Russian Ministry set to reply to all 8,000,000 Jehovah's Witnesses around the world with information packets detailing the reasons for the actions taken. Information packets will include detailed material demonstrating that the Watchtower's "blood policy" is hypocritical and dangerous.
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GB asks every JW to give Putin their home address
by MrHappy injw's around the globe have been encouraged to write letters to putin and the russian government.
they are expected to give their personal details on the envelope.
i appreciate that this might be normal when writing to your own government if they are tolerant, but is this not a bit strange that the gb want to give putin the address of every jw in the world?
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Russia and the letter writing
by Listener inthis is the whole of the instructions that the watchtower gave jws when writing to russian officials -.
content • you are writing to the official to request his intervention.
express the hope that the russian authorities will stop the legal action being taken against the branch office and the congregations in russia so that our brothers and sisters can continue to gather peacefully for christian meetings without interference.
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I did a little editing.Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Dear Honorable Vladimir Putin:Russian Branch Office of Jehovah’s Witnesses
would be shut down and liquidated
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I know you and your staff are working hard to provide a fair and peaceful environment for the citizens of your country. At the same time I would like to implore you to expand the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses in your country.
In 1633 Galileo was convicted of heresy for publishing information that the earth was not the center of the universe. The Church used heavy-handedness to silence anything or anyone who challenged their authority. It took 300 years for the Church to admit that Galileo was right and clear his name of heresy.
Today in the 21st century, Jehovah’s Witnesses have continued the tradition by crushing dissent in their ranks. It's takes great effort to silence they who would speak the modern "Earth is not flat" truths, that, for instance we conceal child abusers and punish victims and their families, that we break up families, that our doctrines are lethal and unscriptural, that we try to fool public officialdom at every turn and use them to our advantage as in our secret affiliation with United Nations.We hope that we can go past 300 years without EVER having to admit anything, and we need your help. We are more than a third of the way there, but with your help, with a little more obfuscation and lies, and a heap more persecution of our brethren who would dare to speak out the truth, we can get there.
Step 1) Ban our publications. When any of Jehovah’s Witnesses publications are outlawed and labeled “extremist,” we comply with the law and remove it from our places of worship and homes. However, this does not stop the persecution. The Russian authorities consistently find our secret stash and prosecute us for breaking the law.
Step 2) Ban us from teaching the Bible outside our places of worship. The study aids we publish are not essential to our faith. We need only the Bible. Except that ...- "All who want to understand the Bible should appreciate that the "greatly diversified wisdom of God" can become known only through Jehovah's channel of communication, the faithful and discreet slave."The Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1994, p. 8.
I am writing, Honorable Putin, to respectfully request your official intervention.- Continue applying legislation on extremism to the peaceful worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Advance the claim filed with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation seeking “to declare the religious organization, the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses, extremist, ban its activity, and liquidate it.”
- Widen the list of WTBTS religious publications in the Federal List of Extremist Materials
- Ensure that Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot peacefully enjoy freedom of religion and assembly without interference
- Enforce media standards prohibiting libel and slander (this needs no modification)
(see 1935 yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses)
Respectfully,
Greg (the fool) Holland
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Chairman of the St Petersburg-based Administrative Centre of JWs issues press release - Forum 18
by OrphanCrow inaccording to the latest forum 18 article, this is what happened in russia on march 15:.
http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2265.
with immediate effect, a 15 march suspension order forbids the administrative centre and all its local religious organisations from "using state and municipal news media, organising and conducting assemblies, rallies, demonstrations, processions, picketing, and other mass actions or public events, and using bank deposits, with the exception of use for making payments connected with their economic activity, compensating for losses (damages) caused by their actions, and paying taxes, fees, or fines, and making payments based on labour contracts" .
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biblexaminer
Great post! Seems we should all get involved here.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6225304102109184/religious-repression-silencing-dissent
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JW's Should Be Banned!
by mr_doubtful ini'm all for religious freedoms.
i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.
why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.
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Do you want to stop Religious Repression?
Contact
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Write a good email to them, defining how the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society is a repressive organization that crushes free speech.
How they brainwash people to kill themselves.
How they vilify members who speak the truth.
http://www.uscirf.gov/about-uscirf/contact-us
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Religious Repression and silencing dissent.
by biblexaminer indo you want to stop religious repression?.
contact .
u.s. commission on international religious freedom .
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Do you want to stop Religious Repression?
