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After the change, Jehovah's Witnesses continued to stress that the end of the world is near, but did not set a deadline or deadline for its coming until 2010. At that time, witnesses began to teach that the Armageddon War would apparently be fought no later than before all those who have lived at the same time as those who survived in 1914 have died.


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[21] The activities of Jehovah's Witnesses have expanded strongly even after 1975.


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The movement today has 8 million members and has operations in more than 240 countries.


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Beginning of operations in Finland Finland operations began in 1910.


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Statistics Worldwide, there are 2500000-300000 new baptized annually.


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In 2014, 275581 members were baptized.


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[22] The monthly peak of active declarers is reported in 2015 at over 8.2 million, with 240 countries.


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Proclaimers reported preaching work through the world 1933473968 hours.


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They ran an average of 9708968 for free Bible study.


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[23] In 2015, there were 8220105 active word-servants in the organisation.


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Growth from 2014 was 1.5 per cent.


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Only active, baptized parishioners who attended word service are officially counted in the membership count.


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Members spent more than 1.93 billion hours on preaching work.


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At the commemoration of Jesus' death, 19862783 people were present.


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The number of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations in the world is just under 118016, and the organization has activities in 240 countries and territories.


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Finland had an average of 18574 active members in 2015.


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In Finland, members spent 3069284 hours on sermon work, and 25924 people were present at the commemoration.


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[24] [25] [26] In Finland Jehovah's Witnesses is the third largest registered religious community.


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[27] In 2011, there were an average of 18710 members.


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[22] The number of members has remained practically the same in recent years: in 2014 there was 22 members decreasing from the previous year, and 236 members were baptized in that year.


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[22] Publishing Jehovah's Witnesses offer interested parties the opportunity for free Bible study using aids published by the movement.


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For the past few years mainly the book What the Bible really teaches in teaching new ones has mainly been used.


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The organisation also publishes two journals.


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The Watchtower is, according to the organisation's own announcement, the largest religious journal in the world.


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Each issue is printed on average 52946000 copies in 240 languages.


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[28] In the past, magazines were available for nominal compensation, but those willing today may give a voluntary donation to cover their costs.


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Wake up!


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is the sister magazine of the previous and focuses on current affairs.


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The Watchtower appears twice a month.


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Since the beginning of 2008, one of the two monthly issues is mainly intended for members of the movement and contains weekly material to be studied at the Reich Hall on Sundays.


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Wake up! magazine appears once a month.


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In 2012, the JW.org website was launched, which is readable in more than 500 languages and from which witness literature can be downloaded in over 750 languages.


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It is the most translated website in the world (8/2014) [29] In 2014, the JW Broadcasting website was launched, featuring family-friendly internet television subtitled and live broadcasts as well as many of the organisation's videos, music, audio dramas and dramatized Bible reading.


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[30] Administration The activities of the movement are highly organized, and its administration is divided into several small steps.


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Its senior management is the governing body based in Warwick, New York State.


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In each country, operations are run by a branch office.


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The Finnish branch office is located in Tikkurila, Vantaa.


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The branch office is run by what is known as a branch office committee.


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In addition, the country is divided into regions whose activities are controlled by a regional supervisor, and there are two of these in Finland.


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The regions, in turn, are divided into rounds.


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Each round has a lap supervisor who, on a rotating week, visits each ward twice a year of his round.


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There are 17 rounds in Finland.


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Rounds are formed by congregations that control the activities of local word servants.


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Tour stewards and district supervisors are also said to be travel supervisors.


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The parish is run by an elder whose choice is taken care of by the upper stairs.


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Each parish has, among others, an Elder Coordinator, a Service Supervisor, a Secretary, Watchtower Examination Supervisor, and a Theocratic Service School Supervisor.


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Several of these missions rotate annually.


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Based on the Biblical guideline, only male are used as congregational overseers and teachers.


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In addition, congregations have appointed assisting servants, each of whom may have some specific function such as responsible for the literature of the congregation, take care of sound equipment and stage, or serve as public servants at conventions.


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All elders are, at some point, assisting servants first.


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Funding Activities Jehovah's Witnesses use money to build branch offices and convention halls, as well as maintenance of kingdom halls built by congregations, among other things.


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Since the Watchtower Society publishes religious literature, money is also needed for the purchase and maintenance of printing presses and supplies.


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Printing in branch offices is carried out by volunteers residing in the branch office premises, for whom maintenance and nominal monetary compensation are provided for personal needs.


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Some others who work full-time for the organisation, for example missionaries, are also compensated.


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However, no one is paid an actual salary.


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All activities are funded by donations available from members and those interested in activities.


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[31] The Watchtower Society grants loans to individual congregations wishing to build or renovate the Reich Hall for their use.


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[32] Until the 1990s, the organisation had a special literary price list in place, on the basis of which, when charged, each parish poster acquired paid literature for his own use and continued to be sold in preaching work.


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In January 1990, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jimmy Swaggart, a television evangelist selling religious literature, that a tax had to be paid on the sale of religious literature.


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In connection with the judicial review of the case, the Watchtower Society submitted a so-called “amicus curiae” petition, by which it petitioned for the preservation of the tax exemption from the sale of religious literature.


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[33] Beginning in March 1990, literature no longer had a price list in the United States; the production of literature was funded through voluntary donations.


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The practice spread within a decade to all countries where Jehovah's Witnesses had operations.


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The Watchtower Society has not made figures available to the public on its assets or the financial scale of its activities.


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In 2003, the Newsday.com publication placed the New York-registered Watchtower Society in 34th place on the New York City Top Private Companies 2003 list based on its annual revenues of approximately $951 million.


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[34] Former Governing Body member Raymond Franz has voiced criticism of the status of property in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses.


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He tells [35] in his book Crisis of Conscience about Mexican Jehovah's Witnesses.


