Posted on 04/20/2017 2:20:39 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious group, deeming it to be an extremist organisation.
The justice ministry argued that the group had distributed pamphlets which incited hatred against other groups.
Lawyers representing the group reject the claims and say they will appeal.
The denomination says it has 175,000 members in Russia - a country where it was persecuted during the Stalin era.
An estimated eight million people worldwide are part of the Christian-based movement, best known for going door-to-door looking for new converts.
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“Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door...”
Not a big fan of JWs but never thought they were extreme in any way that harmed anyone else.
Besides their perverted theology, I have nothing against JW’s. They are polite enough in their up-front contacts at people’s front doors. Sometimes too up front. But “extremist” and inciting hatred? Hardly.
Q: What do you get when you cross a Jehovah’s Witness with a Unitarian Universalist?
A: Someone who will knock on your door, but they can’t tell you why.
Most people don’t know that Jehovah’s Witnesses were among the groups persecuted and sent to death camps by the Nazis. Their theology is something I’ve lots of problems with, but they aren’t even really a minor nuisance for all their incessant door-knocking.
Yes, they are polite when I tell them I am not interested and send them on their way. I guess Russians don't like uninvited people knocking on their doors. Must give them NKVD/KGB flashbacks.
Love your screen name!
“Q: What do you get when you cross a Jehovah’s Witness with a Unitarian Universalist?
A: Someone who will knock on your door, but they can’t tell you why.”
LOL post of the day.
They are harmless. I thought Russia was becoming more open to all Christian denominations. This sounds like a putsch by the Orthodox Church.................
Well, Russia isn’t all bad, is it?
Russia allows no protestant evangelization was the last report I read. Charges rule in Russia.
Many years ago the Russian Orthodox had priests sprinkling “holy water” on ICBM’s. I kid you not.
Or at least it was reported that is was on Russian TV as I recall.
It will be interesting to see folks try to flip this to Putin being the biggest friend Christians ever had. You know it’s coming...
That could be. That could be something Russians find VERY offensive.
“This sounds like a putsch by the Orthodox Church.................”
I hate to say but I can appreciate their point of view. They want to preserve the Russian identity and the Russian nation and that means cultural protectionism.
We could use some of that in the USA.
A cult, yes...extremist? No.
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