'she put the baby first each and every time': family defend pregnant jehovah's witness who died with her baby after refusing blood transfusion, chemotherapy and c-section due to religious beliefs.
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observations of a former "moonie".. .
http://web.archive.org/web/20020613124659/www.geocities.com/heartland/creek/8867/moonie.html.
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Bump for newbies.
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i'm not an expert but that is my understanding of this: .
opinion filed.. (signed published) the judgment against defendants on the negligence count is affirmed.
the judgment against watchtower on the cause of action for punitive damages is reversed with directions to enter judgment for watchtower on punitive damages.
They want to have it both ways.They want to micromanage the JW's lives yet do not want to suffer any of the consequences.
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conn. firefighter who is jehovah's witness files federal discrimination lawsuit.
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202722980377/conn-firefighter-who-is-jehovahs-witness-files-federal-discrimination-lawsuit#ixzz3xhkbpznt.
Conn. Firefighter Who Is Jehovah's Witness Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit
jehovahs witnesses open kingdom hall near angkor wat.. http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/9350/jehovah---s-witnesses-open-kingdom-hall-near-angkor-wat/.
siem reap (khmer times) as she moves from door to door handing out pamphlets and sharing her jehovah witness faith in a 95-percent buddhist nation, terry odonnell realizes the challenge of converting cambodians from the only religion they have ever known..
we explain what were doing here, what the bible is, who wrote it, said ms. odonnell, an australian.
SIEM REAP (Khmer Times) – As she moves from door to door handing out pamphlets and sharing her Jehovah Witness faith in a 95-percent Buddhist nation, Terry O’Donnell realizes the challenge of converting Cambodians from the only religion they have ever known.
“We
explain what we’re doing here, what the Bible is, who wrote it,” said
Ms. O’Donnell, an Australian. “Some people are friendly, but not
interested. So you have to learn to discern the difference. I just want
to show them what it [the Bible] says.”
Last
month, Jehovah’s Witnesses completed construction of Siem Reap’s first
Kingdom Hall, or Jehovah’s Witness church. After one decade here, Siem
Reap’s two congregations now have a home.
Now, they are systematically mapping Siem Reap province for door-to-door preaching.
The
Kingdom Hall, the third in Cambodia, is located on Bakheng Club Road,
near the French School, about 10 kilometers southwest of Angkor Wat.
Most of Cambodia’s Witnesses are foreign volunteers, from Japan, Korea,
Australia and North America. Meetings and Bible study are all in Khmer
and Cambodian Sign Language.
About 240 people attend Bible studies here. Of these, about half do weekly house calls as a part of their mission.
Jehovah’s
Witnesses strictly follow Bible teachings. They are known for their
house calls, and for refusing blood transfusions and military service.
Members are not considered Witnesses, or “publishers,” unless they log
hours each month sharing their religion with non-believers.
In
2009, there were 38 publishers in Siem Reap. Now there are 60 living
here and an estimated 800 throughout Cambodia. A fourth Kingdom Hall is
under construction in Battambang.
Worldwide, the Jehovah Witness faith is growing by about 2 percent a year.
Ms.
O’Donnell and her husband Rob, both Australians, have lived in Siem
Reap for two years. They say they have no intention of leaving. In the
1990s, Ms. O’Donnell was working with refugees in Australia when she
started meeting displaced Cambodians who couldn’t speak English. She
learned the language and worked primarily with Cambodians in the years
before she moved to Siem Reap.
“I’m happy to do this,” she said over coffee. “It’s practical, good
advice that helps you to be a better person. For me it just makes
sense.”
Her husband is a pensioner, so they can afford to work full-time as publishers.
“The
area gets covered systematically,” she said, explaining the mission
strategy. “We have maps. We’ve got one brochure with some writing, but
mainly pictures. Cambodians learn better that way. A lot of people do.”
When
asked about target demographics and who shows up to meetings, she said
they target everyone equally and their meetings mirror their outreach.
She has noticed that older Cambodians are more receptive.
“Maybe
because they didn’t have access to info for so long and now they want
to know more,” she said, referring to the generation that survived the
Khmer Rouge era. “People are curious, aren’t they?”
When
questioned about the high turnout of deaf Cambodians to meetings, Ms.
O’Donnell chalked it up to statistics. “Cambodia has heaps of deaf
people,” she said.
An
old woman living at the base of Phnom Bok, a temple complex 25 km from
Siem Reap, did not know any sign language until a few years ago. Then,
an American Witness started teaching her sign language and the Bible.
Now, Ms. O’Donnell visits her every Friday with lessons from their
‘Enjoy Life’ brochure on a tablet in Cambodian Sign Language.
“I
just want to show them what it says,” she insists. “It’s up to them
what they do about it. I’m not knocking Buddhism, but people have often
sought answers and not found that. Probably because [Buddhism] is more
of a custom or tradition.”
