Jehovah’s Witness group could bring $10M to PB
Pine Bluff Commercial, AR - 21 minutes ago
... also indicated it may be difficult to find a parking space in downtown Pine Bluff when the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses meets at the ... The organization has also agreed to meet here in 2008 and 2009, he said, and tentatively agreed to hold their sessions here from 2010 through 2013. The number of sessions may swell to four annually, Purvis quoted congregation officials as saying.
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One last comment on the 'human shield' question............it is not an exaggeration if it is understood that we're not talking about protecting the dub from physical attack, (which I believe is pretty rare). Children can be used in FS as 'human shields' to deflect verbal attacks, arguments, rudeness, dismissal, and suspicion on the part of the householder, who might engage in any or all of those types of attacks, but much less likely to do so in the presence of children.
'Human shield' is a perfectly valid description of this tactic. Another appropriate word would be 'hostages' - same idea.
Thanks again, Danny, for your good work keeping us informed.
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First appearance of Canadian promotion of Knocking HIGHLIGHT: INDEPENDENT LENS: KNOCKING
Globe and Mail, Canada - 16 minutes ago
We know Jehovah's Witnesses primarily for their door-to-door proselytizing and for their refusal to accept blood transfusions. But for a controversial faith [email protected] news editor http://www.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/help/contact-web more contacts this paper TELEVISION: DOCS & TALKHIGHLIGHT: INDEPENDENT LENS: KNOCKING
HENRIETTA WALMARK May 25, 2007 We know Jehovah's Witnesses primarily for their door-to-door proselytizing and for their refusal to accept blood transfusions. But for a controversial faith that was founded in the United States in the 1870s, very little else is generally known about the worshippers who attend its Kingdom Halls. In this utterly fascinating documentary co-produced and directed by Joel P. Engardio - who was raised as a Witness, although he never joined the religion - it's clear the conservative faith, which has been much maligned, has had a dramatic impact on civil rights and freedoms in both the U.S. and Europe. There are dramatic individual stories of a young Dallas man who is denied a life-saving liver transplant because of his faith and a Jewish concentration-camp survivor who was so impressed by voluntary Jehovah's Witness prisoners that he converted to their faith. Yet it's the religion's long history of fighting for civil liberties that provides the most surprising material here. In defending their own rights, Jehovah's Witnesses are responsible for expanding and cementing freedoms for all Americans. The religion has gone before the U.S. Supreme Court more than any other group, winning 50 of their 62 cases; cases that set precedents in most every area of the U.S. Bill of Rights. That staggering record alone makes this film vital viewing for anyone who cares about civil justice. Sunday, 11 p.m., PBS
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070525.JEHOVAH25/TPStory/TPNational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20070525.JEHOVAH25 Doctor defends 'bloodless surgery' for babies 2 hrs ago | Globe and Mail Jehovah's Witnesses prefer technique that requires no transfusions, overcomes ethical concerns VANCOUVER -- One of the leading practitioners of "bloodless surgery" says that when Jehovah's Witnesses demand to RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: PUSHING MEDICAL BOUNDARIES
Doctor defends 'bloodless surgery' for babies
Jehovah's Witnesses prefer technique that requires no transfusions, overcomes ethical concerns
MARK HUME With a report from Canadian Press
[email protected] May 25, 2007 VANCOUVER -- One of the leading practitioners of "bloodless surgery" says that when Jehovah's Witnesses demand to be treated without transfusions - as parents of premature babies in Quebec City and Vancouver have done recently - they are not relying on junk science. Rather, they are pushing the medical establishment to provide them with a form of treatment that is increasingly available, but still relatively obscure, in the United States and Canada , says Aryeh Shander, chief of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey . Dr. Shander, interviewed yesterday in the wake of a Quebec court decision that ordered transfusions for premature twins despite objections from their Jehovah's Witnesses parents, said that even tiny babies can be treated safely with techniques commonly called bloodless surgery, or more correctly, blood conservation. "Bloodless is sort of a misnomer because essentially what we do is we treat patients without the use of banked blood products," said Dr. Shander, who is also a professor at Mount Sinai school of medicine in New York . He was recently profiled by Time magazine in a report titled Heroes of Medicine, because of his pioneering work in bloodless surgery. "What we do is try to approach the patient from a different scenario. ... we will make sure that their blood level is brought up before surgery," he said. "We will collect every drop of blood during surgery ... and we can return all the products back to them later on." Machines that recycle a patient's own blood and drugs that reduce the need for transfusions are