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Fake Internet posts said President Donald Trump offered to give refuge to Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses after that country banned followers of the religion, but there is no record he made any such comments.
"Trump warns Russia over Jehovah’s Witnesses ban and urges members to seek asylum in the U.S.," reads the headline on an undated story on States-TV.com. The post first appeared on or around April 24, 2017, on States-TV.com, HoustonChronicle-TV.com and Fox-News24.com.
Facebook users flagged it as possibly being fabricated, as part of the social media site’s efforts to clear fake news from users’ news feeds.
The post is keyed to a real event: Russia’s Supreme Court banned the religious organization on April 20, labeling the group as a danger for "extremist activities." The assets of the St. Petersburg headquarters and almost 400 chapters were designated state property. Its literature and website have also been banned.
From there, the story devolved into fairytale, claiming Trump warned that the move "is contrary to the constitution of the land of the Russian Federation."
"I request you to reverse the decision immediately before I use your own constitution against you," Trump is quoted. He also is credited as saying Jehovah’s Witness could find freedom in this country.
"As this is an infringement of your fundamental human right, I therefore urge you to seek asylum in the United States until your rights are fully reinstated," he said, according to the post.
The problem is, there is no record Trump said any of these things. Aside from a few examples of this same post being on multiple websites, we couldn’t find any official record of him personally addressing the subject at all.
We reached out to a White House spokesman to confirm this but didn’t receive a response.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner did release a statement on April 20 saying that the United States was "extremely concerned by the Russian government's actions targeting and repressing members of religious minorities, including Jehovah's Witnesses, under the pretense of combating extremism."
Toner also noted that religious freedom was critical to society.
"All religious minorities should be able to enjoy freedom of religion and assembly without interference, as guaranteed by the Russian Federation's constitution," he said.
But there’s no mention of Trump making any statement, and we couldn’t find one elsewhere. Reposts have circulated of the country’s 175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses being harassed by Russian police since the ruling.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/apr/28/blog-posting/reports-trump-offered-asylum-russian-jehovahs-witn/

I apologize, it wasn't my intent to shoot the messenger.... just trying to clear it up ....i did follow that link, there were several inaccurate statements made on it, but what was more worrisome, was that in less than 2 min on that link there were several web browser hijack attempts. I recommend good security if anyone wants follow that link. Again I'm sorry if my statements seemed like an attack ... just looking to get to the truth.

- Wolność religijna w Rosji dopuszczona przez Michaiła Gorbaczowa w 1990 r., obecnie została zlikwidowana - tłumaczy prof. Roman Łunkin, kierownik Ośrodka Studiów i Analiz ds. Społeczeństwa i Religii Instytutu Europy Rosyjskiej Akademii Nauk.
  http://niedziela.pl/artykul/28542/Rosja-Reakcje-na-wyrok-Sadu-Najwyzszego          