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According to Franz, Mexican law prohibited all religious organizations from owning property such as the Watchtower Society, from its main office in New York, instructed Mexican Jehovah's Witnesses to abandon prayers and songs at public meetings and conventions, and in field service for the use of the Bible in order to maintain his kingdom hall under his administration.


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They register as a cultural association rather than a religious community, and their gatherings were called “cultural meetings” and congregations as “corporations”.


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Designations such as “baptism” were waived so that the Reich Halls would not have passed into state control, although assembly in the premises would not have been restricted.


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According to Franz, this arrangement was maintained until the change in law until the turn of the 1990s.


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Construction and humanitarian work Jehovah's Witnesses are known for their construction work.


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International and regional building groups make kingdom halls using the so-called quick-hall method.


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A quick hall means that a large group of members build a Reich Hall over one or two weekends on top of the finished foundations.


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Large construction projects are also carried out almost entirely by voluntary force.


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All Jehovah's Witnesses' congregations in Finland now meet in purpose-built kingdom halls.


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The organisation will contribute some relief effort, if funds permit.


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In Africa, the organisation's Hutu and Tutsi witnesses have been assisted at the time of the Rwandan massacre.


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Humanitarian work is primarily about helping other members.


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In some places, the movement's buildings may have been used as temporary shelters.


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Medicines and clothing have been distributed to a few schools and orphanages in Goma.


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[36] Views and Practices Basis of views Jehovah's Witnesses agree with Protestant churches that the Bible is the supreme guideline of faith and doctrine.


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According to them, the Bible is infallible and non-contradictory in all respects.


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Members of the movement are required to accept the governing body's current interpretation of the Bible, and the formation of a view that differs from the main lines is not accepted.


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Invoking a deviant interpretation might even lead to separation from the congregation.


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The bible interpretation of Jehovah's Witnesses has undergone numerous changes throughout the history of the movement.


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Continued learning changes are, according to the movement, “progress made in understanding the Bible” and a “brightening of light.”


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In colloquial language and literature, Jehovah's Witnesses use the general concept of “truth” from the current Biblical interpretation and doctrinal system of the movement.


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The movement has produced its own English translation of the Bible, the New World Translation, of which a Finnish translation has been made.


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According to the translators, it has sought the most verbatim translation of the initial text into modern English and, consequently, into other languages.


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Some Bible scholars criticize the translation solutions of the New World Translation as supporting Jehovah's Witnesses' interpretation of the Bible.


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[37] See also: New World Translation of Jehovah's Witnesses Teachings The movement emphasizes the use of God's personal name Jehovah.


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Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in the trinity.


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Jesus Christ is, according to them, the son of God, a created being.


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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is currently King in Heaven.


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He has a beginning, while Jehovah God has neither a beginning nor an end.


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The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is God's acting power


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According to them, man is an entity created by God, a living soul.


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After the fall of sin, man is inherently mortal, but he can receive immortality as a gift from God (so-called conditionalism).


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Human salvation is based on the death suffered by Jesus in the torture pile, a reconciliation offering, or ransom.


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The existence of hell as a perpetual torture site is disputed.


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Sinner people are disposed of at God's deadline to non-existent (so-called annihilationism).


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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, mankind has lived since 1914 in the “last days” mentioned in Matthew's 24th chapter.


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They believe that in the future Jehovah God through his son Jesus Christ will eradicate the present world order and its adherents in the Armageddon War.


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After that, faithful Christians will restore the earth into a place similar to the Garden of Eden, where people are allowed to live forever.


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After Armageddon, a resurrection is believed to begin, in which faithful servants of God who died before Armageddon are resurrected from the dead.


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Jesus Christ and the chosen 144,000 in heaven lead the people in the restoration works of paradise.


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After a thousand years from Armageddon, Christ hands over kingship back to God, allowing Satan “thrown into the abyss” in Armageddon to go free to test for the last time who is faithful to God.


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After this test, God will destroy Satan once and for all.


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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, before the final test, humans have been brought back to the same perfect state in which Adam and Eve were originally before they fell into sin.


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The concept of baptism among Jehovah's Witnesses is Baptist, meaning that baptism includes only those who have professed their faith.


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Jehovah's Witnesses baptisms are similar to Christian communities with the Baptist concept of baptism insofar as baptism is delivered in immersion using.


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However, Christian communities with the baptist ring concept of baptism do not consider Jehovah's Witness baptisms valid because Jehovah's Witnesses do not recognize Trinity doctrine.


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Jehovah's Witnesses, on the other hand, do not consider valid any baptism other than their own.


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Based on their interpretation of the Bible, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there are two classes of Christians: the 144,000 anointed in the slave class who, when they die, go to heaven to reign over humanity with Jesus Christ, and other Jehovah worshippers awaiting admission to terrestrial paradise.


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The apostles, early Christians and today about 11000 professing to be members of the slave class form that group of 144,000 heavenly rulers.


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Serving God Movement members believe that faithful servants of God have existed throughout human history, starting with Abel in the Old Testament.


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[38] During his time on earth, Jesus Christ taught the truth about God and established Christianity.


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According to their understanding, however, the original Christianity became corrupted and disappeared after the time of the Apostles.


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In this case, the Church began to confuse secular power, transforming the doctrine into a pagan one and trying to suppress pure worship.


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However, members of Jehovah's Witnesses think that in all centuries God has had at least some sincere servants on earth, despite the persecution inflicted upon them.


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The movement's current activity began in the early 1870s with a group studying the Bible in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.


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They were known at the time as Bible scholars.


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According to the community's understanding, Jehovah God began at that time to rally his people.


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Charles Taze Russell, leader of the Adventist-inspired group of Bible Scholars, declared that Jesus was already present invisibly beginning in 1874.


