r/exjw • u/larchington Larchwood • 22d ago
WT Policy There's a key difference between the English version of the Norway victory article on JW org and the Norwegian version which shows they know they are lying...
In the English version of the JW org news article about the Norwegian Supreme Court ruling they say "the government violated the religious freedom of Jehovah's Witnesses when it deregistered our national legal entity."
The Norwegian version correctly says the State deregistered the religion itself.
Those are not the same thing.
The Norwegian State did NOT dissolve a JW legal corporation. It removed JW from the state registry for religious communities because of their shunning practices involving baptized minors.
Interesting that the wording is only changed in English but not Norwegian, where locals would immediately spot the deception.
Here you can see ask the announcements regarding JW legal identity. You will see there is nothing about any deregistration of JW legal identity:
https://w2.brreg.no/kunngjoring/hent_nr.jsp?orgnr=879492742
To see for yourself, go to the article on JW org (in the News section) in Norwegian, and translate the text to English.
They know that they are lying.

With thanks to Jan Frode Nilsen for this information.
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u/CTR_1852 Tentatively Christian 21d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/LNMAa5P9JFBoMVHSUk
Thanks for all your hard work Larch!