Odłączenie się nie jest tym samym, co po prostu bycie nieaktywnym. Nie wyklucza się też za drobne błędy, tylko za ciężkie grzechy, za które nie okazano skruchy.
Massimo Introvigne
Japan Religious Donations Law. 4. The Return of Brainwashing
Brainwashing was debunked by scholars of new religious movements as pseudoscience already in the 20th century. It now returns in Japan.
Świadkowie Jehowy a unikanie kontaktów 1. Dlaczego praktykują unikanie kontaktów
Unikanie kontaktów z wykluczonymi byłymi członkami wyznania to typowa praktyka religii monoteistycznych. Uczeni podają argumenty uzasadniające jej stosowanie
Japans Religionsspenden-Gesetz . 2. „Angst“ und religiöser Betrug
Das neue Gesetz verbietet Spenden, die auf „Angst vor Unglück in diesem oder im nächsten Leben und auf dem Vertrauen in „inspirierte“ Lehrer beruhen, und stellt damit alle Religionen unter Verdacht.
Prince Shotoku and the (Non-)Independence of Law
The 7th-century Japanese ruler taught that law and its enforcement cannot be independent from conscience.
Norge: Oslo tingsrätt beslutar om att pausa avregistrering av Jehovas vittnen
Ett hårt och orättvist beslut av statsförvaltaren i Oslo och Viken har stoppats genom ett snabbt rättsligt ingripande. Men striden fortsätter.
Japan’s Religious Donations Law. 3. An American Precedent
In 1931, in the landmark case “People v. Blackburn,” the Supreme Court of California stated that claiming an inspired religious knowledge and collecting donations even for a marginal religious movement is part of religious liberty.
Japans Religionsspenden-Gesetz. 1. Ein mehrdeutiger Text
Das japanische Parlament hat Gesetze verabschiedet, die Spenden als betrügerisch einstufen, die durch „Angst“ motiviert sind und bei denen der „freie Wille“ der Spender angeblich unterdrückt wurde.
Japan’s Religious Donations Law. 2. “Fear” and Religious Fraud
The new law, by prohibiting donations based on “fear” of misfortunes in this or in the next life and on trust in “inspired” teachers, in fact looks with suspicion at all religions.
Ley de Donaciones Religiosas de Japón. 1. Un texto ambiguo
El Parlamento japonés ha aprobado leyes que consideran fraudulentas las donaciones motivadas por el “miedo” y en las que supuestamente se ha suprimido el “libre albedrío” de los donantes.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.