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At the same time, he began to critically study the doctrines of Christian churches.


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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that in 1919 God observed that on earth only those Bible scholars preached Christ's invisible presence and pure Christian doctrine.


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Based on this, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that they are the only true Christians and that God guides the community.


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[39] Meetings Meetings Meeting places are the kingdom halls, which are their places of worship.


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Kingdom halls are usually simple and modestly decorated.


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No images are used for worship, so there are also no icons or paintings that receive religious observance in the halls.


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The men do the teaching in the parishes.


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In the service, parishioners usually refer to each other as brothers and sisters, for example Brother Virtanen.


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There are a total of three to four hours of meetings per week.


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Each meeting addresses biblical topics in different ways.


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Specifically aimed at the public, the meeting is a 30-minute audience presentation on Sunday followed by an hour-long examination of the Watchtower magazine.


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In the examination, one of the articles interpreting the Bible in the journal is examined.


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Articles are divided into numbered paragraphs.


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The so-called Watchtower Summaries reader reads a paragraph at a time, and the chairman then presents the audience with the printed, read paragraph-by-paragraph questions to the audience.


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Answers are usually found directly in paragraphs, but some of the questions are reflective in nature, and more experienced Jehovah's Witnesses in particular present perspectives within the framework of movement doctrine in response to them.


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Arkena is one meeting in the Reich Hall for the life and service of a Christian who started at the beginning of 2016.


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[40] The meeting lasts in its entirety 1h 45min and its parts are: Treasures of God's Word.


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The program discusses the features of a weekly bible reading program.


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Coaching for field service.


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Deals with different forms of preaching work as its name suggests, includes pair-three exercises.


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Life as a Christian (45min), includes one or two sections that help listeners apply Biblical principles (15min) Congregational Bible study, addressed with questions and answers.


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(30min) In the past, parishioners also gathered as daily lives in small assigned groups for an occasion called book examination in private homes, but from the beginning of 2009 the parish book examination in the kingdom hall replaced the one held in private homes.


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The programme of meetings and publications to be used are unified throughout the world, so anywhere in the world Jehovah's Witnesses go through the same material at the meetings.


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The congregation meetings are started and concluded with a joint song (so called:


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Kingdom Songs) and with a prayer held by one of the brothers from the stage from the front of the hall.


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There is also chanting in between meetings.


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The meeting ends with song and prayer.


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In addition to the meetings, Jehovah's Witnesses hold larger events, conventions, three times a year: two smaller round conventions, where all congregations in the part of the round (usually 5—7 congregations and about 500 people) gather, and a bigger regional convention in the summer where people gather in the district belonging members (usually about 4,000 to 6,000 Jehovah's Witnesses at one time.


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Summer regional conventions in Finland are most commonly held in Helsinki, Tampere and Oulu.


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In addition, there is a Swedish-speaking regional convention in Hämeenlinna.


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The Nordic English-speaking regional convention rotates by tide in different Nordic countries.


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In 2016, it was held in Helsinki.


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The convention halls where the round conventions are held are similar in appearance to smaller kingdom halls.


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Finland has three convention halls, one in Hämeenlinna, one in Varkaus and the Oulu Convention Hall in Kello, Oulu.


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Religious Symbols and Holidays The movement does not accept the use of religious symbols such as the cross or images.


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The use of images and symbols is considered idolatry.


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Although the cross was still partially in use during Russell's time, today Jehovah's Witnesses do not use the cross, justifying it as follows: the instrument of execution of Jesus must not be an object of appreciation because it is an instrument of slaying.


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Jesus is believed to have been executed in a straight pile, not on a cross.


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The cross came with them to early Christianity accompanied by pagan converts.


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The rationale uses the fact that many ancient pagan peoples, such as the Egyptians and Babylonians, used crosses in religious editorials.


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The cross and crown surrounded by a wreath was the emblem of Bible scholars and later Jehovah's Witnesses from 1891—1931.


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[41] The use of the cross was abandoned when the movement began to interpret the cross as being associated with pagan religions.


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The emblem in which the cross appears is on the grave of Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the movement.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Today, the cross is not used as part of the visual look in publications or the movement's logo; instead, the cross and crown have been replaced by a tower.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

The movement also does not accept the celebration of ecclesiastical holidays because the origins of Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and other holidays lie in paganism according to Jehovah's Witnesses.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

In addition, the celebrations in question involve customs derived from paganism, such as the Christmas tree and Easter eggs, and sometimes also immorality.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

The only annual religious holiday celebrated by Jehovah's Witnesses is the commemoration of Jesus' death, or celebration of remembrance in the spring, around the time of the Jewish pesah.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Preaching Work Each member of the congregation is expected to preach as possible as they wish.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Normally, Jehovah's Witnesses are known for their door-to-door preaching.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

At the end of each calendar month, each member of the congregation returns a report to their congregation indicating the amount of proclamation work for the month, together with information on the printed matter distributed in the preaching work.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Each baptized witness must do preaching work for at least an hour a month, which can in practice be, say, a discussion of spiritual matters with a non-believer relative.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

You cannot obtain responsibilities in the parish unless you spend sufficient time on preaching activities.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

As an exception to the one-hour requirement, a service committee formed from parish elders may allow in a special case reporting preaching work for only 15 minutes per month.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

A lightened arrangement can be reached if preaching is difficult, for example because of age or illness.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[42] If a member does not report for at least one hour in a month or 15 minutes in a lightened case, he shall be called an irregular declarer.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

If non-reporting continues for six months, the declarer becomes inactive.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[43] The order and rules of congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations discipline is handled by the elders.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Elders have at their disposal a book published by the Watchtower Society Pay attention to yourselves and the whole flock, which provides detailed instructions on disciplinary proceedings to elders, among other things.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

