Wow, Ive looked at one forum section and had to register. Sounds like my kind of people. By the By Danny H, this is Robert Y from that other site I posted on last night that you responded to.
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Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovahs Witnesses Are Settled
by Dogpatch inpress release 5/10/07.
http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.
sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.
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MANY PBS STATIONS WON'T SHOW KNOCKING !
by DannyHaszard insome pbs stations won't show knocking .
even though knocking is scheduled for a national pbs broadcast on may .
2007, as many as one-quarter of local pbs stations will not show .
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Pre "knocking" on PBS May 22 media push Report: Jehovah's Witnesses Targets of Widespread Religious ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 1 hour ago
"Jehovah's Witnesses are like a canary in the coal mine when it comes to civil liberties and human rights. What happens to them will determine what happens ...
FINDING MY RELIGION A new film, "Knocking," offers a fresh look at ...San Francisco Chronicle
all 4 news articles » Report: Jehovah's Witnesses Targets of Widespread Religious ... only one enabled for comments Earthtimes.org - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As issues of democracy, freedom, and religion increasingly make headlines and political rhetoric around the world, ... -
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Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovahs Witnesses Are Settled
by Dogpatch inpress release 5/10/07.
http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.
sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.
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with JWS...just hoping and praying for ONE post that says.."I'm a witness, and I am sick about this. I am going to call the WTS TODAY, and then I'm going to talk to the overseer about this. My GOD! All the papers can't be lying. I'm SO happy this is out in the open!!!" Alas....this is not the case. WTF is wrong with them????
These Catholics can protest and NOT be kicked out the BIG difference between the Catholic church (SNAP) and the Watchtower cult
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WT BLOOD GUILT EXPOSED TO THE WORLD
by DannyHaszard inparents don't get a moral pass.
toronto star, canada - 3. even the discovery that their parents were devout jehovah's witnesses and is there any other kind of watchtower congregant?
raised only faint alarm ... rosie [email protected] the author.
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' ;Bloodless surgery' gains more adherents comment
Tulsa World , OK - 25 minutes ago
More hospitals across the country have begun "bloodless surgery" programs, typically in an effort to fulfill the needs of Jehovah's Witnesses, ... [email protected] author [email protected] story ideas [email protected] letter to editor http://www.tulsaworld.com/mm/staff/contactus.aspx other contacts 'Bloodless surgery' gains more adherents
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
5/15/2007
Last Modified: 5/15/2007 9:30 AM More hospitals across the country have begun "bloodless surgery" programs, typically in an effort to fulfill the needs of Jehovah's Witnesses, said Dr. Nicolas Jabbour, who started Oklahoma's first hospital-based program at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City .
"Most patients are Jehovah's Witness patients, but the public in general is becoming more aware and informed about bloodless surgery," he said.
In bloodless surgery, the patient does not receive a transfusion of allogeneic blood -- that which is donated from a blood bank.
Jabbour said he became interested in bloodless medicine a decade ago at the University of Southern California and began to study ways to minimize blood transfusions.
He was part of the university's team that performed the world's first bloodless, live-donor liver transplant in a Jehovah's Witness in 1999.
He has performed 30 bloodless liver transplants with 100 percent success, he said.
"There are a lot of studies that show that using less blood or no blood can be better for the patient," he said.
Because blood is an immunosuppressant, the transfusion of donated blood raises the risk of infection. However, Jabbour emphasizes that people should not fear blood transfusions.
"This does not mean that blood is bad. It saves millions of people's lives every day," he said. "Overall, it is a very safe product, but it is not 100 percent safe."
Jabbour's interest in bloodless surgery has been driven more by the fact that blood often is in short supply and can be expensive.
"Blood is a precious, finite product. People shouldn't think it is plentiful, cheap or doesn't present some risk," he said.
Elective surgeries often are canceled because of the shortage of blood, he said.
Alternatives to blood transfusions are necessary to avert problems resulting from shortages or to appease patients who for religious or personal reasons do not want transfusions, Jabbour said.
