Remember when the JWs condemned action taken by courts or governments to stifle the activities of the Catholic Church?
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http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/25028-russian-catholic-official-criticizes-court-ban-on-jehovah-s-witnesses.
russian catholic official criticizes court ban on jehovah's witnesses.
by jonathan luxmoore, catholic news service.
Remember when the JWs condemned action taken by courts or governments to stifle the activities of the Catholic Church?
Wait a sec ...
pimo (physically in, mentally out)?
no.. pomi (physically out, mentally in)?
no.. pamo (physically & mentally out)?
PAGAN = People Against the Governing body And Nulite.
i've noticed that lately the wt has been using the date 1919 more often.
in an almost matter of fact way, they will state that this is the year jesus finished refining his people and appointed the fds.
the only problem is there is little proof or even prophetic antitypes given for why this must have been the year.
Don't worry. The next revised version of the Revised New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures will correct any discrepencies that the bible has thereby bringing it inline with current teachings of the Watchtower magazine. Oh, and to prove the new revised version is the new truth backed by jehovah the GB will find at least three more places to insert the name 'jehovah' into the bible.
what is happening in kazakhstan?
that country that occupies a space between russia and china?.
kazakhstan is a landlocked country in central asia that shares borders with russia, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the caspian sea.. kazakhstan is 70% muslim.
Watchtower real estate assets in Russia = 330 + buildings = worldwide letter writing campaign
Watchtower real estate assets in Kazakhstan = 0 = no such campaign
i received a phone call, "is that (name)?".
i was working my way around a car park and answered.
"yeah hang on" at which the caller hung up.. this is a scam where they are wanting you to confirm who you are so they can move on identity theft.. the voice was male clear like a professional announcer.. i have reported this to the relevant authorities.. i have also frozen my bank account..
You can always answer unknown callers in Russian, just saying hello will suffice. If they are trying to scam Australians, usually from an fake Indian call centre for microsoft, telstra, or optus, then they will try to identify your language if you speak other than English. At this point speak English with a fake Russian accent. Some people I know have told them "this is the Russian Embassy and you are not from our technical department." Click!
Here is a YouTube video from Alena who is currently teaching me Russian.
i received a phone call, "is that (name)?".
i was working my way around a car park and answered.
"yeah hang on" at which the caller hung up.. this is a scam where they are wanting you to confirm who you are so they can move on identity theft.. the voice was male clear like a professional announcer.. i have reported this to the relevant authorities.. i have also frozen my bank account..
Scamwatch Australia
scamwatch.gov.au/attempts-to-gain-your-personal-information
"The little black book of scams" is a great booklet published by the Australia Government.
https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/the-little-black-book-of-scams
bethel seems to have legal fires happening everywhere.
https://www.newera.com.na/2017/04/28/church-loses-labour-case/.
Interesting that the Namibian government passes laws that protect the rights of volunteer bethel works and the first thing the Watchtower tries to do is shut down their bethel operations so they don't have to give rights to JWs.
Good thing the government refused to allow them to deregister. They knew exactly what was going to happen. The JWs had no intention of shutting shop in Namibia but rather to reform under another name to avoid liability.
You've got to wonder about the mindset of the god of that religion.
http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/new-jehovahs-witness-headquarters-hosts-first-open-houses.
new jehovah’s witness headquarters hosts first open houses.
28 apr 2017 posted by nathan glover .
The Jehovah's Witness denomination is among the most popular churches in the world.
Especially true if you consider that the JW leaders have been invited to appear before many a government, such as in Australia for the child abuse royal commission which resulted in the denomination being condemned, Russia for religious extremism which resulted in the denomination being banned, Britain which has resulted in the denomination being investigated by the charity commission, to name a few.
Then of course the denomination is also very popular with lawyers and law firms around the world who all want the opportunity to personally meet and talk to the members of the governing body, albeit in a courtroom.
imagine that you are fading and then, one day, the government bans your religion.. you no longer should have to fake it.
your fade has now been done for you.. but, imagine the fader who now must attend bunker meetings just to maintain being part of the jw family.. for me, the ban would be my ticket out, but i imagine that some faders in russia are still forcing themselves to attend underground meetings.
for those faders in unbanned countries: would a ban be your ticket to religious freedom?.
Join the Kevinly class and be like Kevin. He figured out how to fade and in the process survived the underground meetings. Oh, and he got the cute girl as well.
i would personally say, this was going to happen, but not quite yet.
but then i noticed this recently published story in the south china morning post (a newspaper once owned by rupert murdoch, but now owned by jack ma, one of china's richest men).. quote:.
how china has become america’s equal, as showcased at a harvard forumauthor: robert delaneyon the campus of harvard business school this past weekend there was little doubt among corporate leaders and investors gathered for an annual conference that china had arrived as an equal to the united states.keynote speeches, panel discussions and a business pitch competition at the 20th annual harvard china forum convened under the theme “sharing the road ahead” in english.. and, i got to thinking about donald trump's reversal of all the things he said he was going to do to china in his campaign speeches, and the reality now that he acts as president of the usa.