For
her, converting is “a huge thing to do here because you’re going
against your family’s wishes straight away. If you change, it’s because
you’ve really proven that its true. Conversion isn’t in a week or month
or year. You learn about it at a pace that you can handle, you decide
what you want to do, and then you decide if you want to be a Witness.”
At a Siem Reap pagoda, one Buddhist monk spoke freely about Christian proselytizing, as long as he would not be identified.
He
said had no problem with Christians and said that Christianity was
similar to Buddhism in that both teach people to be good people. But, he
said that one Christian group appeared at his pagoda and told the monks
that Buddha was bad. Buddhists, he said, would never say that about
another religion’s god.
Jehovah’s
Wítness missionaries arrived in Cambodia about 25 years ago. The first
Buddhist missionaries either came from India in the Century or from
China in Fifth Century. With the exception of the Khmer Rouge period,
Buddhism has been Cambodia’s state religion since the 13th Century.
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Ike was a Bible Student not a JW.
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quite a shocking story.. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/3-yr-old-boy-fatally-whipped-couldnt-spell-article-1.2132241.
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Quite a shocking story.
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*** yb75 pp. 174-175 United States of America (Part Two) ***
A DICTATOR HEARS FROM THE WITNESSES
Not only in the United States were Jehovah’s witnesses having a battle for freedom of speech and worship. In June of the so-called “Holy Year” of 1933 Adolf Hitler’s regime seized the Watch Tower Society’s property in Magdeburg and banned the activities of Jehovah’s people in Germany as regards meetings and literature distribution, though the property was returned that October. On October 7, 1934, the Witnesses in Germany met in groups and, after solemn prayer, they dispatched a protest by telegram to officials of Hitler’s government. However, God’s servants in other lands did not stand by idly.
“At the service meeting one night in the year of 1934, we were asked to be at the meeting place at 9:00 a.m. Sunday for something special,” recalls Gladys Bolton. “Everyone was excited! What could it be? Sunday morning the house was full. The speaker announced that congregations of Jehovah’s witnesses world wide were meeting today in order to send cablegrams to Hitler, all at the same time, asking him to refrain from persecuting Jehovah’s witnesses in Germany.” After praying to Jehovah, each group sent the following cablegram: “Hitler Government, Berlin, Germany. Your ill-treatment of Jehovah’s witnesses shocks all good people of earth and dishonors God’s name. Refrain from further persecuting Jehovah’s witnesses; otherwise God will destroy you and your national party.” The message was signed “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES” and the city or town where the congregation was assembled was cited.
Those cablegrams caused quite a stir, even at some telegraph offices in the United States. “In Keysville, Virginia, as well as other places, says Melvin Winchester, “the telegraph operator almost fainted when the friends came in with the cable message.”
How did the Nazi regime respond? Persecution of Jehovah’s witnesses was intensified. But God’s people in Germany and elsewhere had been prepared for the opposition and hardships ahead of them. At the right time, Jehovah saw to it that they received needed Scriptural counsel and encouragement. It had come late in the year 1933 by means of the Watchtower article “Fear Them Not.” The enmity of the Roman Catholic Church was exposed, and the article warned that opposition might lead to the death of some faithful servants of God. But it urged God’s people to continue bearing testimony to his name with boldness and joy, that they might have a part in the vindication of that holy name.
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Yes it is very much real.
*** yb87 pp. 142-143 Switzerland and Liechtenstein ***
SOLIDARITY WITH THE WITNESSES IN GERMANY
The brothers in Germany were under extreme pressure, and their fellow servants throughout the earth felt it with them. As the apostle Paul wrote: “If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it.” (1 Cor. 12:26) This was highlighted by what took place at a special gathering of all congregations on Sunday, October 7, 1934, at 9:00 a.m. At that time a sealed envelope was to be opened. It was the text of a telegram to be sent to Hitler’s government. It read as follows:
“Hitler Government, Berlin, Germany. Your ill-treatment of Jehovah’s witnesses shocks all good people of earth and dishonors God’s name. Refrain from further persecuting Jehovah’s witnesses; otherwise God will destroy you and your national party.”
This telegram was dispatched on the very same day from congregations in 50 different countries, including those in Germany. Imagine the flood of telegrams converging on Berlin on that day! It was not only a warning to Hitler and his party; this was also a demonstration of unity and solidarity of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide. As for the outcome, the fate of Hitler and of his political party is well known.
i remember when i was active, i would constantly get nightmares regarding armageddon.. used to wake up so many times at night watch my window, pray hard and try to go to sleep.
now i wonder that this organization was really succcessful in making people scared to death about 'current system of things', but why would anyone do that?
why would anyone want to bring division in families, make hate speeches, scare people to death, etc?
Now with all the new videos for children on the JW org site,I guess JW kids will have even more nightmares.
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