Contact
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Write a good email to them, defining how the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society is a repressive organization that crushes free speech.
How they brainwash people to kill themselves.
How they vilify members who speak the truth.
http://www.uscirf.gov/about-uscirf/contact-us
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RED HERRING
by biblexaminer inif you have the inclination, call the number and ask ..."is russia banning "reading the bible, singing and praying with fellow worshippers"??.
can you say red herring?.
maybe they should add "feeding your children is clearly not criminal, neither is helping an old woman cross the street".
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Why the Russians are doing what the Russians are doing.
1) They forcibly deny persons freedom of speech.
2) They break up families and friendships through extreme shunning.
3) They enforce a self-contradictory policy concerning blood therapies, causing DEATH.
4) They demonize whistleblowers for telling the truth.
5) They use methods of communication within the WTBTS organization to avoid State policing according to Yarovaya’s Law
6) They tell untruth in the extreme concerning the WTBTS organization's history, to keep people in their icy grip.
7) They blatantly discourage education beyond what is necessary for bare existence.
8) They manipulate members to divest their valuables into the coffers of the WTBTS.
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RED HERRING
by biblexaminer inif you have the inclination, call the number and ask ..."is russia banning "reading the bible, singing and praying with fellow worshippers"??.
can you say red herring?.
maybe they should add "feeding your children is clearly not criminal, neither is helping an old woman cross the street".
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Why, exactly, does the WATCHTOWER have a picture of a church in there?
AhA! They are appealing to the mentally weak. They try to make people believe that Russia is shutting down the churches!
Not one "church" is being affected ... 0% churches.
It's 100% KINGDUMB HULLS. Why not put a picture of a KINGDUMB HULL there??
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RED HERRING
by biblexaminer inif you have the inclination, call the number and ask ..."is russia banning "reading the bible, singing and praying with fellow worshippers"??.
can you say red herring?.
maybe they should add "feeding your children is clearly not criminal, neither is helping an old woman cross the street".
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If you have the inclination, call the number and ask ..."Is Russia banning "Reading the Bible, singing and praying with fellow worshippers"??
Can you say RED HERRING?
Maybe they should add "Feeding your children is clearly not criminal, neither is helping an old woman cross the street"
Sure, it's got nothing to do with it, but it will motivate the blind.
“Reading the Bible, singing, and praying with fellow worshippers is clearly not criminal,” adds Mr. Semonian. “We hope that our global letter-writing campaign will motivate Russian officials to stop this unjustifiable action against our fellow worshippers.”
Instructions for Letter-Writing CampaignIn
order to participate in the letter-writing campaign, please use the
link below to download the instructions and mailing addresses.
Download Instructions
Media Contacts:
International: David A. Semonian, Office of Public Information, +1-845-524-3000
Russia: Yaroslav Sivulskiy, +7-812-702-2691 -
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"Forced" study with an Elder - The first question i will pose, help appreciated.
by CitizenofEarth inhello folks.
as some of you might know my dad couldnt keep quiet about my view of the world, so i have been "forced" to study with an elder.
otherwise i would be dragged to questioning, which is to much pressure for a young inexperienced person like me.
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biblexaminer
If you are financially dependent on your folks, then you are stuck. Watchtower makes good use of economic pressure. Once a youth is able to fend for themselves, true freedom follows.
But if you want to talk, then the chief thing that you will be faced with is the blood doctrine and the outsiders who will question you on this topic. This is the most powerful topic, and the fact that it is so controversial means that you have a valid excuse to bring it up. Outsiders will inquire from you an answer.
"My teacher asked me how it is that we can't participate in the blood drive because blood must be 'poured out' according to our beliefs, but at the same time we are allowed to have blood fractions which are produced with donated blood from these same drives?"
No way out for the elder.
But understand first that you start a war with this. You nail them to the wall, and on every nail is written the word hypocrite.
You don't want a war? Then refer back to the first sentence.
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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WELCOME TO RUSSIA
Activities that are BANNED.
1) Theft
2) Murder
3) Running a confidence scheme involving the use of religion to convince people to sign over their worldly goods and then refuse medical treatment causing DEATH.
4) Child molestation and the conspiracy to cover it up..
5) Using religion to manipulate persons with false information.
6) Strong arming your neighbours with the use of religion to shun whistleblowers including family members.
7) Self aggrandizement.
8) Uttering false prophecy to aid in a confidence scheme.
9) Slander of the Devine.
10) Public lying.
