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Is Russia "right" about presecuting Jehovah's Witnesses?

by iliketreasure in

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jehovah's witnesses are presecuted in russia.

on par with the is and other terroristic groups.

it happened when the anti-extremism laws were extended to non-violent groups.. i don't believe that russia actually cares for the well-being of their citizens with this move and probably merely a law to stop other political forces (and the jws are one in a way, since their gather authority over large groups of people and also have their own political and judicial institutiona), but are they right about it anyway?.

Corney

NN, it's not my fault that your previous comment can be, without a single change, used even by anti-Semites. I've just shown its logical and ethical fallacy and didn't compare the current anti-JW campaign and the Holocaust.

OC, wow, they distributed pamphlets!? So awful. They deserve gulag!

Old Navy, speaking about how Rusia is wise, do you mean Turchak - one of the highest-ranked official in the Russia's ruling party and the Council of Federation (akin to the US Senate), he ordered atempted murder of a journalist because the latter called him "shitty" in a blog? Or maybe the Ukrainian war, with 13 thousands killed and millions refugees? Or maybe Kadyrov? Or MH17?

Surely, I can say many good things about Russia, its people and even government, more than any Russophile here. But I will not do this in front of people whitewashing state terrorism.

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Is Russia "right" about presecuting Jehovah's Witnesses?

by iliketreasure in

jw
friends

jehovah's witnesses are presecuted in russia.

on par with the is and other terroristic groups.

it happened when the anti-extremism laws were extended to non-violent groups.. i don't believe that russia actually cares for the well-being of their citizens with this move and probably merely a law to stop other political forces (and the jws are one in a way, since their gather authority over large groups of people and also have their own political and judicial institutiona), but are they right about it anyway?.

Corney

Steel,

What a silly justification. Is it really necessary to say what's wrong with your arguments?

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Is Russia "right" about presecuting Jehovah's Witnesses?

by iliketreasure in

jw
friends

jehovah's witnesses are presecuted in russia.

on par with the is and other terroristic groups.

it happened when the anti-extremism laws were extended to non-violent groups.. i don't believe that russia actually cares for the well-being of their citizens with this move and probably merely a law to stop other political forces (and the jws are one in a way, since their gather authority over large groups of people and also have their own political and judicial institutiona), but are they right about it anyway?.

Corney

Nathan Natas, I guess you justify the Holocaust in the same (sick) way, don't you?

Brokeback Watchtower, Watchtower isn't controlled by the US Government and doesn't act in America's interests and contrary to Russia's ones. The Kremlin's paranoia isn't a proper reason for the persecutions.

galaxie, Jehovah's Witnesses must be allowed to freely practice their faith. Period.

As to Watchtower's accountability, I think government can restrict religious freedom when such restrictions address - and effectively - specific problematic practices and restrict personal freedom to the lesser extent (civil lawsuits, corporate fines, public investigations etc.). The campaign of terror launched by the Russian govt doesn't satisfy any of these conditions. Your reasoning ("Watchtower is bad therefore it's ok to persecute JWs") is equally applicable to the cases of Malawi and Nazi Germany, do you understand it?

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Infiltrated Elders?

by john.prestor in

so i'm watching john cedars commentary on the annual meeting from this last october, and at one point he shows a clip of garrett loesch talking about the struggles jehovah's witnesses faced decades before in the soviet union.

he claimed that police officers, maybe the kgb, infiltrated congregations which met in secret by studying with jehovah's witnesses, getting baptized, and then working their way up to becoming elders.

ceders jokes that this shows what kind of role holy spirit actually plays within body of elders, but another interpretation came to my mind just now.

Corney

Pete Zahut,

Another man, lacking faith in God and wholly convinced that Communism was mankind’s only hope, had no qualms about infiltrating himself into Jehovah’s organization in order to pass on information about their activities to the State Security Service [Stasi]. After being “baptized” in 1978, he lived a lie for ten years. But he now admits: “The behavior of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which I experienced firsthand, and a study of the Creation and Revelation Climax books convinced me that much of what enemies say about the Witnesses is untrue. The proofs of the existence of a Creator are overwhelming.” Shortly before the Berlin Wall fell, he was faced with a hard decision: either find an excuse to withdraw from Jehovah’s people and keep on supporting a system in which he no longer believed or admit to being a traitor and then strive to become a genuine servant of Jehovah. He chose the latter. His sincere repentance led to a Bible study and to a second baptism, this time one based on accurate knowledge and true dedication.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/301999000#h=166:0-166:1017

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Infiltrated Elders?

by john.prestor in

so i'm watching john cedars commentary on the annual meeting from this last october, and at one point he shows a clip of garrett loesch talking about the struggles jehovah's witnesses faced decades before in the soviet union.

he claimed that police officers, maybe the kgb, infiltrated congregations which met in secret by studying with jehovah's witnesses, getting baptized, and then working their way up to becoming elders.

ceders jokes that this shows what kind of role holy spirit actually plays within body of elders, but another interpretation came to my mind just now.