An ordinary movement member cannot obtain a book for viewing, nor is it referenced in other material intended by the movement to be public.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The instructions in the book are supplemented from time to time.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Disciplinary actions include public handing out and dismissal.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Separation is preceded by a session of the Congregational Court of Justice, or Judicial Committee, in which the severity of a person's sin is assessed and possible disciplinary action is decided.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

After separation, members of the elder endeavour to visit each separated once a year to direct him back to the congregation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Sins classified as serious For example, the following sins are classified as serious sins that, as unrepentant acts, lead to separation from the congregation: Premarital sex, adultery, blatant impurity [44] Homosexual sex [45] Apostasy: the fact that denies any On the basic teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses or actively participates in other denominations [46] [47] Not carding blood (taking blood transfusions, donating blood, eating blood) [48] Gambling [49] Smoking or taking drugs [44] Excessive alcohol Abuse [50] Standing as a candidate in political elections or political activity in parties for example [51] Separating from the movement from Jehovah's Witnesses can differ in two ways: By formal notice.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

A person can either verbally or in writing declare that they no longer wish to be a Jehovah's Witness.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

By their own actions.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

A person may, by his own conduct, demonstrate that he is no longer part of Jehovah's Witnesses.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[52] Attitudes towards those separated and divorced from the congregation The movement strongly condemns members' interactions with those who have been separated or divorced from the congregation on non-essential matters.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

On separation it says: Jehovah's Witnesses urge members of the movement to avoid close interactions even with family members and relatives who have separated or become separated from the congregation.


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However, of those living in the same household, it is said: “Does this mean that Christians living with a separated family member in the same household must avoid talking, eating and having daily interactions with him?


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In the Watchtower on April 15, 1991, a footnote on page 22 says: “If a Christian householder has a separated relative, he is still involved in the normal everyday work and activities of the househouse.” It therefore remains up to family members to what extent the separated could be involved in joint meals and other family activities.


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On the other hand, they do not wish to give the brothers in the congregation the impression that everything is the same as before separation.” [53] — “[Separation or resignation of a family member] implies changes in the spiritual cohesion which may have prevailed in the home.” [54] If separated relative living in one's household, such as an adult child or adult siblings who moved away from home, contact with such can be stopped almost completely: The separated has the option of returning to becoming a Jehovah's Witness if they have ceased to proceed or think in a way because of he was expelled.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

If the separated comes to the Reich Hall in order to return to the congregation, he or she will be directed to the elder members.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Members of the congregation do not converse with the separated either in the Reich Hall during the time when the separated shows remorse by attending meetings.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Depending on the case, the time required for admission may last from a few months to years.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

A separated or divorcee wishing to rejoin the congregation should refer a request for readmission to the Judicial Committee that dismissed him or her.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The Committee shall consider the application and, if necessary, provide guidance on how the separated should proceed in order to better meet the requirements for readmission.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

If the separated is accepted back as a member of the congregation, parishioners, relatives and friends can again greet, discuss and interact with him or her.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

If a member of the movement repeatedly socializes with persons who have been separated or separated from the congregation, the loss of any congregational positions of trust and eventual separation from the congregation ensues.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Whoever is self-divorced from the congregation will be treated in the same way as someone who is separated.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Separation applies only to a baptized congregation member.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Those who have not attended baptism and are removed or leave the parish activities themselves are not treated in the manner mentioned above; baptized members of the movement may continue to interact with them according to their conscience.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Habits Relationship with Society Jehovah's Witnesses doctrines generally emphasize honest work and the performance of taxes, fees and other obligations, as well as reasonableness in alcohol use.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

They will seek to comply with the legislation as long as it does not conflict with their convictions.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Christians must remain neutral in relation to society and political systems.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

That's why they don't think it's appropriate to belong to parties.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses also do not vote or stand as candidates in political elections.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Since World War I, the Watchtower Society has required members of congregations to refuse military service and until 1996 to refuse civilian service.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[55] Jehovah's Witnesses have been imprisoned for this reason, and the refusal has sometimes caused serious difficulties for members of the movement in totalitarian countries.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

During World War II in Germany, some 2000 members of the movement perished in concentration camps and prisons after refusing to perform a Nazi salute and serve in the armed forces.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[56] [57] Jehovah's Witnesses were also subject to violence in some other countries, as they were seen to be a threat to the war effort because of their non-nationalist worldview.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Subsequently, the Watchtower Society was banned in countries such as Canada, Australia and Finland.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[58] In Finland, the ban on the activities of the Watchtower Society was preceded by the confiscation of its publications Government and Peace and Freedom for the Peoples on 18 January 1940 by decision of the Ministry of Justice.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[59] Criticism and Limitations of Activity Although separation from Jehovah's Witnesses is easy in itself, according to former members, seceding is nevertheless perceived as difficult, as friends, family members and relatives who remain Jehovah's Witnesses are forced to shun the expelled from the congregation or divorced.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Features of the administration of justice within congregations, such as negative attitudes towards secular litigation between congregation members, have been feared to contribute, among other things, to the activities of child abusers.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

An example of this is Barbara Anderson, a former Governing Body aide who criticised the action.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[60] In France in 1996, the Parliamentary Working Group on Inquiry classified the organization as one of 173 dangerous suspected sects that a special institution was set up to observe.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[61] Since then, the tax exemption for the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses in France was abolished and the state demanded a large posthumous tax on Jehovah's Witnesses in France from 1993 to 1996.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In 2011, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that France had violated the rights of Jehovah's Witnesses in this, and in July 2012 it ordered France to pay 4.5 million euros to witnesses.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

In Russia, the court decided in March 2004 to ban the movement from operating in the Moscow


