tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417199.post6839636751250048369..comments2023-12-14T11:26:51.959-05:00Comments on Life After Jerusalem: Religion in TallinnDiggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03856750834804127824noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417199.post-11412953348976510352011-10-05T13:42:20.760-04:002011-10-05T13:42:20.760-04:00Yes the Jehovah's witnesses are in Estonia. Th...Yes the Jehovah's witnesses are in Estonia. The have been active for more than 60 years all during the communist era. <br />They where sent to Siberia in an attempt to eliminate them by the Communists. Their attempts to stop us were not successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417199.post-18573690689411977022011-09-22T13:49:43.195-04:002011-09-22T13:49:43.195-04:00My guess is the Estonians are not all that differe...My guess is the Estonians are not all that different from their Nordic neighbors in terms of religious beliefs. I also remember dropping in on a Sunday church service at a major Lutheran cathedral in Tallinn in 1989 and it was jam-packed. <br /><br />The sermon was distinctly nationalist so I saw Lutheranism and Estonian nationalism bound together and all the consequences that came from it. <br /><br />I also think the Jehovah's Witnesses and LDS are unlikely to make real inroads in these countries. They are foreign transplants and don't represent the ethos of the country whether proselytizing is legally banned or not.Patricia Kushlishttp://www.whirledview.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417199.post-40059791368451117142011-09-19T20:41:54.602-04:002011-09-19T20:41:54.602-04:00Yeah, both Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons an...Yeah, both Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons and the Scientologists are all over Eastern Europe. I doubt that it's a particularly fertile ground for them but they've been there since the Wall fell. Some of them are not welcome everywhere. I believe Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church of Scientology were banned in several European countries because their recruiting and fundraising tactics were a little too aggressive.Daniela Swiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375056786777183752noreply@blogger.com