10 Apr 12
Originally posted by FMFNot quite. I think many groups are persecuted for their religious beliefs and could probably list quite a few for which religious belief is part of it. My point was that it is not always easy to tell.
I'll take that as a 'no' then. 🙂
The Ahmadiyya here in Indonesia are an example of a group who are persecuted for reasons of religious doctrine alone.
I agree that that is probably a clear cut case of purely religious persecution.
10 Apr 12
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieYour not persecuted, JWs are just annoying. Being told you are annoying because you are annoying, is NOT persecution.
Yes we are persecuted, it is documented and well known.
Like most Eritreans, I and my family had contributed to the liberation of Eritrea as
freedom fighters for a number of years before the independence. After
independence, I ( and one of my brothers) served in the police force. My religion is
Orthodox Christian. But one of my sisters (who x, and had many an excellent
discussion with me and accepted our literature readily 🙂
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Originally posted by divegeester*In France, the government has officially branded Jehovah's Witnesses a "dangerous sect." In 2006 alone, 71 Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses were vandalized, firebombed, burned and shot at. Rather than offer protection, French government officials publicly call Jehovah's Witnesses "criminals" and impose a crippling 60-percent tax not levied on any other religion.
Your not persecuted, JWs are just annoying. Being told you are annoying because you are annoying, is NOT persecution.
*South Korea has imprisoned 1,000 Jehovah's Witness ministers who are conscientious objectors to military service. Men who complete their jail time are re-drafted and given new prison sentences. Singapore only incarcerates Jehovah's Witnesses while other conscientious objectors are allowed to do non-military community service. In Turkey, a Jehovah's Witness was just handed his ninth prison term for refusal to bear arms.
*Moscow has outlawed Jehovah's Witnesses as a religion. They are not allowed to own houses of worship and are banned from practicing their faith anywhere. In other parts of Russia, police have raided services, beaten worshipers and jailed entire congregations. Uzbekistan has stripped its Jehovah's Witness communities of any legal status.
*Mexican authorities confiscated the farmland of 70 Jehovah's Witness families in 2005 and redistributed it to other settlers. Schools in Mexico fire teachers who are Jehovah's Witnesses.
Eritrea: In 2006 the U.S. State Department reported that Eritrea "singled out Jehovah's Witnesses for particularly harsh treatment." The government revoked their citizenship, denied them jobs, and expelled their children from school. Men were jailed for refusal to do military service. Officials have arrested entire Jehovah's Witness congregations, holding members in metal shipping containers. Conscientious objectors Paulos Eyassu, 35, Negede Teklemariam, 34, and Isaac Mogos, 32, have spent more than 12 years in the remote Sawa prison camp. Tekle Tesfai, a 72-year-old Eritrean-born Dutch citizen, is serving a five-year prison sentence. All diplomatic efforts to win his release have failed.
*In India, mobs attacked Jehovah's Witnesses in door-to-door ministry - some beaten with fence posts -- in nine documented cases in 2006. Authorities refused to prosecute the assailants, but filed charges against the Jehovah's Witnesses for inciting the violence.
http://www.knocking.org/ReligiousPersecutionReport.html
10 Apr 12
Originally posted by divegeesterYou dont know anything about it, clearly. Never the less, its a pointless exercise trying
Everybody is persecuted in Pakistan, including Pakistanis. Being annoying in Pakistan is just plain stupid because the extremists there are much less tolerant of annoying people
to convince you of the fact,
(Proverbs 17:10) . . .A rebuke works deeper in one having understanding than striking
a stupid one a hundred times.
10 Apr 12
Originally posted by robbie carrobieChristians are persecuted in various countries all over the world, interestingly none of them are JWs. Funny that.
You dont know anything about it, clearly. Never the less, its a pointless exercise trying
to convince you of the fact,
(Proverbs 17:10) . . .A rebuke works deeper in one having understanding than striking
a stupid one a hundred times.
10 Apr 12
Originally posted by divegeesteractually its not made by Jehovahs witnesses, its a PBS documentary, shame for you
Lol, that's a site about a film made by JWs, hardly objective reporting. Keep drinking the kool-aid son.
you dont know anything, once again, its pointless trying to convince you otherwise,
(Proverbs 14:7) . . .Go away from in front of the stupid man, for you will certainly not take note of the lips of knowledge.
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Originally posted by divegeesterwaste someone else's time, i have nothing further to say to you, you have nothing of
Christians are persecuted in various countries all over the world, interestingly none of them are JWs. Funny that.
value to impart to me and i have nothing i want to give you,
(Proverbs 13:20) He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that
is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
10 Apr 12
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHe could punch himself in the face with his own fist and he'd deny it till he was blue in the face....
You dont know anything about it, clearly. Never the less, its a pointless exercise trying
to convince you of the fact,
(Proverbs 17:10) . . .A rebuke works deeper in one having understanding than striking
a stupid one a hundred times.
