Posts Tagged ‘supreme’

Religion & Politics: Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses Religion & Politics This video interview, created as a special presentation for BeliefNet, is of Joel Engardio, the director of the documentary “KNOCKING”. www.beliefnet.com Additional material found in this video interview has been taken from the documentary “KNOCKING”. The full documentary in its entire context can be found at www.knocking.org Joel Engardio is not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses but is speaking about the beliefs of the religion as a journalist and expert. More information about the director can be found at www.joelengardio.com The Jehovah’s Witness faith encourages many interesting ideologies, such as not voting and not partaking in the military. Learn, from the son of a follower, the impacts the Jehovah’s Witness community has made. “Do not be loving either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; because everything in the world – the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life – does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever” 1John 2 — www.watchtower.org http www.jw-media.org http www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk www.thirdwitness.com http www.noblood.org http –

Lessig on Supreme Court Campaign Finance Decision: Change Congress Video

action.change-congress.org The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC gives corporations free rein to pour unprecedented amounts of money into elections. From this day forward, when Congress acts, who can say it wasn’t because of the money? Watch Lawrence Lessig’s response to Citizens United, share his call to action with friends, and sign up for updates.