Posts by InquiryMan

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Watchtower Accepts Money from the Norwegian gambling Authority

by Newly Enlightened in

great find jonas!!!.

https://youtu.be/yfqffc7vczo.

InquiryMan

Thus nothing dubious or shocking at all. The foundation authority was added om 2005. And as I stated the grants referred to are earmarked for electicity bills.

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Watchtower Accepts Money from the Norwegian gambling Authority

by Newly Enlightened in

great find jonas!!!.

https://youtu.be/yfqffc7vczo.

It is this agency that coordinates and distribute the extraordinary support of covering parts of the electicity bill for various organizatons and associations that applies for it. Also all private citizens get starte subsidies due to the unusually high energy prizes. So not chocking at all. Also, that Jw have got its share of government grants the past decades has been a well known fact in Norway.

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Editorial in newspaper on disfellowshipping

by InquiryMan in

a norwegian regional newspaper published an article on a circuit assembly day of jws (including a photo) some weeks ago.

following that, a df woman was interviewed in another article.. following up on that, this editorial was written and published .. http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&nyhetid=8368.

jehovah's witnesses are one of them.

InquiryMan

A read did send in the following letter to the newspaper a couple of days later:

http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=8415&sok=1

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Editorial in newspaper on disfellowshipping

by InquiryMan in

a norwegian regional newspaper published an article on a circuit assembly day of jws (including a photo) some weeks ago.

following that, a df woman was interviewed in another article.. following up on that, this editorial was written and published .. http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&nyhetid=8368.

jehovah's witnesses are one of them.

InquiryMan

Try to open this up in e.g. google chrome / google translate

http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=8368&sok=1

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Editorial in newspaper on disfellowshipping

by InquiryMan in

a norwegian regional newspaper published an article on a circuit assembly day of jws (including a photo) some weeks ago.

following that, a df woman was interviewed in another article.. following up on that, this editorial was written and published .. http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&nyhetid=8368.

jehovah's witnesses are one of them.

InquiryMan

A Norwegian regional newspaper published an article on a circuit assembly day of JWs (including a photo) some weeks ago. Following that, a DF woman was interviewed in another article.

Following up on that, this editorial was written and published .

http://saltenposten.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=8368

Translaed by means of googlet translate (have no time to translate myself)

Editorial:
Ostracized as an unbeliever
Shadow Side of Jehovah's Witnesses say that this religious sect has not changed.

A month ago had Saltenposten a report from a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses had in Fauske.

It showed the sunny side to this religious sect.

Saturday came the other side of the movement forward. It is a terrifying story of a woman who has left the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Which led to her being ostracized.

We have heard such stories before. Of families split, and parents who do not want to know of their children. A little hell on earth.

Plus a prediction that it gets even worse when the unbeliever dies.

In that sense, the woman who told her story Saturday confirmation that Jehovah's Witnesses have not changed.

Behind a pretty facade hides a nasty side.

People must be allowed to have their religious convictions, no matter how naive it may appear in an enlightened world, where most have received a scientific explanation.

As long as they preach about a loving deity.

Far worse is it when religions legitimize the right to torment and tease other people, physically or mentally.

There should be a criminal offense.

Physical terror is easy to denounce. But psychological terror is not any better. It can also destroy people.

Expulsion is psychological terror whether it happens in the schoolyard or in religious communities.

Fundamentalism we take distance from, whether it is based on Christian, Muslim or other religious faiths.

In today's society in which several religions meet, tolerance is particularly important.
Arthur Arntzen, better known as Oluf {Norwegian comical figure} has many times repeated his message that swearing never started any wars.

Unlike religions.

The Norwegian Church has over the last hundred years has evolved to become a national church which preaches tolerance and charity.

Other Christian communities are far behind.

Jehovah's Witnesses are one of them. They refuse even to respond to criticism, they rise above it. Their interpretation of the Bible is their guide.

That it has become a straitjacket that destroys the lives of other people, they refuse to put up with.

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Brooklyn Bethel Tours Through The Roof

by freemindfade in

was speaking with someone last night who just recently toured the us bethel's.

the brooklyn tour i heard was awful, very limited and disappointing and conducted by a local pioneer and not even a bethelite.

well from what they are telling the folks on the tour since the tm3 bit encouraging (guilting) people about going to disneyland on vacation when you haven't visited bethel, monthly tours went from 6000 to 16000!

InquiryMan

I visited many branch offices as well as the HQs while a witness. Was always interesting.

USA, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Barbados, Austria and Kenya.

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What actually DID you learn?

by punkofnice in

my jw friends that still speak to me, tell me that they love the meetings because of the things they learn.. i wonder what they think they're learning?

it an avenue that always perplexes me because their replies are just so wishy washy or i get a blank stare when i ask.. what's you r experience?.

InquiryMan

I learnt a lot of bible characters, greek language/grammar, bible history, bible in general.

By reading the literature I have learnt a lot on various subjects, especially since at my time Awake was published twice a month each having 32 pages and the layout was not as "airy" as today.

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