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

In the court's view, the movement's practices violate families, drive to suicide and threaten the health of its members by banning blood transfusions.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[62] Admittedly, the Organization for the Activities of Cults and Neo-Religions states that “the attitude of anti-cult movements towards Jehovah's Witnesses and other religious communities is considered discriminatory within human rights lawyers; most anti-cult organizations have not been able to to provide evidence to support their claims; most organizations have not cited Jehovah's Witnesses' contributions to the cause of religious freedom”.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[63] The Supreme Court of Russia has declared the Jehovah's Witness Administrative Center to be extremist on April 20, 2017.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

According to YLE, the decision means that its activities will be deemed prohibited and assets will be confiscated.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[64] [65] UN-NGO ally membership 1992—2001 The Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses applied for NGO ally membership in the UN Information Department in 1991 and was admitted to NGO membership in 1992.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The Watchtower Society referred to as a specialist in human rights and published a few writings on the UN and human rights in a positive light during that time, especially Awake! magazine.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[66] Through their various organizations, Jehovah's Witnesses also participated in the UN Human Rights Commission.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[67] Allies membership ended in [68] just days after membership entered the public domain, [69] and it was raised that Jehovah's Witnesses regard the UN as a beast of the Book of Revelation in their theology and have cited it as being “a forgery mocking the God of the Kingdom of God” [70] and that they have for years been criticizing other religions for collaborating with the UN.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[71] On 4 March 2004, due to numerous contacts, the UN published a bulletin on its website, [72], which mentioned, among other things, the need for Jehovah's Witnesses to the United Nations that the organisation share the ideals of the UN Charter.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Religion has not commented on the case.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Refusing military service and civilian service Jehovah's Witnesses believe Christians should refrain from violence and practice armed defense.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Refusal to perform military service has led to the imprisonment of thousands of conscription age Jehovah's Witnesses in various countries.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

For decades Jehovah's Witnesses also refused to perform civilian service replacing military service.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

The Watchtower Society justified refusal from civilian service, among other things, that civilian service was intended solely as a substitute for military service, and to perform it would violate the Bible's call to Christians to remain neutral.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[73] These arguments were overturned and the view of civilian service was changed in 1996, when the Watchtower magazine allowed members of the movement to perform non-military civilian service under civilian administration.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[74] Before the change, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses in different countries suffered prison sentences after refusing military service and also the civil service that replaced it.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Several European countries, such as Sweden, [75] Germany, Holland, France, Poland [76] and Finland, have since, in the post-World War II period, through various arrangements, exempted Jehovah's Witnesses from performing peacetime military service and civil service.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[77] In other parts of the world, exemption from service has been given in countries such as Israel, [78] Armenia [79] and Kyrgyzstan [80].


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In countries where Jehovah's Witnesses have no exemption, such as Greece and Russia, many of them today perform civil service.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In December 2005, more than 1,000 Jehovah's Witnesses were imprisoned for conscientious objector in South Korea, as the country's law knows no possibility of civilian service at all.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[81] [82] Total prohibition in Finland under the law that came into force in Finland in 1987, Jehovah's Witnesses have had the opportunity to obtain an exemption from performing conscription during peacetime.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[83] A Jehovah's Witness of conscription age shall receive a deferment of three years at a time until he reaches the age of 28, when he is released from peacetime service as a member of the congregation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Before the Emancipation Act came into force, Jehovah's Witnesses were sentenced as total denialists to custodial sentences.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

During World War II, the sentence for refusal was, for example, three and a half years of discipline room.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[84] From 1947 to 1961, refusing Jehovah's Witnesses were held in a camp organised and guarded by Hanko's Coastal Patteristo in the outer archipelago of Raseborg on Hästö-Busö fortress island for 240 days, with a sentence of 3 to 6 months imprisonment.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[85] In 1959, sentences for refusal were extended.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Beginning in 1961, Jehovah's Witnesses were assigned to serve at the Karvia Special Works Institution, established in place of the Karvia Reserve Prison, which was abolished in 1960.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[86] [87] In the Karvia Special Work Institution, the mandatory period of service for Jehovah's Witnesses was approximately two years [88] and had to be performed closed, without the possibility of moving around the territory of the institution or beyond.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[89] The conditions of the facility began to be characterised in public as concentration camp-like.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[90] [89] President Urho Kekkonen visited the facility in August 1968 and the facility closed in 1969.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[91] Jehovah's Witnesses began to be sentenced, like other refusers, to nine-month prison sentences until the release procedure took effect in 1987.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

On December 4, 2006, the Department of Defense announced intentions to set up a task force to determine the necessity of discharge from performing conscription for Jehovah's Witnesses.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[92] The Commission for Examining the National Defence Duty of Jehovah's Witnesses, which was set to task on 14 March 2007, was commissioned to determine the necessity of the law concerning the exemption of Jehovah's Witnesses from performing conscription in some cases and the Constitution provisions, as well as submit a proposal for regulatory reform.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The Commission was unable to make a legislative proposal to resolve the matter, but ended up proposing a broad round of opinions on the matter.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[93] Opinions received from a major round of opinions held in 2008 were to such an extent that no resolution was reached through the Opinion Round.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[94] In 2009, the Defence Forces asked for statements from abroad on how the matter has been handled in other countries.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The purpose of the Ministry of Defence was to once again establish a task force to consider the exemption of Jehovah's Witnesses from conscription.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, it is possible that nothing will eventually be done about it.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[95] According to the spokesperson of Jehovah's Witnesses in Finland, Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to “carry out conscription in all its forms” and therefore continue to receive “civil service derived from national defence duty”.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[96] [97] Each year approximately 150 Jehovah's Witnesses apply for deferments on the basis of the Jehovah's Witnesses Emancipation Act.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[98] [99] Morality Organization members' concepts of morality are based on the bible interpretation of the movement.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

