Posts by Village Idiot

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Apologists saying that the JWs shouldn't be banned, what the hell!??

by Crazyguy in

it's been brought to my attention that there are xjw that say they support the witnesses and don't think russia should ban them.

i would just like to remind all of you that jws are guilty of murder, causing higher rates of suicide, covering up child molestation, and keeping members in prisoned because if they leave they loose family, financial support, possible employment etc.. sure their not strapping bombs to their chests but they easily get members to kill themselves with their blood policies.

they are an extremist group!

Village Idiot

I think we should keep in mind the motivations of the Russian government behind this ban.

They have banned private prayer groups - "house churches" - and have even criminalized e-mails that evangelize. They have bulldozed churches to the ground. All this is done for the official state religion of the Russian Orthodox Church who fears losing membership to protestants.

By supporting their treatment of JWs you support the rest of their actions which is basically religious persecution of anyone not accepted by the government.

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Apologists saying that the JWs shouldn't be banned, what the hell!??

by Crazyguy in

it's been brought to my attention that there are xjw that say they support the witnesses and don't think russia should ban them.

i would just like to remind all of you that jws are guilty of murder, causing higher rates of suicide, covering up child molestation, and keeping members in prisoned because if they leave they loose family, financial support, possible employment etc.. sure their not strapping bombs to their chests but they easily get members to kill themselves with their blood policies.

they are an extremist group!

Village Idiot

OUTLAW,
Banning JW`s is more than appropriate..

And who gets to decide? Somebody has to make those decisions which are inherently dictatorial. Why not ban the Catholic Church or any other religion that irks us while we're at it?

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What criteria does Russia use to label a religion as extremist?

by sparky1 in

check this out on the russian ministry of justice webpage.

the governing body is going to have to do some fancy footwork to get around this criteria:.

http://minjust.ru/deyatelnost-v-sfere-nekommercheskih-organizaci/missionerskaya-.

Village Idiot

What criteria does Russia use to label a religion as extremist?

Anything that the Russian Orthodox Church fears, such as losing members to proselytizing religions, becomes part of the criteria. Thus, Evangelical/Protestant churches are highly restricted or even banned.

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I finally get why people like to shun.

by poopie in

jw
friends

it finally hit me today.

why do religions enjoy shunning.

because many people feel like being close to god makes them special however just being special is not enough for many religious people that shun they must feel extra special how?

Village Idiot

They shun because they feel betrayed by the person who has left the religion. Abandoning the religion is, in their eyes, abandoning them.

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NYTimes Article - Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0.

vorokhobino, russia — a dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, andrei sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous extremist when he tried to change some money and the teller “suddenly looked up at me with a face full of fear.”.

his name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of al qaeda, the islamic state and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.. the only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is jehovah’s witnesses, a christian denomination committed to the belief that the bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “thou shalt not kill.”.

Village Idiot

...the group’s absolute opposition to violence, a stand that infuriated Soviet and now Russian authorities whose legitimacy rests in large part on the celebration of martial triumphs, most notably over Nazi Germany in World War II but also over rebels in Syria.

Obviously, the writer did not know the stand that JWs take. No stand at all, absolutely neutral in political matters. Some confuse that for pacifism. I remember hearing from a brother that they were not pacifists because they were preaching about the greatest war on earth.

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Mormon Baptizing the dead??

by James Mixon in

why the big controversy over baptizing the dead, they are dead folks..i know it's a quirky practice but jewish leaders are up in arms because the lds leaders are baptizing holocaust victims..what harm is it??

?hell jw's are preaching everyone will go up in flames no one believe that crap except jw but no one is up in arms, they know they walk a different step....the lds leaders agreed to halt baptisms specifically of jews holocaust victims in 2010 but they are at it again, baptizing jews.

this is funny as hell to me.

Village Idiot

Baptize us!

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Test yourself...Which Religion Best Suits You, what non religion best suits you.

by Giordano in

since we have had so many joining up while others have changed their thinking it doesn't hurt to see where we stand now .. this 20 question test is not the definitive test but it may be revealing or affirming....... find out where your religious or nonreligious comfort range is.. i just took it and my #1 choice was that i was a secular humanist.

being a jw was #24........ way way down the list.. www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-religion-best-suits-you.

you start by clicking on the general statement that is closest to how you think.

Village Idiot

Error 404: God not found.

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Elder doesn't know difference between new moon and full moon

by hoser in

jw
friends

today at the service group the elder leading couldn't figure out which was which.

he was trying to convince us that the memorial was at the new moon.

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Village Idiot

He should have asked this relative of his:

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1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

by Village Idiot in

just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

Village Idiot

Simple questions Simon: Who's the worse of the two? Who would you vote for if you were an American?

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1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

by Village Idiot in

just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

Village Idiot

Simon,
Even if he shot someone on 5th Ave ... she'd still be just as awful.

So you equate a Trump murder with Clinton's issues? Logic would dictate that Clinton would be just as bad as Trump if they both shot someone in 5th Ave.