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EDITORIAL: Jehovah's Witnesses: The Perfect Crime - Le Soleil Newspaper, Nov 16, 2017 (Eloise Dupuis)
by darkspilver inin today's print edition of le soleil, headline featured on front page, with full article inside..
editorial: jehovah's witnesses: the perfect crime, by pierre asselin.
le soleil (quebec, canada), thursday, november 16, 2017, print edition page 19. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7dd88g/editorial_jehovahs_witnesses_the_perfect_crime_le/.
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TV Documentary: Divided by Jehovah's Witnesses (Nov 14, 2017) - Watch Online
by darkspilver ina major 42-minute television documentary, divided by jehovah's witnesses, was broadcast last night (tuesday, november 14, 2017) by dk1 in denmark..
splittet af jehovah's witnesses (divided by jehovah's witnesses).
how is it to be excluded from the jehovah's witnesses when you grow up in this belief and when your entire family are members?.
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Grieving Parents Denounce JW Faith (Blood)
by darkspilver insad situation for the parents.child death blamed on religious beliefs.
zimbabwe, the sunday mail, sunday, october 29, 2017. a jehovah’s witness lost her baby during childbirth because she and her husband followed church teachings and turned down blood transfusions that could have averted the tragedy.. getrude seneri (28) said she experienced labour complications on september 20, 2017 and doctors said blood transfusions were necessary to save both her and her child.. the couple stuck with their religious beliefs resulting in the child dying and her husband, misheck bande, stepped in to authorise transfusions for her when he was told that his wife’s life was also on the brink.. now, the couple have denounced the church for its teachings on blood transfusions.. opening up to the sunday mail society last week, seneri and bande spoke of how they were initially willing to risk their lives for their religious beliefs – but had changed their minds after the loss of their child.. jehovah’s witnesses are not alone when it comes to rejecting blood transfusions.. prince marezva, an elder of the johane masowe apostolic sect said they were totally against blood transfusions and organ transplants.. zimbabwe national traditional healers association president george kandiero said transfusions were shunned because people feared taking in bad spirits from the donor’s lineage.. another religious group that does not condone blood transfusions is the church of christ, scientist (aka christian science).. read full article: http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/child-death-blamed-on-religious-beliefs/.
related discussion: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5981654168371200/wonder-if-their-any-parents-theses-children-on-here-now-may-22-1994.
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Stagnation of JWs in Britain
by darkspilver inthis is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.
steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.
darkspilver: .
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Ireland: A Failure To Bear Witness?
by darkspilver infeature article in today's print edition (sunday, october 29, 2017) of the irish sunday business post newspaper along with small article on the front page.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_sunday_business_post.
jehovah’s witnesses in spotlight over their response to abuse cases.
the sunday business post, sunday, october 29, 2017 - front page of print edition.
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Aust TV's Doctor Blake Mysteries - JW Murder Suspect
by darkspilver infyidoctor blake mysteries: measure twice - series 5 - episode 5. abc tv, 8.30pm, sunday, october 15, 2017. when blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter, his only real suspect is a young jehovah's witness, discovered praying over the body and covered in blood.
the boy is interviewed, and despite his earnest pleas of innocence, there is definitely something unnerving about him… some secret he won't reveal to the police, or to blake.. more info: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/doctor-blake-mysteries/.
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Brazil: Judge authorizes blood transfusion in adult JW
by darkspilver infyijustice authorizes blood transfusion in jehovah's witness patient in es.
painel politico, friday, september 15, 2017 (via google translate).
religion does not allow the faithful to undergo the procedure, even in cases of emergency; the judge argues that the right to life overrides this.
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UK: Revised UK child sexual 'consent' rules provoke backlash
by darkspilver inthere was some discussion here the other week regarding the updated letter:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5072996442046464/september-1-2017-boe-re-protecting-minors-from-abuse.
including paragraph 14 - the issue appearing (?
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RC 2018
by darkspilver infollowing on from last year's threadhttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/rc-2017here we go with the 2018 regional conventions!.....
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The Children Act: The Movie - By Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre
by darkspilver inrichard eyre's film adaptation of ian mcewan's book the childen act has it's world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2017. the children act.
emma thompson and stanley tucci star in this adaptation of the novel by ian mcewan, about a high-court judge who finds personal and professional crises colliding when she is asked to rule in the case of a brilliant 18-year-old boy who is refusing the blood transfusion that would save his life.. adapted by booker prize–winning author ian mcewan from his own novel, this riveting drama stars two-time academy award winner emma thompson as a british high court judge tasked with making a decision that will speak to our most fraught questions regarding religious tolerance — and could mean life or death for an innocent young man.. judge fiona maye (emma thompson) is married to her work, which has become a problem for her husband, jack (stanley tucci), who announces that he wants to have an affair.
treating the matter more as an annoyance than a life-altering crisis, fiona kicks jack out and focuses on her current case.