"Bloodless medicine is not just a marketing tool," he said.
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WT BLOOD GUILT EXPOSED TO THE WORLD
by DannyHaszard inparents don't get a moral pass.
toronto star, canada - 3. even the discovery that their parents were devout jehovah's witnesses and is there any other kind of watchtower congregant?
raised only faint alarm ... rosie [email protected] the author.
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Jehovah's Witness liaisons help surgeons adapt comment
Tulsa World , OK - 1 hour ago
Collins said the purpose of the committee is to ensure that Jehovah's Witnesses receive quality medical care without violating their beliefs about blood. Jehovah's Witness liaisons help surgeons adapt By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
5/15/2007
Last Modified: 5/15/2007 9:30 AMThe faith opposes traditional blood trans- fusions, and the rep- resentatives suggest alternative treatments.
transfusion-free sur- gery because fixing Christensen's pelvis would require a large incision.
If it weren't for the Jehovah's Witness hospital liaison committee, Ted Christensen believes that he wouldn't be able to walk today.
"It pulled me through," the Tulsa-area contractor said. "Without doing the surgery and working with the liaison committee, I'd be in a wheelchair."
Christensen, 37, needed the surgery last year after an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle he was riding at Camp Gruber near Braggs. The vehicle rolled over, breaking his left pelvis and crushing his right pelvis.
Christensen was taken by LifeFlight to Tulsa , where he was transferred to St. Francis Hospital and scheduled for two emergency surgeries.
But Christensen is a Jehovah's Witness, whose doctrine opposes blood transfusions, including whole blood, red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets.
He refused to sign the consent form for the surgery.
"My surgeon was concerned," he recalled. "He said: 'We can't perform the surgery without blood. You're going to die.' "
The surgeon, Dr. Todd Swenning of Tulsa , said he was uneasy
"If he lost a lot of blood, we would have nothing to give him and he could die," he said.
Christensen called the Tulsa-area Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses.
Richard Collins of the committee came to St. Francis to talk with Swenning about acceptable alternatives for Christensen, including blood salvaging -- a technique in which a surgeon collects the patient's lost blood, filters and washes it, and transfers it back into the patient.
Swenning performed the surgery using this technique.
Christensen "did as well as I could have hoped," he said.
Swenning said the liaison helped him understand Christensen's beliefs more fully and have more compassion for him.
"I think it's my obligation to respect his beliefs," he said.
Collins said the purpose of the committee is to ensure that Jehovah's Witnesses receive quality medical care without violating their beliefs about blood.
"Our beliefs are based on Scripture in Leviticus and Acts that call for us to abstain from blood," he said.
Some Jehovah's Witnesses will accept no blood of any kind, including blood fractions such as clotting factors, hemoglobin, interferons and platelet-derived healing factors, Collins said.
But because the Bible does not specifically address other procedures or blood fractions, the decision to accept their use is left to the individual, he said.
"We're not making decisions for them. We only want to ensure that their beliefs are respected," he said.
Every Jehovah's Witness carries a medical directive card that specifies that blood should not be given if the person is injured. It lists alternative treatments that the person might accept.
Collins said liaisons have access to those records to ensure that the person's wishes are respected, particularly if the person is unconscious.
"We're not working against anybody," he said. "We're working with them to help the patient get better."
The medical community has come a long way, from early suspicions about the liaison's intent to eagerness to learn how to meet the needs of patients without violating their moral beliefs, Collins said.
"The poor doctor is trained to do certain things, but if he has one of his hands tied behind his back, he doesn't know what to do," he said. "What we do is help untie his hand so the patient can get the best care possible."What is bloodless surgery?
The term "bloodless surgery" should not be taken literally. The patient will bleed. He or she just won't receive a transfusion of allogeneic blood. That's blood taken from someone else. It is the type of blood provided by blood banks.