Corney

Undoubtedly, the infiltration took place.

Dmitro Vedeneyev, Ukrainian SBU-affiliated historian, examined KGB archives, and in his mediocre book Atheists in the Uniform he described large-scale MGB/KGB operations against JWs and other religious groups. Those operations included infiltration and recruitment, and the org was one of the most important (in 1960s one of the three KGB anti-religious department's units in the Soviet Ukraine was assigned the task of fighting it) and hard targets for KGB; some Witnesses allegedly even acted like double agents disinforming their KGB recruiters.

Nikolay Bychkov publicly stated that he was a KGB informer (not an officer) directed to infiltrate the org but eventually he became a JW himself.

Hans Hermann Dirksen, an author of a book about JWs in the GDR, probably affiliated with Watchtower, wrote: "An order issued in January 1951 by Erich Mielke, permanent secretary in charge of the Stasi, identified the deployment of spies as the principal technique to be used: 'discovering the leaders and the most dangerous agents of the sect is possible only by working hard to find unofficial collaborators who have good prospects in the sect and who will secretly keep us informed'46 Stasi employees thus began to study the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses and even took part in their preaching activity" (Jehovah's Witnesses under Communist Regimes, p. 233-4 [5-6]). More information about the Stasi infiltration, recruitment and other tactics can be found here: https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rss/34-2_145.pdf (especially p. 154 [10] et seq.).

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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

by usualusername1 in

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i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

am in shock.

Corney

TFG,

If you're interested in more info, you can also access the planning documents here: https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do?activeTab=relatedCases&keyVal=MX6F1N00DT030

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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

by usualusername1 in

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friends

i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

am in shock.

Corney

Pete Zahut,

I think the OP mentioned this place: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/planning-application-search/3-pioneer-place

According to the attached reports, in addition to KH buildings 5 residential homes are located there.

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JWLEAKS.ORG is back for 2019 with a Scandal

by jwleaks in

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yep, we are back after taking some extended time off.. the jwleaks.org website had been archived for some time.

i was concentrating on other jw-related projects in relation to say sorry.. but the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, who no longer claim to be infallible, decided that in their fallibility the best use of 'dedicated funds' would be to launch civil action against me in a us federal court.

to this end watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc., sent their attorneys after me.

Corney

vienne,

"Watchtower admitted that Fremont Congregation elders Gary Abrahamson and Michael Clarke were Watchtower's agents while acting within the course and scope of their church duties".

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1697528.html

Anyway, the question of jurisdiction is immaterial. I have reasons to suspect that the story is incorrect.

Listener,

This question was discussed previously: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5766476486148096/all-watchtower-brooklyn-sales-37-nyc-doc-pages-spreadsheet?page=2#5389997151617024
I also believe it's a common practice in real property business to create legal entities for every project.

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JWLEAKS.ORG is back for 2019 with a Scandal

by jwleaks in

jw
friends

yep, we are back after taking some extended time off.. the jwleaks.org website had been archived for some time.

i was concentrating on other jw-related projects in relation to say sorry.. but the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, who no longer claim to be infallible, decided that in their fallibility the best use of 'dedicated funds' would be to launch civil action against me in a us federal court.

to this end watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc., sent their attorneys after me.

Corney

jwleaks, can you please answer my question about a copy of the stipulation of 8/6/12 or of the order of 8/13/12?

vienne, I think California courts have jurisdiction over entities operating in the state, having agents and subordinates in it etc.

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JWLEAKS.ORG is back for 2019 with a Scandal

by jwleaks in

jw
friends

yep, we are back after taking some extended time off.. the jwleaks.org website had been archived for some time.

i was concentrating on other jw-related projects in relation to say sorry.. but the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, who no longer claim to be infallible, decided that in their fallibility the best use of 'dedicated funds' would be to launch civil action against me in a us federal court.

to this end watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc., sent their attorneys after me.

Corney

OC, this is not *his* list. Re-naming a file and creating it aren't the same thing.

And thank you for the information; to check it, anybody can use this link: https://property.tompkins-co.org/IMO/propdetail.aspx?swis=503289&printkey=03000000010240020000 (click on "Click Here for Public Access" >> agree with the terms >> click on "Owner/Sales" or "Report" button).