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With the decision to ban the NWT, the Russian Federation has assumed a hostile posture that should concern more than just the Witnesses. According to Willy Fautré, director and co-founder of Belgium-based Human Rights Without Frontiers: "Any translation of any other historical sacred book—the Koran of the Muslims, the Tanakh of the Jews, and the Kangyur of the Buddhists—can now be declared illegal in Russia, and any sacred book of any other religion is now vulnerable to state censorship in Russia."
Scores of religious experts following the situation in Russia have not been shy in speaking out in opposition to the case, such as Daniel Mark, chairman of the United States Commission on Religious Freedom, who states: "The conclusion by the court—by any court—that the NWT translation is not a Bible is nonsense." Likewise, Dr. Mathew N. Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, declares: "the claim that the NWT is not 'a Bible' is absurd."
originally posted by: ElectricFeel
a reply to: DrunkenMimeMaster
Satan's goal for mankind:
Abolition of ALL ordered national governments.
Abolition of inheritance
Abolition of private property.
Abolition of patriotism.
Abolition of the individual home and family life as the cell from which all civilizations have stemmed.
Abolition of ALL religions established and existing so that the Luciferian ideology of totalitarianism may be imposed on mankind.
They plan, and God also plans and God is the best of planners.
originally posted by: SoaringHawk83
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
The Jehovah's Witnesses are not a 'Christian minority'. They're not Christian. They are a cult and so are LDS. The NWT is a perversion of the Holy Bible.
originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
Ok this isn't good at all, christian religious minorities are like the canary in the coal mine warning of more oppressive measures that are coming.
The Moscow-based Sova Center, which monitors the misuse of extremism legislation, criticized the "invalidity, helplessness, and glaring absurdity" of the panel's findings."It's just a typical translation," Aleksandr Verkhovsky, Sova's director, told RFE/RL. "It differs a little, of course, in language. There is always a variation between translations. It is not fundamentally different [from other versions of the Bible]."He added: "It's written in more modern language, and there is a certain difference [in the translation] which reflects their religious beliefs. Some things are written, for instance, with a small letter, not with a big letter. Or where different names for God are used, [the Jehovah's Witnesses] write Jehovah everywhere. That's the level [of variation that] we're talking about."
originally posted by: ElectricFeel
They plan but God also plans and God is the best of planners.