Posts by InquiryMan

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Swedish government declines to give JW financial support

by InquiryMan in

quite recently, watchtower in sweden applied for governmental financial support, as they are entitled to as a registered religious community.

however, the government declined to accept the application, stating that the reason was that the jws do not adhere to democratic values and standards and do not support mainstream values.. the witnesses are upset, because they feel discriminated against.

they state that the financial issue is not the real issue, but to be treated in a similar way as other religious communities.. they have appealed the decision and plan to send a report explaining the witnesses views in more detail.. the branch office chose the religious, pentecostal (assembly of god) newspaper "dagen" to make an interview.. here is the photo report of the article.. .

InquiryMan

BTW. JWs have received governmental support (actually the government pays the same amount per member to all registered belief communities as they do to the State Church, so it is a kind of tax being paid back to the religious community) in Norway for many years...

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Swedish government declines to give JW financial support

by InquiryMan in

quite recently, watchtower in sweden applied for governmental financial support, as they are entitled to as a registered religious community.

however, the government declined to accept the application, stating that the reason was that the jws do not adhere to democratic values and standards and do not support mainstream values.. the witnesses are upset, because they feel discriminated against.

they state that the financial issue is not the real issue, but to be treated in a similar way as other religious communities.. they have appealed the decision and plan to send a report explaining the witnesses views in more detail.. the branch office chose the religious, pentecostal (assembly of god) newspaper "dagen" to make an interview.. here is the photo report of the article.. .

InquiryMan

Quite recently, Watchtower in Sweden applied for governmental financial support, as they are entitled to as a registered religious community. However, the government declined to accept the application, stating that the reason was that the JWs do not adhere to democratic values and standards and do not support mainstream values.

The witnesses are upset, because they feel discriminated against. They state that the financial issue is not the real issue, but to be treated in a similar way as other religious communities.

They have appealed the decision and plan to send a report explaining the witnesses views in more detail.

The Branch Office chose the religious, pentecostal (Assembly of God) newspaper "Dagen" to make an interview.

Here is the photo report of the article.

http://www.dagen.se/dagen/gallery/?ID=jehovasvittnen

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Have you ever insulted an elder or you know someone that did it?

by asilentone in

InquiryMan

I and some other teenagers once complained about elders drinking too much... Result: we are threatened with DF if speaking about it.... The wife of one elder did not speak to me for half a year

I pointed out to an elder that having champagne breakfasts was improper (Yes, I suppose I was overly righteous)... ;-)

I scorned an elder stating that I was happy not being brought up as a child within the JWs while I was an elder myself (got bad conscious and apologised to the PO for stating this)... He had the guts to state that us having babies/small kids could not feed them during the meeting cause it was written in a Kingdom Ministry article that it was improper to eat and drink during a meeting. I was furiously mad at him.

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Second Russian Court Rules Against Jehovah's Witnesses

by Kenneson in

"altai court condemns jehovah's witnesses for 'extremism' ".

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16505&size=a.

InquiryMan

Some have said that a country might be judged on how they view human rights on how they treat JWs...

I guess the treatment fits russia pretty well.. Because human rights are not held in such a high esteem there.

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Why it's Dangerous to Associate w/ Jehovah's Witnesses-Barbara Anderson

by flipper in

barbara wanted me to post this info she shared recently at a speech she gave at a seminar.

all comments welcome.

peace out .. .

InquiryMan

Also in general it seems that the most extreme cases, whether it be "scandals" or extreme severeness, takes place in the US... In e.g. Norway, only 2.6 per cent attend church on a weekly basis, so I guess also JWs are less "militant".

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Why it's Dangerous to Associate w/ Jehovah's Witnesses-Barbara Anderson

by flipper in

barbara wanted me to post this info she shared recently at a speech she gave at a seminar.

all comments welcome.

peace out .. .

InquiryMan

The essay was well written. However, I do agree that some points were unduly exagerrated. But perhaps the American version of JWism fits to that description. After all the outcome of less education, pension planning et is more visible in a country like the US with is not so developed when it comes to taking care of the welfare of its citizens.

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Watchtower Sends Legal Notice To Website Regarding Coyright Infringement

by Bangalore in

the watchtower has sent a legal notice to the owners of the eds blog for posting copyrighted material without permission.

here is the link to the trancript.

the site owners response is also there.. .

InquiryMan

I guess the socalled supersecret Watchtower non-public edition cannot be that secret after all.

Everybody can upload it from the societys own site.

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Ever had some Witness storm out or turn off a Movie you were watching! Which one?

by Witness 007 in

i was watching steve martin "leap of faith" pg rated mind you with some witnesses.

he plays a fake faith healer.

their were a couple swear words, and the brothers asked me to switch it off.. same thing happened with christine applegate movie {pg 13} "don't tell mom the babysiters dead.