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Bloodless Operations - AOL posting
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i just found this posted on the christianity board of aol in *topic suggestions* and post it below for anyone interested in the matter or for any aol member who might wish to respond on that board.

no source was indicated, but the unusaul spacing in parts of the original posting which i have sought to rectify here, would imply an organisational cd or publication.. .

subject: re: bloodless operations.
Child Abuse - AOL Christianity Board
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
information for aol posters interested in this subject:.

aol has a christianity message board (solely for its subscribers and with a wider audience than just christians) on which the subject of child abuse has just been raised in the folder *topic suggestions*, should anyone be interested in posting on this issue.. aol subscribers can access this board by typing in keyword christianity: select *the faith*: select *related links*: select *christianity messages*: continue to the message board and select *topic suggestions* folder.. most posters to the board seem to be from the uk.

the question of abuse within the roman catholic church has been raised and the guardian article by stephen bates has now been posted.. .
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Paedophilia - BBC Documentary - Horrific
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i have just watched about half of part 2 of the bbc documentary on the pursuit of paedophiles in the uk.

i couldn't watch all of it because it churned my stomach completely.

i was completely shocked by what i saw and i was horrified by the lack of remorse shown by a paedophile who had been abusing children for 25 years who kept trying to change the subject to a discussion of female circumcision.. the sentences were minimal with 6 years for this particular abuser.
Child Abuse - June Newsletter from reachouttrust
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
don't know if anyone else is aware of the group www.reachouttrust.org which is a uk based christian group which offers amongst other things, information on cults...?.

their june newsletter contained details of the dateline show and a letter about the issue as treated in one kingdom hall (unsure about the circulation figures for the newsletter).

silentlambs is featured on their homepage.. but word is starting to get out in the uk.....
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TheMatrix - a question I have
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hello matrix :o).

i posted this in another thread which is so far down the list that you may have missed it.

i would be interested in your response to the following scenario :o) i am not in the us by the way.
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Child Abuse Policy - video transcript
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
a few have indicated the link to the videos which have just been put up online and i have just watched the one featuring j r brown, dr infante, and messrs sinclair and brumley.. having typed out the transcript as the one provided didn't follow the audio exactly, i thought that others might be interested in reading a printed version.. .

*jehovah's witnesses policy on dealing with child abuse.

j r brown: we've heard the suggestion that our policies may not be adequate to cover the problem of child molestation.
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Blood Issue - Help!
by ChristianObserver in
1. jw
2. friends
the following posting has appeared on the topic suggestions folder of the christianity board of aol.. any comments?

and who is j richard brown?

any idea where the poster found this - i'm assuming from the net somewhere?.
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AOL users - parental rights - medical treatment
by ChristianObserver in
1. social
2. current
hello to any aol users!.

at keyword aol news, there is a discussion entitled: is it right for a parent to refuse medical treatment for their child?.

don't know if anyone is interested!.
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The Watchtower *trinity*
by ChristianObserver in
1. jw
2. friends
as a relative newcomer, i don't know whether anyone has ever made this observation before - so apologies if they have.. one of the main areas of disagreement between jehovah's witnesses and orthodox christians is the 'trinity'.. to an outsider (i.e.

christian - not a jehovah's witness), the organisation has their own *trinity* which has replaced the orthodox 'trinity' of father, son and holy spirit.. the command at .

matthew 28 v 19 - 20: 'go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you: and, lo, i am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world.
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Blood Issue: Misleading Insertion - Awake 22 Feb
by ChristianObserver in
1. watchtower
2. medical
for anyone interested, dr ross mcl wilson, chairman, nsw council on quality in health care (australia) has been contacted regarding the *misleading insertion* in the february 22nd, 2002, of awake where a sydney morning herald article about a blood audit in 10 new south wales hospitals was *selectively edited* by the organisation, thereby allowing misinterpretation by readers in order to 'bolster' the blood ban.. .

dr wilson responded (in part) as follows:.

"the quotation is clearly unhelpful and wrong - the combination of the media and then a special interest group puts the truth at risk.