among the techniques used. Dr. Shander said he's used the approach on a wide variety of patients - including premature babies born to parents who are Jehovah's Witnesses, a religion that forbids blood transfusions. "To date, everything that has been performed from a surgical point of view ... on patients who take blood, can be performed on bloodless patients, or Jehovah's Witnesses," he said. jehovahs3 Dr. Shander has been at the forefront of bloodless surgery since the 1980s when AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics made him question the risks of transfusions. He said his questioning of traditional methods was controversial at first, just as the questioning by Jehovah's Witnesses is now. "There were arguments, no doubt about that ... I don't know if people actually viewed [what I was doing] as heresy, but this is how people view the Witnesses now, as heretics in the cathedral of medicine, because they are questioning even more than I did. They are questioning medicine to be able to deliver the same standard of care that everyone else gets - but without the use of blood." Quebec Superior Court ruled on Wednesday that a Quebec City hospital caring for premature twins should proceed with blood transfusions after doctors treating the babies were able to demonstrate the severity of the situation. Two doctors told the court blood transfusions were necessary to keep the twins alive and avoid brain damage. A doctor who is a Jehovah's Witness testified on the parents' behalf that alternatives to transfusion were available for the twins, who were born by cesarean section May 17 at 25 weeks. In January, the B.C . government briefly seized four babies who had survived Canada's first sextuplet birth, and ordered transfusions, despite the objections of the parents, who are also Jehovah's Witnesses. The parents have since taken the B.C . government to court, seeking a ruling that they should have had an opportunity to go before a judge and make an argument for bloodless treatment. That case is expected to be heard in July. Dr. Shander said every case is different and he doesn't have medical details on the recent births in B.C . and Quebec . But he said in most instances, there is a good medical case to be made for bloodless treatment. "We've had plenty of patients from all over the world who have come to our hospital to be treated without blood. All went home, yet they were refused by many, including Canada , to be cared for," he said. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/help/contact-paper#reporters CONTACT PAGE ------------------------------------------------ 2 First appearance of Canadian promotion of Knocking HIGHLIGHT: INDEPENDENT LENS: KNOCKING
Globe and Mail, Canada - 16 minutes ago
We know Jehovah's Witnesses primarily for their door-to-door proselytizing and for their refusal to accept blood transfusions. But for a controversial faith [email protected] news editor http://www.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/help/contact-web more contacts this paper TELEVISION: DOCS & TALKHIGHLIGHT: INDEPENDENT LENS: KNOCKING
HENRIETTA WALMARK May 25, 2007 We know Jehovah's Witnesses primarily for their door-to-door proselytizing and for their refusal to accept blood transfusions. But for a controversial faith that was founded in the United States in the 1870s, very little else is generally known about the worshippers who attend its Kingdom Halls. In this utterly fascinating documentary co-produced and directed by Joel P. Engardio - who was raised as a Witness, although he never joined the religion - it's clear the conservative faith, which has been much maligned, has had a dramatic impact on civil rights and freedoms in both the U.S. and Europe . There are dramatic individual stories of a young Dallas man who is denied a life-saving liver transplant because of his faith and a Jewish concentration-camp survivor who was so impressed by voluntary Jehovah's Witness prisoners that he converted to their faith. Yet it's the religion's long history of fighting for civil liberties that provides the most surprising material here. In defending their own rights, Jehovah's Witnesses are responsible for expanding and cementing freedoms for all Americans. The religion has gone before the U.S. Supreme Court more than any other group, winning 50 of their 62 cases; cases that set precedents in most every area of the U.S. Bill of Rights. That staggering record alone makes this film vital viewing for anyone who cares about civil justice. Sunday, 11 p.m., PBS
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http://voice.paly.net/feedback.php FEEDBACK PAGE post your own HIGH RANK on the wire as I type world religions report
Paly Voice, CA - 3 hours ago
He begins a Bible study with the aid of publications by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the main organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, to teach about ...Date: May 25, 2007 Name: Christina Henderson (unverified identity) Age: 23 Location: Berwick,PA Subject: world religions report Comment: Would you be willing to answer a few questions about Jehovah's witnesses for me and allow me to use you in my world religions report for college. I am not a jehovah's witness. I am just looking for someone willing to help me lean about them. Thank you, Tina This feedback came in response to the following story:
This propaganda puff piece was submitted to a college newspaper http://voice.paly.net/feedback.php FEEDBACK PAGE http://voice.paly.net/staff.php STAFF CONTACTS HEREReligion: I am a Jehova's Witness
