  Of course it isn't...but that is NOT the whole picture concerning what is going on in Russia with the JWs.

  If that is all the JWs did in Russia, there would be zero problems for them but we all know that the JWs did not, could not, would not, stick to doing just that - meeting and praying together, reading the Bibble, like other religions do.

  No...the JWs had to go and try to spread their viral ideas everywhere - they couldn't keep their anti-government apocalyptic message to themselves - they had to tell everybody else in Russia that their religion was the only true one and all people except JWs would be killed soon by their god.
  
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  OrphanCrow

  bibleexaminer: Why, exactly, does the WATCHTOWER have a picture of a church in there?
  AhA! They are appealing to the mentally weak. They try to make people believe that Russia is shutting down the churches!

  No. That is not it at all.

  They are using the image to illustrate the connections between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin.
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  biblexaminer

  Why the Russians are doing what the Russians are doing.

  1) They forcibly deny persons freedom of speech.

  2) They break up families and friendships through extreme shunning.

  3) They enforce a self-contradictory policy concerning blood therapies, causing DEATH.

  4) They demonize whistleblowers for telling the truth.

  5) They use methods of communication within the WTBTS organization to avoid State policing according to Yarovaya’s Law

  6) They tell untruth in the extreme concerning the WTBTS organization's history, to keep people in their icy grip.

  7) They blatantly discourage education beyond what is necessary for bare existence.

  8) They manipulate members to divest their valuables into the coffers of the WTBTS.
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  waton

  Why, exactly, does the WATCHTOWER have a picture of a church in there? bibleexaminer:

  Wt is recycling old slide show material, I recognize that from the "phallic Babylon The Great" presentation that circuit servants featured at one time, 60s? These are not only church spires but disguised scaled up penises., according to the commentary script that came with the material. -- not my original idea, but wt writer's.

  slanted text was edited for clarity.
  
  
  
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  Village Idiot

  Bibleexaminer,
  

  Not one "church" is being affected ... 0% churches.

  Actually, all protestant churches are being affected. A Pentecostal church was bulldozed in Russia and prayer meetings in private residences have been banned. It's the Russian Orthodox church that is being coddled.

  
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  Incognito

  Why, exactly, does the WATCHTOWER have a picture of a church in there?
  

  If you search G images for an image of the Russian Kremlin, you will find the same photo.
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  Vidiot

  Semonian - “...Reading the Bible, singing, and praying with fellow worshippers is clearly not criminal...”

  However...

  ...in Russia, repeatedly telling everybody your religion is superior than everyone else's whilst breaking up families who disagree and interfering with established medical practice is, it would seem.