They believe that according to the Bible, human life begins at conception, so abortion is considered murder.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The practice of homosexuality, premarital and extramarital sex is considered a grave sin, that is, grounds for separation from the congregation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In worship, dress is considered neat: in Western countries such as Finland, men wear costume at meetings and other spiritual gatherings, and women wear dress or skirt.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Entertainment that includes the idolization of money or property, violence, sex or spiritism is condemned.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Earrings or long hair can, in men, prevent the obtaining of a responsible position or other duties in church activities.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Nor is a beard considered preferable, depending in part on the local culture.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Important is considered good behavior and the love of the neighbor, both in and outside the congregation.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Family Life Courtship and Marriage According to Jehovah's Witnesses teaching courtship should always seriously aim towards marriage.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Dating is recommended only with another baptized Jehovah's Witness.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[100] According to the movement's guidelines, a socializing couple should avoid staying alone in premises where they might engage in sexual intercourse or displays of affection deemed inappropriate by the organisation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[101] This is why the organisation's guidelines recommend that a couple who are dating always carry an “apron” - that is, a companion - when they spend time in a place that is not a public space.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[102] Jehovah's Witnesses are instructed to marry only another Witness.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[100] Its basis is considered to be the advice given in the Bible 1.Corinthians () to marry “only in the Lord”.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Marrying an outsider does not result in separation from the congregation, but there are some consequences: for example, the loss of all duties to be performed in the parish.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[103] If the parents of someone married to an outsider approve or give it “tacit approval”, the loss of service benefits such as serving in the elder may result.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In family life, an interpretation of the model given by the Bible is followed.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The man is the head of the family and makes the final decisions.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The wife's job is to support and advise the husband, as well as respect the decisions made.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The man is urged to love as well as respect his wife and care for his family like Christ congregations.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

In the family, the husband should bear responsibility for decisions and their consequences before God.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

He should take into account the wishes of his wife and the interests of the family.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Parents have a responsibility to teach their children.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

This is done in part through the family exploration method, which examines material published by the Watchtower Society.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Children are not baptized at birth; baptism occurs at the child's own decision.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Divorce Marriage is considered sacred and should not be dissolved at any time other than because of infidelity.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

If the marriage is dissolved without justification, the parties will not be able to remarry until infidelity has been demonstrated.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

The reason is that Jehovah's Witnesses consider an unjustifiably dissolved marriage to be still valid before God and the congregation until adultery has occurred.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

However, if remarried, the “trespassing” person is usually expelled from the congregation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[104] Sex according to Jehovah's Witnesses sex belongs only to marriage


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

Any sexual behavior with a non-ordained spouse is considered a sin.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[105] Masturbation is also forbidden, although it is not considered a serious sin, but as an impure habit, the practice of which one must seek to get rid of, among other things, by praying for forgiveness from God.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[106] Contraception is not banned, but congregation members are given the freedom of choice to decide the direction of their lives: whether to have a family or not.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

There are biblical grounds to be found for both options according to jehovah's witnesses.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Abortion is not approved.


Question: Does the Evangelical Lutheran religion include temples?

Jehovah's Witnesses

[107] Jehovah's Witnesses believe that married couples should also exercise reasonable self-control in their mutual sexual intercourse.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Alcohol and other intoxicants Members are allowed to consume alcohol, but binge drinking is a sin, and alcoholism can be grounds for separation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Smoking is forbidden to members of the movement because it contaminates the body 2.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

In accordance with Corinthians 7:1.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

It was banned in the 1970s, when a member of the congregation who smoked had six months to quit or would be expelled from the congregation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Drug use is also considered a sin.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Drugs prescribed by a doctor, on the other hand, should be used according to the instructions.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

Attitudes towards outsiders, criticism and media Jehovah's Witnesses take a negative view of their members' close befriending with outsiders.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[108] Members are not encouraged to participate actively, for example, in school clubs, sports clubs or NGOs.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

[109] However, there are calls to be open and considerate to everyone, regardless of religion, race, gender or age.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

According to Jehovah's Witnesses, in particular former Jehovah's Witnesses sometimes disseminate false or misrepresented information about it on television and newspapers.


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Jehovah's Witnesses

There have been media reports of cases in which a Jehovah's Witness has refused a blood transfusion or denied giving one to his child, and allegations of covering up abuse cases in congregations have been made.


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The leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses denies all accusations against them and considers them to be slander orchestrated by opponents.


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[110] The organisation accuses its former active members, namely renegades, of spreading misrepresentations, lies and half-truths.


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Jehovah's Witnesses are extremely negative about former members criticizing Jehovah's Witnesses' policies and teachings in the public eye and on the internet.


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[111] The organisation recommends that parishioners avoid using search engines to search for information about Jehovah's Witnesses, as they may be accessed to sites run by former members.


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[112] Witnesses have increasingly outspoken prohibited their members from reading material on the internet criticizing Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs or practices, although otherwise Witnesses are happy to seek spiritual discussions with those who think differently.


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Reading such critical texts is feared to undermine the faith of Jehovah's Witnesses because former Jehovah's Witnesses differ from other interlocutors by having sometimes believed in Jehovah themselves, and, having lost their faith, criticize the actions of their former brethren.


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[111] Jehovah's Witnesses believe that criticism directed at them from non-former members constitutes persecution directed at them without reason, and that it proves that Jehovah's Witnesses are the group of so-called true believers who are persecuted for the fulfillment of biblical prophecies.


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[113] The Watchtower Society has recently been more active in defending its rights against material published on the Internet.


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In January 2006, The Guardian reported in its online version that quotes from literature published by the Watchtower Society, the popular Canadian website Quotes.WatchTower.ca were shut down.


