Norway – Funding Toxic Faith and Extreme Beliefs
“Toxic faith is a destructive and dangerous involvement in a religion that allows the religion, not a relationship with God, to control a person’s life.” – Arterburn, S. & Felton, J. (1991). Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse. Should State subsidies be used to promote and fund toxic beliefs and practices such […]
Dishonesty from Jehovah’s Witnesses
STATE SUPPORT: Chairman of the Board Jørgen Pedersen and I have served together as elders. We both know about the requirement to shy away from those who sign up. Originally published by vartland on March 27, 2022. Rolf Furuli, Jehovah’s Witnesses, debate I will not try to interpret the law on religious communities, nor will […]
BELGIUM: Appeal to the Ghent Court
Patrick Haeck is a former elder of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Here he reports on the court proceedings that took place in the Ghent Courtroom in Belgium where Jehovah’s Witnesses appeal the ruling of inciting hate and discrimination towards former Jehovah’s Witnesses. Yesterday, March 22, 2022, we spent a particularly long and difficult day in front of […]
NETHERLANDS: Chamber wants to stop ‘blackmail’ by Jehovah’s Witnesses
A House majority is against the practice of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The parties suspect that the religious community is blackmailing people who want to leave the faith. Originally published in Dutch on Pointer by J Koot on March 18, 2022. Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their members going doo-to-door bringing the faith, have strict rules against apostates. […]
Jehovah’s Witness loses case over blood transfusion in Supreme Court
Original article published in Danish by TV 2 on February 1, 2022 Because an unconscious patient was in mortal danger when he received a blood transfusion, it was not illegal. Copenhagen, Denmark – It was not in violation of the right to self-determination when an unconscious male patient who was a member of the faith […]
Ongoing Developments in Norway
Jehovah’s Witnesses may lose registration as a religious community. After losing access to taxpayers’ funds last month, the registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway is now being questioned. Below is a translation of an article by Caroline Teinum Gilje that was published by vl.no on February 15, 2022. To deprive a religious and philosophical community […]
Watchtower on the Decline!
Jehovah’s Witnesses, also known as Watchtower, has been on the decline since September 2010. This is NOT based on a leaked letter or some secret document hidden from ordinary Jehovah’s Witnesses by the Governing Body. Written by Lester Somrah – February 5, 2022 Every year Watchtower produces a statistical Service Year Report that shows the […]
Life as a Jehovah’s Witness – The Best Life Ever
WARNING – This article contains coarse and sexually explicit language. The following showed up on my Facebook news-feed and was not written by me. Nonetheless, it is a vivid and terse description of life growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness. And if it didn’t happen to me, it happened to a kid I/you knew in […]
Former JW member on Norway State aid cut – The whole thing is just sad
Originally published on vl.no on January 27, 2022 and translated using Google. Jehovah’s Witnesses: On Thursday, it became clear that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not receive state support, in part because of their exclusionary practice.This whole case affects me personally, says ex-member. It was absolutely shocking. I sit and read through the decision. It is touching […]