Posted Mon Feb 28 13:50:58 PST 2005
By Rotem Ben-Shachar of Verde Magazine
"M y beliefs offer me a refuge when things go wrong." Walking through the streets of East Palo Alto, Paly senior Alberto Prado breaks off from the small group he is walking with and knocks on the pale blue door of a corner house. "We are going door to door to distribute publications related to the Bible," he says with a smile when the door opens. "Do you read the Bible? This magazine helps extract lessons from the Bible and relate them to real life." If people do take interest in Prado's message, he comes back for more visits. He begins a Bible study with the aid of publications by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the main organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, to teach about the religion. Afterwards, people decide if they want to be part of the religion and, if they do, they are baptized. Prado is one of the few Jehovah's Witnesses at Paly. Though there are over 6 million Jehovah's Witnesses around the world, the religion is not very well known. The religion began in the early 1870's during a Bible study group led by Charles Taze Russell in Allegheny, Pennsylvania , according to http://Watchtower.org, the official Jehovah's Witness web site. Jehovah is one of God's names in ancient Hebrew scripure, according to the Watchtower organization. Though Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians, they do not believe in the Trinity. They accept God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as separate entities. Prado shares his religion's teachings by preaching door to door two hours a week. "The purpose of a Christian congregation is to get people to know what God's purpose is, to spread the good news," he says. He preaches mostly to Spanish-speaking families. "Because most Spanish speaking people are pretty religious, most people are generally receptive," he says. Some people see preaching as an invasion of privacy, but Prado says, "I have thought about it, and it has been explained to me that preaching is akin to speaking to one's neighbors; there's no law against it, and it's not a bad thing to do. We do try, however, to keep out of homes where we have been specifically told not to trespass, or where there is a sign." Prado says his religion's teachings meld well with his personality. "I like to stay neutral," he says. His opinion coincides with Jehovah's Witnesses' belief of refraining from taking part in government and voting. "Government is here because of God," Prado says. "But it is best to stay neutral and not get involved." Jehovah's Witnesses are also pacificists, and do not believe in participating in war. Another unique belief of Jehovah's Witnesses is that they do not accept blood transfusions. They believe the Bible says to abstain from blood. "We interpret part of the bible to say the blood is sacred," Prado says. However, other alternative methods can be used, such as fractions and non-blood plasma expanders. In addition, Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays or holidays. "We have decided that these celebrations, being of pagan and not Christian origin, shouldn't be practiced by us," Prado says. "Although I hear all the time about presents and fun parties, I've pretty much gotten used to not doing this and it's not that much of a big deal anyway. We just like to have get-togethers whenever." Recent Paly graduate Brittany Hampton, who is also a Jehovah's Witness, adds, "We don't have to wait around until Christmas to get presents or remember Jesus because we receive presents throughout the year. We don't have to wait around until Valentine's Day to get an occasional love card because we are able to do that throughout the year. We don't have to wait around for Thanksgiving in order to eat turkey and a big feast because we eat it throughout the year. Especially when I know what is behind these celebrations, it is something that I wouldn't want to support, knowing that I am celebrating pagan gods." Even though he does not celebrate holidays, Prado has many opportunities to interacts with members of his congregation. The sense of community the religion brings greatly appeals to Prado. Occasionally, he attends circuit meetings with many congregations from all over California . "My favorite part of the religion is being able to make a lot of new friends and knowing that if I begin talking to someone I know they will be nice to me," he says. However, Prado's religious beliefs do not affect his decisions in choosing friends. "Most of my friends are not Jehovah's Witnesses," he says. "They acknowledge that I have moral standards, but I would probably have those even if I was not a Jehovah's Witness. Religion is not a factor in my relationships." Prado's beliefs, though, do affect how he deals with everyday situations. He is most grateful that his faith gives him hope. "I would not be where I am now without my religion because I would not have a reason to do anything," he says. Prado says his faith also helps him deal with everyday stress. "Since I know that all will be well some day, I just never let anything get to me too much," he says. "I like to believe it [the religious teachings]. It gives me hope that we can indeed live life on Earth in a good way. God can take an active part in everyone's life." Prado feel proud when his religion sends him apart from is peers. "I have