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[114] The Legitimate Association of Jehovah's Witnesses had issued a subpoena for 100,000 Canadian Dollars to shut down the site citing copyright infringement and accusing the author of the fact that the main purpose of this is to bully the interested party by selectively quoting what was published by Jehovah's Witnesses literature.


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Blood and Organ Transplants Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to consume foods containing blood and transfusions.


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This teaching is based on their understanding of the Biblical commandment to “shun blood”.


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According to them, blood should not be stored for later use, and therefore they also consider donating blood inappropriate.


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Refusal from blood applies not only to whole blood, but also red blood cells, white blood cells, blood plasma and platelets separated from the blood.


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Receiving blood components separated from the previous ones, such as hemoglobin and albumin, is currently left to the individual consideration of each member of the movement.


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This is justified, among other things, by the fact that during pregnancy the fetus receives some smaller parts of blood from its mother.


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The number of avoidable deaths caused by Jehovah's Witnesses blood doctrine is unknown, but considering the number of Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide, the number of deaths moves in at least thousands.


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In births alone, mothers' risk of death is known to increase more than a thousandfold, to 0.1 percent from less than 0.0001 percent when the mother refuses blood transfusions.


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[115] Given the number of Jehovah's Witnesses, this amounts to at least 1450 avoidable maternal birthing deaths between 1995 and 2006.


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[116] In modern medicine, whole blood transfusions are less common, and increasingly, surgery and medications use some component of blood.


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Members of the organization can approve their own blood recycling in a closed system if it does not cut off normal blood flow and stored blood is directly counted back without longer storage.


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A question of conscience is also whether to accept mixing the drug with one's own blood outside the body.


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The learning change that permits smaller parts of the blood has come in the 21st century.


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[117] Representatives of Jehovah's Witnesses have mentioned that increasing the amount of blood plasma is a common way to treat a patient in an emergency.


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[118] Jehovah's Witnesses also report that in light of modern science, alternative, bloodless treatment options are safer for the patient and cost less.


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[119] Taking an organ transplant is currently a matter to be decided in accordance with the conscience of each member of the movement [120] although it involves a large number of external white blood cells.


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Jehovah's Witnesses refused transplants between 1967 and 1980, when they were considered “nourishing the body with human flesh”, or cannibalism, in the literature of the movement.


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[121] Although Jehovah's Witnesses also seek to prevent blood transfusions to underage children, law courts in Western countries, including Finland, [122] have intervened and, through custody, provided the child with the blood-related care they consider necessary.


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Criticism of the movement has been met with regard to, among other things, Jehovah's Witnesses' perceptions of blood transfusions, neutrality, military service, and their way of treating former members of the movement.


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Criticism often appears on internet message boards and media, where comments by Jehovah's Witnesses representatives, or literature published by them, often represent a minority alongside interviews with former movement members and material they publish.


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Smaller religious groups that have split from the organisation have also emerged as a result of the criticism.


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Jehovah's Witnesses are criticized for changing doctrines from time to time and the non-biblicality of the method.


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[4] The Christian press has criticized the passing of several apocalyptic dates predicted by Jehovah's Witnesses without anything specific having happened, as a gnawing factor in the entire credibility of the movement's doctrines.


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[123] Jehovah's Witnesses have been criticized for considering the current order of affairs to be corrupted and doomed by the soon-to-impending Armageddon, and for believing all other religions and denominations and political systems to be controlled by Satan the Slander.


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Especially with other religions there is no desire to be in any co-operation, participating in politics is considered useless and siding with Satan against the kingdom of God.


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Jehovah's Witnesses believe the Kingdom of God will solve all problems on Earth in the future.


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This view of society meets critical disposition.


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[124] In Germany, the authorities for a long time prevented the adoption of Jehovah's Witnesses as a public law community because of their negative stance on voting.


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However, Jehovah's Witnesses in various countries have actively sought to register as a denomination as expected from state denominations.


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The attitude of Jehovah's Witnesses to blood has been criticized.


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The current blood doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses divides blood into several parts, some of which are forbidden to members of the movement, some not.


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The split has been accused of being arbitrary and claimed not to be based in any way on the Bible.


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Jehovah's Witnesses also do not approve of blood donation.


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Jehovah's Witnesses have received criticism for requiring their members to shun dealing with former congregation members.


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These separated or divorced are not to be greeted and efforts are made to shun them.


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Former Jehovah's Witnesses have occasionally given interviews critical of the organisation's modus operandi on television, radio [125] [126] and the press.


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[127] The treatment of former members and those contemplating submission has been presented as “spiritual violence”.


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[128] Jehovah's Witnesses have also been accused of covering up child sexual abuse in their community.


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Attitudes towards Jehovah's Witnesses in Finland in Finland, former Jehovah's Witnesses have been organizing protests with the Victims of Religions Association during the largest annual gathering of Jehovah's Witnesses since 1999.


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[129] In 2006, the demonstration took place not only in Helsinki but also at the district convention in Tampere.


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According to Religious Victims Support Ry, Jehovah's Witnesses is the religion that employs it most.


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[130] In a 1999 survey of Church Monitor 99, Jehovah's Witnesses were the largest non-Christian community.


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Among other things, the survey asked questions about people's attitudes towards spiritual matters and different religions.


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Seventy-one per cent of those taking part in the survey had a negative view of the organisation, while 4 per cent had a positive view of them.


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[131] Jehovah's Witnesses themselves do not find such an attitude towards them surprising.


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See also List of known Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses in Finland Sources Publications are published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society unless otherwise noted.


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Helsinki railway station,,) is a well-known landmark of Helsinki and the focal point of public transport in the metropolitan area of Kluuv district.


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All commuter trains in the metropolitan area depart from the station and it is also the most significant departure point for long-distance trains in Finland.


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The Rautatientori metro station, located beneath the station, is the busiest station on the Helsinki Metro.


