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  Society got it's claws on ex-jw activst in Finland

  by Festus in

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  ex-jw activist jari-pekka peltoniemi got in trouble when fighting against borg in finland.. mr peltoniemi was on teams meeting and made the content public.. albeit the meeting itself is public the appeal court (peltoniemi won in district court) took the stand that it a private not public matter.

  mr peltoniemi published the information first without blurring the faces of the elders but blurred them later on.

  apparently it was too late.. legal fees are around 20 000 eur which are bit too much for a person living with modest pension.. it needs to be pointed out that it was mr peltoniemi who informed the finnish data ombudsman about the way jws do notes or rather "public data bank" when they do their perching activity.

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  ECHR rules against Jehovah's Witnesses: forbidding field service notes was not an act against religious freedom

  by Festus in

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  it only took 23 years but on 9th of may 2023 echr came to conclusion that forbidding the "namelists" was not an action against religious freedom.

  echr's judgments are binding in all eu states.. jehovah's witnesses v. finland (coe.int).

  the news made headlines in finland as well.. finland did not violate jehovah's witnesses freedom of religion, european court rules | news | yle uutiset.

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  Can the World Cup Really Unite People? - What Does the Bible Say?

  by Festus in

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  2. bible

  seriously....this is an article on jw.borg.. really?

  football - or soccer - and bible?.

  these guys have really lost the plot.. i can promise you that bible does not say a flying flaming about world cup.. however, as much as people want them to, these events cannot provide lasting unity.

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  Norway: Society hires a Law Firm

  by Festus in

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  maybe society's own lawyers are so bad that they need to hire top notch lawyer's.. funny i thought jehoober would not need any help.. anyway here are the links.

  media.

  jehovas vitner mistet statsstøtten – vil saksøke staten – vårt land (vl.no).

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  Tony & JW made it to Norweigian media - even a pic of "dat broadcast"

  by Festus in

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  well well am3 made it to norweigian media with hsi rant about religouse persecution.. hereis the link.. share your thoughts.. ble nektet statstøtte: jehovas vitner vurderer juridiske skritt – vårt land (vl.no) .

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  JWs near of losing their status a religious organization in Norway

  by Festus in

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  last spring norweigian state refused to give public contribution to jws (religious organisations can apply that in norway and previously wtbs has been granted that).

  the decision was caused because of practise of disfellowshpiping.. now there is a new twist.. 25.10.2022 authorites in norway send a letter to wtbs and told them that they have four weeks to fix that practise.

  if they don't do that they will loose their status as a religiouse organisation.. intrestingly jws did not "understand" what authorites meant by that and requested more time.. how can they not understand?

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  Minions - new Smurfs?

  by Festus in

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  2. beliefs

  a friend of mine told me that her witness relative from west coast had reacted to minions (child animation) in a same way that some jdubs reacted to smurfs.. aka she claimed that minions are "from satan".. has anyone else heard this?.

  well i guess harry potter, lotr etc has received similar recption....nothing new in that sense..

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  Police in Finland investigating JW fundraising

  by Festus in

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  police in finland has been investigating fundraising of jehovah's witnesses "for years" according to state prosecutor mika appelsin.

  before year 2016 society's bank account appeared on jw's magazines and homepage.

  it is legal to collect money in religious events - it is view as an offertory by law even when using contribution boxes.

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  Tass: Police detain local leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow

  by Festus in

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  this is from tass.

  a criminal case has been opened in moscow over the resumed activities of a jehovah’s witnesses admin center.

  although russia’s supreme court outlawed the extremist organization back in 2017, the center has been active since june 2019. apart from moscow, searches were carried out in more than 20 other regions throughout the country, izvestia writes.. work to ferret out the banned cells of jehovah’s witnesses has been going on for several years.

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  Any info on Michel Knight Australia

  by Festus in

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  2. experiences

  he was serving as a special pioneer in queensland but was transferred to sydney 2012 i belive.

  ratehr decent chap, liked peugeot cars...just wondering if anyone knows him and how is he doing..

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