Russia Overturns First Jehovah’s Witnesses Convictions

[Isabella]

A Russian court has overturned the convictions of six Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of extremism, marking the first instance of the group's worshippers having their verdicts overturned in Russia, the group announced Wednesday.

The court in Penza, some 550 kilometers southeast of Moscow, handed five adherents suspended two-year prison sentences in December. The sixth worshipper, Vladimir Alushkin, was jailed for six years after an investigation had shown that he had continued to run the local Jehovah’s Witnesses branch despite the group being outlawed in Russia.

Read more: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/26/first-conviction-of-jehovahs-witnesses-overturned-in-russia-a69762

Vladimir Alushkin, a Jehovah's Witnesses member who in December was jailed for six years, has been released after his conviction on extremism charges was overturned.

[TrueTomHarley]

It is great news.

I certainly hope I will not be forced to admit that @James Thomas Rook Jr. is a true prophet 

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

No, I just understand how the real world works.

I guess it is in small part by reading somewhere around 40 Isaac Asimov's books, including the Foundation Series, with the fictional mathematics professor Hari Seldon, who developed an algorithmic science he called :"Psychohistory", that effectively allowed him to predict the future probabilisticaly, mathematically analyzing social structures, and that inoculated me to a level of awareness I now have confidence in.

For those late comers, I predicted over and over, here, before the fall of last year, that this year, 2020, before the end of the year, that Vladimir Putin would cause the persecution to be lifted from Jehovah's Witnesses, and their property returned to them, based on my understanding of the man, the times, the politics, and the fictional idea that psychohistory has a real basis.

Also, it is no sweat off of my brow if I am wrong, as I have the best excuse ever.

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and with all the terrific things we do, and are, about predicting the future, we have ALWAYS been wrong.

I stand by my prediction ... and it is worth every cent you paid for it.

[TrueTomHarley]

1 hour ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

No, I just understand how the real world works.

Works well with me. There are some others who would use it to bolster their claim to ‘true anointed’ status.

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

.... probably in expectation of pork chops.

[Arauna]

Very happy to hear this news....... but Russia is unpredictable ... because Satan is unpredictable.  He waits for a weak moment to attack.. ..and comes back again and again.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

..... depends on the observer .... I see them as very predictable.

... what actually happens remains to be seen.

[Srecko Sostar]

1 hour ago, Arauna said:

but Russia is unpredictable ... because Satan is unpredictable.  He waits for a weak moment to attack.. ..and comes back again and again.

Weak moment, of who, for who? Russian government or Russian JW's?

What will be "weak moment" in USA or in Europe ...etc?

In Russia devil said JW's are "extremists". What attribute US JW's will get from devil? :)))

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

.....soon enough

.... we will all know.

[Arauna]

Agre

3 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

very predictable.

Agreed, their strategic trajectory is laid out by the 'prophet ' - philosopher Alexander Dugan.  Yes they are the king of the North together with their allies and strategically act predictable.

Their justice system is extremely unfair but now and then you will see good hopeful court results that create the perception in the west that they do have an unbiased legal system.

Hope this is a good wave which will give the brothers some relief.  

The "perception"  is that we are weak..... 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

12 minutes ago, Arauna said:

The "perception"  is that we are weak..... 

No, the perception is that we are complete fools .

Sending 8 million letters (x 7 letters, average) to people who would never read them did NOTHING but put approximately 57 million dollars in the Russian Treasury, from the Universal Postal Union's "Terminal Fee" arrangement where they get 70% of the face value of affixed postage from foreign mail, that was never delivered, and 11 train boxcars loaded with paper to burn in their pot-bellied stoves during the long Russian Winters..

You can buy a LOT of Vodka with 57 million dollars of free money, courtesy of the Governing Body, whose directed effort was totally useless .... except to during that winter, provide "Fuel at the proper time".

It is immoral to let a fool keep his money, freedom, and property.

That is how the Russians have ALWAYS thought.

In America we have the right to bear arms.

In Russia, they have the right to the entire bear.

 

[Arauna]

J

11 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

perception is that we are complete fools

TRUE...... but we are not foolish to have loyalty to jehovah.  At least they could see that we are not just a few hundred people on the earth....and not all Americans...... the enemy....... but we are present in many countries. The postage stamps told them that.

1 cor: Because a foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and a weak thing of God is stronger than men.