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Why do Americans still dislike atheists?
by behemot inby gregory paul and phil zuckerman (washington post).
long after blacks and jews have made great strides, and even as homosexuals gain respect, acceptance and new rights, there is still a group that lots of americans just dont like much: atheists.
those who dont believe in god are widely considered to be immoral, wicked and angry.
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Stephen Hawking interview by Guardian: There is no Heaven
by behemot inhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven.
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Two JWs accused of attacking priest in Armenia
by behemot inpolice identified two jehovahs witnesses who attacked priestmay 18, 2011 - 19:24 amtpanarmenian.net - armenian police identified the two followers of jehovahs witnesses sect, suspected of attacking a priest yesai artenyan.. the sectarians, andranik mnatsakanyan and samvel grigoryan were summoned to a police station to give evidence.. a case has not been instigated yet.
the attacked priest is to be examined by an expert in forensic medicine.. according to media reports, on may 15, two followers of jehovahs witnesses sect attacked yesai artenyan and beat him in the yard of the holy trinity church in response to the priests demand to stop preaching in the church territory.
the beating was accompanied by bad language and threats.. source: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/society/news/70265/police_identified_two_jehovahs_witnesses_who_attacked_priest.
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Father and Son by Edmund Gosse
by behemot ini just finished reading this book:.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/father_and_son_(book).
the author grew up in a profoundly religious and devout household belonging to the plymouth brethren and in this book he tells the story of his upbringing and of his fight for intellectual freedom.. in many ways, his account reminded me of the environment where those among us who were born in the truth have grown up, and of the psychological and intellectual struggles many of us went through in our journey towards intellectual independence.. .
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Jesuits settle US abuse claims for $166 million
by behemot inin one of the largest settlements in the roman catholic church's sweeping sex abuse scandal, an order of priests agreed yesterday to pay $166.1 million (103m) to hundreds of native americans and alaska natives who were abused at the order's schools around the northwestern us.. .
the jesuit order, called the oregon province of the society of jesus, has been accused of using its schools in remote villages and on reservations as dumping grounds for problem priests.. .
attorneys representing the mostly native american and alaskan native victims said the abuse added to the mistreatment already endured by these children, some of whom were forcibly removed from their homes to attend these schools.. .
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Mob attack to JWs in India
by behemot inthe jws side of the story:.
police side with mob in attack against christian women in indiadavanagere, indiatwo women were attacked by an angry mob in karnataka state after comforting a grieving neighbor who had lost her husband.
one of the women was beaten, and both were detained by police.. two women who are jehovahs witnesses were invited into the home of their neighbor in the city of davanagere, located in central india, on the morning of december 20, 2010. the witnesses had met the woman a few years ago and were seeking to share a positive thought from the bible with her after learning that her husband had died.
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JWs win constitutional challenge in Puerto Rico
by behemot ina federal appeals court in boston ruled monday that a puerto rican law intended to keep neighborhoods safe from crime has been used to interfere in the rights of free speech of jehovah's witnesses.jehovah's witnesses in puerto rico had claimed that laws enacted in 1987 effectively shut down the door to door ministry which the christian group is well known for.
the laws effectively authorized neighborhoods to deny citizens access to public residential streets by erecting walls and gates around them reported digital journal last year.
according to primera hora, the federal court ruled that the law should allow the 318 congregations of jehovah's witnesses in puerto rico to freely express their faith.
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Russia: JW convicted over refusing blood transfusion for her 5 year old son
by behemot inin a first, a court convicted a member of the jehovahs witnesses religious sect over her refusal to sanction blood transfusion for a relative, a procedure banned by the sects teachings, interfax reported wednesday.. natalya podlozhevich was fined 5,000 rubles ($170) by a magistrate of the khanty-mansiisk regions town of kogalym, which found her guilty of abandoning in danger her 5-year-old son.. the unnamed boy was hospitalized last february in serious condition, the cause of which was not specified.
medics said he required blood transfusion, but his mother refused to sanction the procedure.
the boy died two days later.. the ruling may set a precedent for other cases against jehovahs witnesses members on similar charges.. source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/jehovahs-witness-convicted/430292.html.
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A growing up as a JW man jailed for sex crimes in UK
by behemot ina man who committed monstrous sex crimes against two young girls when he was an isolated teenager growing up as a jehovahs witness in bradford has been jailed for two and a half years.. justin leleux, 27, sexually abused the children when he was aged 14 to 17, bradford crown court heard yesterday.. the older girl was about six and the younger child around three years old when he stripped naked to play secret games with them.
leleux, now of kirkcaldy, fife, scotland, pleaded guilty to five offences of indecent assault and three of indecency with a child when he lived in the bradford area in the late 1990s.. married with two sons, he was arrested when the girls, now teenagers, told the police what he had done.. the girls said leleux got into the shower with them and sexually assaulted them in bed.. he told them not to tell their parents and shouted at them if they refused his perverted demands.. the court heard that one girl had since closed down about the abuse while the other was very emotional.. leleuxs barrister, charlotte holland, said he had pleaded guilty and made full admissions.. he had particular difficulties as a teenager and felt excluded and isolated growing up as a jehovahs witness.. miss holland added: this is not an excuse for his monstrous behaviour.. leleux had never been in any trouble since leaving home at 17. miss holland said: his abuse of the trust placed in him has had devastating consequences on the girls and their families.. he doesnt seek anyones pity, he feels disgust for his actions.. judge jonathan durham hall qc said leleux was now a civilised and successful man.. he had led a blameless life since committing the offences.. but he had systematically and repeatedly taken cruel advantage of two vulnerable young girls, leaving them mentally scarred for life.. the judge told leleux: you, i am sorry to say, must go to prison for these crimes.. there has to be a repayment by you and a lesson learned by others.. judge durham hall made a sexual offences prevention order banning leleux from any unsupervised contact with children, except for his own sons.. he must sign on with the police as a sex offender for seven years.. source: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8818146.man_is_jailed_for_abusing_two_girls/.
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Celebrating birthday: ground for disfellowshipping?
by behemot ina friend of mine (inactive) is being threatened with a judicial committee because he took his children to schoolmates' birthdays and because he celebrated his wife's birthday.. do you know if celebrating birthday is sufficient ground for setting a judicial committee?.
the ks2010 does not mention birthdays specifically, and i feel like it would be quite a stretch to make it fall under the "apostasy" category (subcategory "celebrating false religion holidays" or "idolatry").. what do you think?.