I've not PM anyone. This account is open to anyone.
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MLRD — 4 years ago(March 17, 2022 01:34 PM)
I suppose I am European.
We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking.- Stephen Hawking.
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MissMargoChanning — 4 years ago(March 14, 2022 09:43 PM)
My husband once went to the door and offered them a beer. They declined, and quickly left. Of course they handed him their pamphlets and my husband wished them a good day.
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
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TaraDeS — 4 years ago(March 15, 2022 05:58 AM)
Jehovah's Witnesses
is a millenarian restorationist
Christian denomination
with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in evangelism and an annual Memorial attendance of over 21 million.
Political and religious animosity against Jehovah's Witnesses has at times led to mob action and government oppression in various countries. Their stance regarding political neutrality and their refusal to serve in the military has led to imprisonment of members who refused conscription during World War II and at other times where national service has been compulsory. Their religious activities are currently
banned
or restricted in some countries, including
China, Vietnam, and many Muslim-majority countries
.
In 1933, there were approximately 20,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in
Nazi Germany
,of whom about 10,000 were imprisoned. Jehovah's Witnesses suffered religious persecution by the Nazis because they refused military service and allegiance to Hitler's National Socialist Party. Of those, 2,000 were sent to Nazi concentration camps, where they were identified by purple triangles; as many as 1,200 died, including 250 who were executed.
In
Canada
during World War II, Jehovah's Witnesses were interned in camps along with political dissidents and people of Chinese and Japanese descent.
In 1951, about 9,300 Jehovah's Witnesses in the
Soviet Union
were deported to Siberia as part of Operation North in April 1951.
In
socialist East Germany
, from the 1950s to the 1980s, Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted extensively by the State Security Service (the Stasi), who frequently used decomposition methods against them. Jehovah's Witnesses were considered to be a threat because their belief system did not conform to socialist standards, and their members sometimes had contact with the West.
In April 2017, the Supreme Court of
Russia
labeled Jehovah's Witnesses an extremist organization, banned its activities in Russia and issued an order to confiscate the organization's assets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses
Yah, the solution of ultimately get rid of them is there.
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TaraDeS — 4 years ago(March 16, 2022 10:05 AM)
by Millard Rausch (March 15, 2022 01:42 PM)
Member since November 12, 2021
Well if they left people alone maybe they wouldn't have such a hard time of it.
Could be…and if they wouldn't refuse military service and accept blood transfusions they would live longer. Sounds at first contradictorily but as a military member you have a better survival chance than a civilian nowadays (in case of War).
I believe in no Religion anymore though in my childhood we were more often visited by Mormons. Always well dressed and very polite one made the mistake to tell us his grandmother was a Native American. No talk about his interesting faith possible after that…he needed to play Winnetou with us!
Winnetou
(his friend Old Shatterhand just frees him)
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Oliver Stonehenge — 4 years ago(March 15, 2022 04:02 AM)
Jehovah Witnesses are Christians.
No, they're not Christian at all. They're considered a cult because they espouse an heretical version of Scripture..
cult - A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
Just don't answer the door when they knock. Problem solved.