A funny little diplomatic cable regarding the Malawi atrocities against JW's in 1975
by Saintbertholdt 16 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Marvin Shilmer
...HE FOUND THE JW'S QUITE CAPABLE OF FALSIFICATIONS AND MISSTATEMENTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR CAUSE.
The leadership of this religion is quite capable of falsification and misstatement. The Malawi incident exemplifies the lengths Watchtower leadership is willing to go to build its religion empire on the backs of earnest but naive followers who suffered and died for refusing to do what top Watchtower leadership was doing all along.
Malawi — Savage Betrayal by Watchtower?
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EdenOne
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Coded Logic
Can someone cite a source where JWs say they were physically beaten in Malawi 1975? -
Coded Logic
Hmm, hard to make heads or "tales" of this.
Here is a newspaper clippings of JWs claiming persecution at the end of 1975 (couldn't find the Dec 8th WT cited in the story). And the only source cited for the persecution of the JWs is a "Central African correspondent for Awake".
It's hard to tell if the specific abuse cases being cited in these papers are from 1975 or from 1967. Not sure what to believe here.
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talesin
Quotes from Aug. 8 / 76 Awake! (TM) ; dunno if that's helpful
From JWFacts
“It is because Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to buy the Malawi Congress Party card. This card declares the holder to be a member of the ruling political party of Malawi. But for Jehovah’s Witnesses to buy a political card and thus join a political party would be an open denial of what they believe and stand for.”Awake! 1976 Aug 8 p.5
Jesus Christ said of his followers: “They are no part of the world.” And he told a first-century political ruler: “My kingdom is no part of this world.” (John 17:16; 18:36) Therefore, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that joining a political party is wrong for them. They are not being obstinate or unreasonable. They would gladly buy an identification document, or even a card that declares them to be tax-paying citizens of the country. Awake! 1976 Aug 8 p.5 Malawi—What’s Happening There Now?