People choose bloodless surgery either for religious reasons or personal preference. Jehovah's Witnesses, for example, firmly believe that blood has sacred meaning and that it should not be removed from the body and stored, nor should someone else's blood be taken in during transfusion.
Other people simply do not like the idea of putting a foreign substance in the body. The hepatitis scare in the 1970s and the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s made many people think twice about receiving blood.
Allogeneic blood transfusions also are very expensive. It is estimated that every unit of red blood cells that is transfused increases the cost of a hospital stay by $1,000 to $1,300.
Blood transfusion alternatives:
Blood salvaging: Blood that is lost during surgery can be collected, filtered, washed and transferred back into the patient.
Hemodilution: Blood can be removed before surgery, and the volume is replaced with water and minerals. The blood stays in storage bags connected to the patient, and it is returned to the patient after surgery. -
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by DannyHaszard inparents don't get a moral pass.
toronto star, canada - 3. even the discovery that their parents were devout jehovah's witnesses and is there any other kind of watchtower congregant?
raised only faint alarm ... rosie [email protected] the author.
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"We're not making decisions for them. We only want to ensure that their beliefs are respected," he said.
Every Jehovah's Witness carries a medical directive card that specifies that blood should not be given if the person is injured. It lists alternative treatments that the person might accept.
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Quantum Universe
by undercover inan acquaintance was telling me about how there have been some new discoveries in quantum mechanics and that "everything we know is going to change", his words.
he said that these top scientists and physicists have already met with the world's top religious leaders and explained to them what they have discovered and how it will change everyone's perception about reality.. i'm not all that informed on quantum mechanics and all that scientific mumbo-jumbo other than to know that some people believe that there are parallel universes and that it might be possible(?
) that we exist in different universes at the same time.. from what this guy was telling me, i gathered (i think) that reality and our perception of reality is based on nothing tangible except information.
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Trinity Quandary & Quantum Theory my science page
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by DannyHaszard inparents don't get a moral pass.
toronto star, canada - 3. even the discovery that their parents were devout jehovah's witnesses and is there any other kind of watchtower congregant?
raised only faint alarm ... rosie [email protected] the author.
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Court Won't Re-Hear Blood Transfusion Case
CJOB, Canada - 12 minutes ago
A Jehovah's Witness teen in Manitoba who refused a blood transfusion will not have her case re-heard by the province's top court. ... A Jehovah's Witness teen in Manitoba who refused a blood transfusion will not have her case re-heard by the province's top court. The Manitoba Court of Appeal has turned down the girl's application to rehear the case. Earlier this year, the Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling forcing the teen to receive blood for her Crone's Disease. Her lawyer argued she was a mature minor able to make her own health decisions. In the end, the girl admitted she accepted the treatment before the case even went to the Court of Appeal. The Jehovah's Witness Religion prohibits the ingestion of blood. CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting. -
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Condominium Sales Kick Off at Former Watchtower Shipping Complex
by DannyHaszard inwatchtower land lord condominium sales kick off at former watchtower shipping complex.
brooklyn daily eagle, ny -46 minutes ago.
by brooklyn eagle ([email protected]), published online 05-15-2007. brooklyn heights said to be the largest residential conversion in brooklyns ... said to be largest brooklyn conversion ever.