W jakim sensie Jezus i jego Ojciec są „jedno”?
Jezus powiedział: „Ja i Ojciec jedno jesteśmy” (Jana 10:30). Niektórzy przytaczają ten werset na dowód, że Jezus i jego Ojciec to dwie osoby współistniejące w trójjedynym Bogu. Ale co właściwie Jezus miał na myśli?
Przyjrzyjmy się kontekstowi. W wersecie 25 Jezus oświadczył, że dokonywał dzieł w imieniu swego Ojca. W wersetach od 27 do 29 mówił o symbolicznych owcach, które dał mu jego Ojciec. Oba sformułowania okazałyby się dla słuchaczy niezrozumiałe, gdyby Jezus i jego Ojciec byli tą samą istotą. Tymczasem Jezus niejako powiedział: „Mój Ojciec i ja jesteśmy ze sobą tak blisko związani, że nikt nie może mi odebrać owiec, podobnie jak nikt nie może ich odebrać mojemu Ojcu”. To tak jakby syn powiedział do wroga swego ojca: „Atakując mojego ojca, atakujesz mnie”. Nikt by nie pomyślał, że wspomniany syn i jego ojciec są tym samym człowiekiem. Ale każdy zrozumiałby, że łączy ich niezwykle silna więź.
Jezus i jego Ojciec, Jehowa Bóg, są „jedno” w tym sensie, że mają dokładnie te same cele oraz uznają te same zasady i wartości. W przeciwieństwie do Szatana Diabła i pierwszej pary ludzkiej, Adama i Ewy, Jezus nigdy nie chciał uniezależnić się od Boga. Oznajmił: „Syn nie może nic uczynić z własnej inicjatywy, lecz tylko to, co widzi, że czyni Ojciec. Cokolwiek bowiem Ten czyni, podobnie czyni również Syn” (Jana 5:19; 14:10; 17:8).
Ta silna więź jedności nie oznacza jednak, że Bóg i Jego Syn, Jezus, niczym się nie różnią. Są Oni dwoma odrębnymi bytami. Każdy ma swoją osobowość. Jezus ma własne uczucia, myśli, doświadczenia i wolną wolę. Niemniej postanowił podporządkować się Ojcu. W Ewangelii według Łukasza 22:42 czytamy, że powiedział: „Nie moja wola, lecz twoja niech się dzieje”. Gdyby wola Jezusa nie mogła się różnić od woli Jego Ojca, to powyższe słowa nie miałyby sensu. Poza tym gdyby Jezus i Jego Ojciec rzeczywiście byli jedną istotą, to czy Jezus modliłby się do Boga lub pokornie przyznawał, że nie wie o rzeczach, o których wie tylko jego Ojciec? (Mateusza 24:36).
Wyznawcy wielu religii czczą bogów, którzy są przedstawiani jako istoty kłótliwe i walczące z członkami rodziny. Na przykład w mitologii greckiej Kronos pozbawił władzy swego ojca, Uranosa, i pożerał własne dzieci. Jakże różni się to od jedności opartej na prawdziwej miłości Jehowy Boga do Jego Syna, Jezusa! I jakże ujmuje nas ta jedność! W gruncie rzeczy mamy niezrównany zaszczyt pozostawania w jedności z dwiema najważniejszymi Osobistościami w całym wszechświecie. Jezus modlił się za swych naśladowców: „Proszę, (...) żeby oni wszyscy byli jedno, tak jak ty, Ojcze, jesteś w jedności ze mną, a ja jestem w jedności z tobą, żeby i oni byli w jedności z nami” (Jana 17:20, 21).
Gdy więc Jezus oznajmił: „Ja i Ojciec jedno jesteśmy”, mówił nie o tajemniczej Trójcy, ale o wspaniałej jedności — najbardziej zażyłej więzi, jaka może łączyć dwie osoby.
 
 
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Why 1947?
PROMOTING TRUE WORSHIP
Jehovah’s servants know that if they are to enjoy divine favor they must engage in clean, undefiled worship. (Jas. 1:27) They need to be morally and spiritually clean. (Isa. 52:11; 1 Cor. 6:9-11) Properly, such points have been stressed by means of assembly talks, Watchtower articles, and the like, especially during relatively recent years as the world in general has sunk deeper and deeper into the morass of moral degradation.
In 1951, advocates of true worship learned something significant about the term “religion.” Some of them could well recall 1938 when, at times, they carried the thought-provoking sign “Religion Is a Snare and a Racket.” From their standpoint then, all “religion” was unchristian, from the Devil. But The Watchtower of March 15, 1951, approved of using the adjectives “true” and “false” respecting religion. Furthermore, the absorbing book What Has Religion Done for Mankind? (published in 1951 and released during the “Clean Worship” Assembly at Wembley Stadium, London, England) had this to say: “Taken according to the way it is used, ‘religion’ in its simplest definition means a system of worship, a form of worship, without regard to whether it is true or false worship. This agrees with the meaning of the Hebrew word for it, ’a·boh·dáh, which literally means ‘service’, regardless of to whom it is rendered.” Thereafter, the expressions “false religion” and “true religion” became common among Jehovah’s witnesses.
God’s people were determined to practice true religion and to remain morally and spiritually clean for Jehovah’s service. Particularly was this emphasized in The Watchtower of March 1, 1952, containing the highly significant articles “Keeping the Organization Clean,” “Propriety of Disfellowshipping” and “Sin Making Reinstatement Impossible.” This journal showed that it was proper to expel an unrepentant baptized wrongdoer from the Christian congregation. (1 Cor. 5:1-13) If the sinner later repented, it was pointed out, reinstatement was possible.—2 Cor. 2:6-11.
This was not the first time The Watchtower had mentioned expulsion of unrepentant sinners from the congregation. From 1952 onward, however, the need to maintain the spiritual cleanliness of the Christian congregation was especially stressed. The passing of years also brought increasing awareness that merciful treatment of repentant ones was essential. (Jas. 2:13) Often, therefore, overseers have brought about spiritual restoration of erring ones before matters have deteriorated to the point that expulsion from the congregation was required.—Gal. 6:1.
 