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In addition, trains to St. Petersburg and Moscow depart from Helsinki Central Station.


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The railway was built in Helsinki in the 1860s.


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Designed by architect Eliel Saarinen in the early 20th century, the granite station building is known for its bell tower and statues of Lantern Bearers by sculptor Emil Wikström.


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[1] Helsinki Central Station has become a symbol of the railways in Finland as a whole.


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Among other things, VR uses Helsinki Central Station and stone statues adjacent to its main entrance in its advertising.


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[2] General Information Helsinki Central Railway Station is located in the heart of Helsinki, in the Kluuvi district at Kaivokatu 1.


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[3] The main facade of the station building is on the side of Kaivokatu.


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On the east side of the station is the Railway Market, on the west side Asema Square and Elielin Square.


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Finnair City Bus's route ends at Elielinaukio.


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From the station leads Asematunneleli to the underground floor of Kaivokatu ali City Center (Makkaratalo).


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The station also provides access to the Rautatientori metro station located beneath it.


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Helsinki Central Railway Station is a hub for commuter, long-distance rail and metro traffic throughout the metropolitan area.


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With 240000 [4] passengers passing through the station daily, it is the busiest building in Finland in terms of visitors.


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About half of the walkers are train passengers.


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[5] On weekdays, more than one hundred long-distance trains and about 850 commuter trains enter and depart from the station.


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[6] The core of the station building is formed by the central part of the station, which houses waiting halls, ticketing, kiosk hall and access to the station tunnel.


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The railway board offices are housed in the eastern wing of the station, or the administration building.


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A central post office also operated there before moving to the Post Office House, which was completed in the 1930s.


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VR's headquarters moved to Pasila in 2018.


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As a result, the east wing will be converted into the Scandic Hotel, which will open in 2021.


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In the 1970s, luggage storage facilities were placed in the underground spaces of the west wing.


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In the 2000s, a café and commercial space were built on the above-ground floor and offices and commercial premises are located on the upper floors.


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[7] The station has about ten kiosks and restaurants that visit more than 20,000 customers every day [5].


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History The coming of the railway when visiting Finland in 1856, Emperor Alexander II presented a programme to promote economic life.


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In it, he stressed to promote the importance of connecting inland to seaports by canals and railways.


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Thus, plans began to be made for Finland's first rail link from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna.


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[8] Helsinki line alignment and the location of the railway station In 1853, the northern edge of Hietalahti market was proposed as the site of the Helsinki Railway Station.


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Later in 1857 the neighbouring areas of Turku Barracks were proposed as the location of the railway station, the third option being the surroundings of the Kluuvi well.


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Based on the surveys of the line carried out in the summer and autumn, it became clear how difficult the project was to build a railway in Helsinki at the tip of the cape.


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Based on the findings, four options for the line were outlined.


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The alignments differed in cost from each other very much.


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In the original plan, 40800 rubles were allocated for the main station on the track, but the price of the most expensive solution was estimated at 162000 rubles.


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[9] [10] The cheapest option would have the line made a bend after Pasila and went around Töölönlahti.


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In the second alignment option, the line would have been drawn directly west of Pasila, past the Töölö Sugar Plant.


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In the third option, Pasila would have been passed straight and continued around Töölönlahti.


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At these interchanges, the railway station would have been located south of Turku Barracks.


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In the fourth option, the track would be pulled from Pasila directly across Töölönlahti and Kaisaniemi Park to Kluuvi, with the station coming immediately after Kluuvinpito.


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This option was the most expensive, and its cost was estimated at 107970 rubles.


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It required other options more to blow up the rock and fill in the Gulf of Kluuvi.


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[9] [11] The first three options required that villas and other buildings be demolished on the shore of Töölönlahti, and beautiful and cultivated land from the surroundings of the city should be taken as a track area.


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In addition, the cost of land expropriations would be significantly higher than under the fourth option.


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It was still noted that a sharp bend immediately after the railway station would consume more rails and the wheels of trains.


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This would result in a tilting hazard of the train, which would reduce the locomotive's traction power.


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The straight line of track had the advantage of an unobstructed view of traffic from the station to the track.


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Eventually it was concluded in favour of a fourth line option, and it was approved on 26 November 1857.


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[12] [11] [13] The choice may also have been influenced by the fact that Knut Stjernvall, whose stepfather Carl Johan Walleen owned Hakasalmi villa on the western shore of Töölönlahti at the time.


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The other three line alignments would have required the villa to be demolished.


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[8] [14] Following the decision, the fate of the Kaisaniemi park next to the Kouluvi well began to be concerned about the fate of the Kaisaniemi Park.


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It was clear that the railroad would come to take over some of the areas of the park.


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At the request of the townspeople in 1859, the line of track was moved slightly eastward to save the park's two large and beautiful mounds.


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[12] Filling the Gulf of Kluuvi The area for which the Helsinki railway station began to be planned is a former seabed.


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In the 19th century, the place was loam and smelly, with a water area used as a landfill and public latrine.


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The Gulf of Kluuvi began to be filled in as early as the 1830s, but the filling began to be done when the railway began to be built.


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[15] The bay was dammed at Hakasalmi, the Kluuvi marsh was stretched, and behind the dam a rock-edged collar pool was built, from which water was pumped by wind power to Töölönlahti.


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Horseloads of sand were driven into the area over the decades.


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[16] According to the plans of the 1830s, the area north of Kaivokatu and west of Mikonkatu was to be divided into two blocks, which would receive the name Hyena and Hilleri and which would be separated by Hakasalmenkatu, or present-day Keskus Street.


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The decision to build the railway determined the fate of the blocks designated as Hyena and Hiller.


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The final track plan was drawn up by Knut Stjernvall in 1859.


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He suggested that a spacious market should be created at the site of the Hyena Quarter on the east side of the rail yard.