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Condominium Sales Kick Off at Former Watchtower Shipping Complex
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - 46 minutes ago
by Brooklyn Eagle ([email protected]), published online 05-15-2007. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Said to be the largest residential conversion in Brooklyn’s ... SAID TO BE LARGEST BROOKLYN CONVERSION EVER
Trader Joe’s Rumored To Be Taking Retail Space in Waterfront Building BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Said to be the largest residential conversion in Brooklyn’s history, the former Watchtower shipping complex at 360 Furman St. in Brooklyn Heights — now to be called One Brooklyn Bridge Park — has officially launched sales. Prices are starting at $500,000. A rumor that Trader Joe’s will be leasing some of the retail space in the building is unconfirmed. The former 14-story waterfront building is being converted into 449 residential units, obviously offering some of the best views of downtown Manhattan and New York Harbor, and is situated within the planned 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, hence its new name. “As the largest residential conversion in Brooklyn’s history, One Brooklyn Bridge Park will transform Brooklyn living,” said Robert Levine, president of RAL Companies & Affiliates LLC, the project’s developer. “One Brooklyn will offer unprecedented waterfront living unlike anything else.” The homes, designed with a contemporary edge by CDA Architects, will include loft apartments ranging from 588-square-foot studios to 2,360-square-foot four bedroom; townhouses with two-to-five bedrooms, ranging in size from 1,704 square feet to 4,069 square feet, and three- and four-bedroom penthouses, ranging in size from 2,452 square feet to 4,638 square feet. When completed in late 2007, the building will offer such amenities as 24-hour doormen and porters, on-site attended parking, additional owner self-parking, private riverfront cabanas, a 3,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness center, yoga/meditation room, children’s play rooms and art room, a game room, meeting room, media room and lounge, golf simulator, bicycle storage and a total of 7,000 square feet of landscaped gardens. “One Brooklyn Bridge Park will offer its residents exceptional living spaces, with open floor plans, soaring ceilings, and the highest quality materials,” said Highlyann Krasnow of The Developers Group, one of the firms handling sales. “The dramatic homes will also feature unsurpassed panoramic views in all directions from New York Harbor to Wall Street.” * * * Sales have officially begun for the luxury condominiums at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, the former Watchtower shipping complex at 360 Furman St. Some of the building’s street-level retail space on the park/waterfront side — rumored to be the future home of a Trader Joe’s store — can be seen at left, as well as the building’s future color — various shades of gray, according to the developers. Images courtesy of RAL Companies HOW THEY GOT OUR MONEY -
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Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovahs Witnesses Are Settled
by Dogpatch inpress release 5/10/07.
http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.
sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.
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Ahhhh,gotta love that at home advantage
Watchtower Urged To Change Policy On Sex Abuse Cases
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - 19 minutes ago
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A victims’ rights group has released documents showing that the Jehovah’s Witnesses, also known as the Watchtower Society,
The former 14-story waterfront building is being converted into 449 residential units, obviously offering some of the best views of downtown Manhattan and New York Harbor, and is situated within the planned 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, hence its new name. “As the largest residential conversion in Brooklyn’s history, One Brooklyn Bridge Park will transform Brooklyn living,” said Robert Levine, president of RAL Companies & Affiliates LLC, the project’s developer. “One Brooklyn will offer unprecedented waterfront living unlike anything else.” The homes, designed with a contemporary edge by CDA Architects, will include loft apartments ranging from 588-square-foot studios to 2,360-square-foot four bedroom; townhouses with two-to-five bedrooms, ranging in size from 1,704 square feet to 4,069 square feet, and three- and four-bedroom penthouses, ranging in size from 2,452 square feet to 4,638 square feet. When completed in late 2007, the building will offer such amenities as 24-hour doormen and porters, on-site attended parking, additional owner self-parking, private riverfront cabanas, a 3,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness center, yoga/meditation room, children’s play rooms and art room, a game room, meeting room, media room and lounge, golf simulator, bicycle storage and a total of 7,000 square feet of landscaped gardens. “One Brooklyn Bridge Park will offer its residents exceptional living spaces, with open floor plans, soaring ceilings, and the highest quality materials,” said Highlyann Krasnow of The Developers Group, one of the firms handling sales. “The dramatic homes will also feature unsurpassed panoramic views in all directions from New York Harbor to Wall Street.” * * * Sales have officially begun for the luxury condominiums at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, the former Watchtower shipping complex at 360 Furman St. Some of the building’s street-level retail space on the park/waterfront side — rumored to be the future home of a Trader Joe’s store — can be seen at left, as well as the building’s future color — various shades of gray, according to the developers. Images courtesy of RAL Companies 