 
BTW James do you celebrate Christmas?

Thank  you  dear  Blanchie  for  agree  my  opinion !  Its  just  not  normal  what  comments  I  daily  read  here   hahaha  -  Are  we  JW  or  world  people ?  sometimes  I  am  really  wondering.....

SATAN IS BEHIND FAKE NEWS.....  WHY YOU READ SUCH OF RUBBISH ? Sorry for the time....   We all knowing it now !!  Its for world people,  NOT for us !  Daily the same Mist...  boring and useless ----- thats my opinion !

Please do not share fake news. The website says it all: "see news go..." Totally fake. That's supposed to be Trump 'worshipping with' Witnesses? Does that look like a kingdom hall? And even the Vice President? Fake news designed to create sensation and confusion, disorder and uncertainty among Jehovah's Witnesses ,,

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WASHINGTON DC – President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and their wives attended Thursday evening meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Washington D.C.
The surprise appearance of the first families of the US drove many others to the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Though their visit was unannounced, ushers, preferably called ‘attendants’ by the religious organization received the Trump, Pence and wives and offered them front row seats.
Trump was seen shaking hands with almost the entire congregation after the service and also picked copies of the groups publications ‘Watchtower’ and ‘Awake!’.
White House spokesperson told the media present that “the surprise visit to the meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses is to console all its members across the globe over Russia’s ban on its activities”.
The presence of the dignitaries were acknowledged during the announcements segment of the service but Trump did not give a speech at the service.
Trump connection to the Jehovah’s Witnesses came to public after his in-law Jared Kushner purchased the religious group’s buildings in Brooklyn.
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on April 20, 2017 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization should be closed down and no longer allowed to operate legally in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling, which affects more than 100,000 Jehovah’s Witness worshippers across Russia, is a serious breach of Russia’s obligations to respect and protect religious freedom.
https://www.bamstrend.com/52904.html

The Witnesses hosted the first of two open-house receptions to thank local residents and others who supported the construction of their recently built headquarters facility.
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@Bible Speaks I have followed him for years and never have seen ANY apostate tendencies. 
I am always amazed at how fast other people like to "label and kill" anyone or anything they don't like.
Jesus preached LOVE.....

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@bruceq You did a fine job. 
I actually prefer to know the truth about even the fake news stories that are popping up all over the net.
It is good we have a record that can stay up for anyone researching a story.
In no way was I trying to discourage you. I actually think you do a good service by enabling myriads of fact-checkers.
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@bruceq You did a fine job. 
I actually prefer to know the truth about even the fake news stories that are popping up all over the net.
It is good we have a record that can stay up for anyone researching a story.
In no way was I trying to discourage you. I actually think you do a good service by enabling myriads of fact-checkers.
Agape!

@bruceq You did a fine job. 
I actually prefer to know the truth about even the fake news stories that are popping up all over the net.
It is good we have a record that can stay up for anyone researching a story.
In no way was I trying to discourage you. I actually think you do a good service by enabling myriads of fact-checkers.
Agape!

