Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada

Political neutrality

Is petitioning the government for a Bill of Rights politically neutral?--Jeffro77 (talk) 17:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

The editor likely refers to an event described on page 689 of Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimer's of God's Kingdom:

March 2, 1947, Jehovah’s Witnesses launched a nationwide campaign inviting the people of Canada to petition the government for a Bill of Rights. Over 500,000 signatures were obtained—the largest petition that had ever been presented to the Canadian Parliament! This was followed, the next year, by an even larger petition to reinforce the first one.

A 1940s Jehovah's Witness could have been jailed in Canada for no other reason than his faith. A Bible reader would likely believe Scriptures such as Esther 7:3 and Acts 28:19 to permit a persecuted person or group to petition a secular government.
--AuthorityTam (talk) 16:40, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

'The editor' asked (16 months ago) whether petitioning the government for a Bill of Rights is politically neutral, not something about what 'a Bible reader would likely believe'. Your very late reply has not answered the question that 'the editor' asked.--Jeffro77 (talk) 07:41, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow. --AuthorityTam (talk) 23:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Huh? You didn't answer the question that was asked. Perhaps you should volunteer in a more meaningful way.--Jeffro77 (talk) 16:07, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

antagonism with the Catholic Church in Quebec

JWs in Quebec faced a lot of antagonism from the Catholic Church, in part because of their statements about the satanic nature of the Catholic Church. This does not justify anything, but is part of the context. Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Unsourced

Apart from one quote, this article is entirely unsourced. If reliable secondary sources are not added, the article will be proposed for deletion in the near future.--Jeffro77 (talk) 00:24, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Video link in the references section has moved

The current address to the video, entitled "The Legalization of the Work in Quebec" is here: https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&prefer=content&applanguage=F&locale=en&item=pub-jwbiv_201611_1_VIDEO&docid=1011214 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.238.231.196 (talk) 17:55, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Potentially Biased Contribution

@Clovermoss: Writing to address a concern over the latest contribution published by Clovermoss to this article. (Edit 1267914656) The change adds the following statement: "Jehovah's Witnesses preached fervently while their publications denounced Catholicism and depicted the pope as a whore."

It has a source to Beaman 2008 p. 21, though the source is behind a paywall and has limited access up to page 16 via the official UBC press website. (I am new to editing Wikipedia. I just read WP:Paywall after curiosity on how to verify sources behind paywalls. Will try the exchange method to further research this.) If you could provide me this source that would be great.

It also makes use of strong wording that could persuade the user to think towards a bias. The words I am referring to are "fervently" and "whore".

In regards to the bold statement, I believe maybe this refers to Jehovah's Witnesses referring to "false religion" as "Babylon the Great" (Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1) which is depicted in the Bible as a prostitute, due to its relationship with ancient Babylon? If so, I believe you have not maintained the "just-the-facts" tone that Wikipedia strongly suggests to its editors. Rewording this statement to use the proper terminology I've shown above would maintain a more neutral and informational tone, rather than a persuasive tone, to the article. --Max Rodriguez (talk) 00:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)