A new ruling from a Madrid court supports that the Jehovah’s Witnesses can be called an “extremist and destructive sect” MC | EFENEWS January 10, 2024 A judge has issued a second ruling that endorses, under the umbrella of freedom of expression , the criticism expressed by the Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah’s Witnesses towards the religious confession, in this […]
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In the next two weeks, the court will decide whether adults in a strict religious community have real freedom. If Jehovah’s Witnesses lose, it will cause a stir far beyond their own ranks. Morten Marius Larsen, news director Vart Land January 9, 2024 The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ practice of exclusion has become well known in the Norwegian […]
In a recent morning worship talk, Robert Ciranko, helper to the governing body, doubled down on the Watchtower society’s shunning policy. This video shows that the two main scriptures, 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 and 2 John 9-11, most often used by the organization do not support their claims. Instead of being a practice engaged in by […]
“It can be compared to a feeling of sadness. But it is difficult to describe,” Per Ole Nilsen searches to find the words when he is asked about his son. The distance from Grimstad to the son’s home in Risør hasn’t changed, but the father no longer travels to visit as before. Nilsen is a member of […]
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Living With the Nightmares
Jehovah’s Witness defector Frode: Living with the nightmares https://www.dagbladet.no/tema/jehovas-vitner-avhopper-frode-lever-med-marerittene/78508064 For many years he was part of the religious community Jehovah’s Witnesses. Then Frode (45) had enough. Now he reveals everything about life on the inside, the “forbidden” sexuality and falling in love – and the dramatic break-up. LOST FAITH: Faith disappeared over twenty years ago, […]
The international leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses says in a December Governing Body Update video #8 that they will never be pressured into changing their biblical stance. Jehovah’s Witnesses’ rules regarding the exclusion of members have been severely cracked down on by the Norwegian authorities. Not only are they denied state subsidies for 2021 as recently confirmed […]
Sugar Mizzy January 27, 2022 In a message on their website, the Attorney General writes that they have found several violations of the religious community law by Jehovah’s Witnesses. “After receiving warnings from previous members regarding exclusion and expulsion of members, the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs has asked the State Administrator in Oslo […]
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Why Is Shunning Necessary?
During the 2015 Australian Royal Commission, two representatives of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society were asked why it is necessary for the organization to have a policy that tells all of their members to shun persons that have disassociated themselves. Notice their evasive reply.
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Shunning – A Loving Provision?
This article is in response to an article written by Massimo Introvigne a Roman Catholic scholar from Turin Italy who defends cults and new religious movements. He has been requested by the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses to defend their religious rights in court. This is his second article written in defense of their practice […]
In 2012, several individuals in New Jersey began a nonprofit organization, NJ Safe & Sound, to advocate for legislation to protect families in cases of undue influence and predatory alienation. Their own personal experiences with predatory alienation led them to their advocacy efforts. As a result of the advocacy efforts of NJ Safe and Sound, […]