@bruceq You did a fine job. 
I actually prefer to know the truth about even the fake news stories that are popping up all over the net.
It is good we have a record that can stay up for anyone researching a story.
In no way was I trying to discourage you. I actually think you do a good service by enabling myriads of fact-checkers.
Agape!

thank you @The Librarian .
 
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@bruceq You did a fine job. 
I actually prefer to know the truth about even the fake news stories that are popping up all over the net.
It is good we have a record that can stay up for anyone researching a story.
In no way was I trying to discourage you. I actually think you do a good service by enabling myriads of fact-checkers.
Agape!

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http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/04/as_it_bans_jehovahs_witnesses.html   [ARTICLE BY A NON-WITNESS]
As it bans Jehovah's Witnesses, Russia is the same old evil empire
  PrintEmail By Frances Coleman 
on April 21, 2017 at 10:12 AM, updated April 21, 2017 at 10:33 AM       Ronald Reagan gave his 'evil empire' speech in 1983.Washington Times            Thank you, Vladimir Putin, for reminding Americans who you really are.
            Thank you for demonstrating anew - in case there were any of us naive enough to believe that your country and our country are not so different - that, in fact, Russia and the United States are fundamentally different.
            And thank you for the fresh evidence that -- although some people foolishly underestimated him and others just as foolishly idolized him - the late President Ronald Reagan was onto something when he called your country "the evil empire."
            Because you are evil. Despite the come-apart of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and some early indications back then that Russians would embrace democratic principles, your country is still repressive and authoritarian. Like the USSR of days gone by, it brutally punishes people for expressing anti-government beliefs. (And, of course, we've noticed that from time to time, you yourself like to have troublesome dissidents murdered.)
            In the past year, we've seen your government meddle in other countries' elections and we've come to understand that "meddle" is a euphemism for your wicked intent to manipulate governments and populations worldwide.
            Now we're seeing religious persecution, Russian style, and it as ugly and evil as it ever was.
            As you know, in recent days your government has banned Jehovah's Witnesses and criminalized their worship practices. The government can now seize their buildings and assets. They are forbidden to hold services or conduct door-to-door evangelizing. Their literature is deemed "extremist."
            People who ignore this ban will face fines of several thousand dollars and up to 10 years in prison.
            In our country, Mr. Putin, freedom of religion is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. We cherish it, but we also take it for granted. Sometimes, when we're being intellectually lazy, we assume that it's a value shared worldwide.
The more you persecute people for their religious beliefs, the more determined they will become.               Then the Russian government bans an entire religion, and we remember that it's not.
            I am not a Jehovah's Witness. I've never been to one of their services or done an extensive study of their beliefs. Like many American believers, I assume that I know more about other faiths than I actually do.
            But this I do know, sir, and you should know it as well: The more you persecute people for their religious beliefs -- the more you declare them seditionists and extremists and a threat to public order -- the more determined they will become. A certain number of them will be frightened and intimidated, but a core group will resist you every day, in every way they can, for as long as they draw breath.
            If you seize their buildings, then they will worship in one another's homes. If you ban their literature, then they will produce more, and if they can't produce more, then they'll share their beliefs verbally. If you say they cannot evangelize publicly, then they will evangelize privately, one-on-one, regardless of the risk of being outed.
            And the more you remind your countrymen that Jehovah's Witnesses' headquarters are in the United States, the more the Witnesses may remind you that the kingdom of the God they worship is not of this world.
            Truth is, Mr. Putin, the Russia of the 21st century is in many ways the Soviet Union of the 20th century. We need to have a politically useful and globally practical relationship with your country, but we don't need to forget that you are not us and we are not you.
            Remember the adage that says a leopard can't change its spots? Your country is that leopard, Mr. Putin, and you haven't changed a bit.
            By the way, if you're interested in reading that particular adage in full, you'll find it in the Old Testament, in the 13th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah.
            If you don't happen to have a Bible handy, ask a local Jehovah's Witness. I imagine he or she will be happy to share.
            Frances Coleman is a freelance writer living in Baldwin County. Email her at fcoleman1953@gmail.com and "like" her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/prfrances.