always been seen differently because of the way I act, which I think is cool," he says. "People have actually noticed that I don't let negative things keep me down for too long, and all the times that this happens I say to myself, 'yep, this is a result of where you come from. Good job.'" For Prado, practicing his religion entails attending five meetings a week. He belongs to the Spanish-speaking congregation located at 429 High Street. Prado attends two meetings every Wednesday and two meetings as well as a book study on weekends. At these meetings, an orator explains the week's assigned Bible reading, and various people give presentations to practice preaching. During the second meeting, the congregation reads a newsletter published by the Watchtower "which gives us a lowdown on what's going on at a national level with all Jehovah's Witnesses and comes with different kinds of advice; things like how to more tactfully present a specific magazine during preaching, or addressing an issue that comes up frequently," Prado says. Usually, 200 to 350 people attend each meeting. Jehovah's Witnesses tend to be very closely knit; they take an extreme interest in what other Jehovah's Witnesses are doing around the world. On weekends, Prado studies a religious magazine. The most popular magazines are The Watchtower and Awake. "The Watchtower is more religiously based, and explains how to apply the religion to modern life," Prado says. "Awake is broader. Journalists go all over the world and relate their stories to the glory of God." Even though Prado is a devout Jehovah's Witness, he believes that his views can relate to many different religions. "Anything I would say [about the religion] would apply to any other religion," Prado says. "It is important to remember the importance of family, relationships, and humility. God is love." It bothers Prado when people make cult references about his religion. "It's just another religion, something to believe in," he says. He feels fortunate he has something so important to him. "My faith hasn't been severely tried as of yet," he says. "And I thank God for that." -
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Comment: Would you be willing to answer a few questions about Jehovah's witnesses for me and allow me to use you in my world religions report for college. I am not a jehovah's witness. I am just looking for someone willing to help me lean about them. Thank you, Tina
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Billings Gazette , MT - 19 minutes ago
He was solidifying a commitment to God that had been a long time in coming, as thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses looked on. Ball, from Whitehall, was one of ... [email protected] reporter .....College student Danielle Delzer of Helena also took the plunge Saturday. Delzer, 19, who attends Rocky Mountain College in Billings , was baptized as her parents, a brother and many people from her congregation looked on.
Delzer grew up a Jehovah's Witness. But she said she waited to be baptized until she was on her own at college for a couple of years. Going to meetings and doing service convinced her that she was ready to make the commitment.
For now, she said, that will mostly take the form of sharing her faith with her fellow college students.
"I have a great opportunity in college where kids are looking for their own religion," she said. "A lot of them haven't heard of Jehovah's Witnesses, and I find a great opportunity there." Contact Susan Olp at [email protected] or 657-1281. -
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Danny:
Doesn't DAR stand for "Daughters of the American Revolution"?!! PATRIOTISM? SHOULDN'T SHE HAVE DECLINED THAT HONOR? JUST WONDERING?
SnakesInTheTower (of the "scratching his head on that one" Sheep Class)
She received the DAR Award
Daughters of the American Revolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership organization of women [1] dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism. -
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Helena women among 41 baptized in Billings COMMENTHelena Independent Record, MT - 1 hour ago
He was solidifying a commitment to God that had been a long time in coming, as thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses looked on. Ball, from Whitehall, was one of ... For now, she said, that will mostly take the form of sharing her faith with her fellow college students.
“I have a great opportunity in college where kids are looking for their own religion,” she said. “A lot of them haven’t heard of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I find a great opportunity there.” ------------------ Danny Haszard posted comment- It's 2007 the Watchtower is NOW citing examples of members going off into the World and getting a decent college education. This is good,as for the past hundred years all us old time JW's were forbidden to go to college.Why the flip-flop now? -
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Jehovah's Witnesses hope to debunk myths about their faith
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 1 hour ago
The Jehovah's Witnesses shun celebrations of Christmas and Easter, two major holidays connected to Jesus Christ. That could be contributing to the ...Hey did you notice in that pic they show a woman out in service wearing a denim skirt? Did you also notice the man/woman? in the back wearing what appears to be blue jeans? Since when did they start allowing that?
