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another article on the Hughes case
by megs infather cannot introduce new evidence in bethany hughes case, court rules by daryl slade, calgary heraldmay 25, 2009be the first to post a comment .
calgary - lawrence hughes will not be able to present new evidence on behalf of his daughter bethany's estate in the case looking into her death, a provincial court has ruled.. hughes has been trying to prove his daughter's death was caused partly by conflicting legal or medical advice from lawyers and members of the religious group watchtower society, which represents the jehovah's witness faith in canada.. the alberta court of appeal concluded, however - in a written decision released on monday - that there was no error by the chambers judge who made the original decision to exclude new evidence last year.. bethany hughes, who died sept. 5, 2002, from acute myeloid leukemia, became the centre of a medical and legal battle over whether she should receive blood transfusions.. following the church's teachings, bethany refused the blood and became a temporary ward of the province.
she died about four months later despite being given 80 transfusions against her will.. in monday's ruling, the province's top court also dismissed counter claims by the watchtower society and its lawyers, david gnam and shane brady, that they be removed from hughes' wrongful death lawsuit.. the court decision said it found "some evidence of involvement of brady and gnam in the medical events after bethany left the alberta children's hospital," which led to the court's choice to reject the counter claims.. despite not being able to introduce new evidence, hughes called the decision "a victory.".
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Why the sudden change of heart?
by megs inafter reading two consecutive posts about people returning to the fold, i have to ask a question... on some level, be it conscious or otherwise, have world events of the past year caused some to reconsider that we are in the "end times"?.
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I Got My Invitation to the Memorial!
by megs ini wish i had been prepared... i would have invited her in for coffee... forgot to bring coc to the door with me....
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The Brick Testament
by megs inthis is odd let humorous.... http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_law/index.html.
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Thank You...
by megs inbeing on this board, reading all of your comments, stories etc.
has been an eye opening experience for me.
i came here feeling lost, confused, overwhelmed... i thought maybe it was the truth, but it never felt quite right.
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Advice...
by megs insooo... around 6 months ago (seems like a lifetime ago) i filled in the nice little form on the wtb website saying i was interested in a bible study... after this i went to a kingdom hall (cue ominous music) and ended up here.
anyway, they have now responded to my online enquiry of 6 months ago and have sent a note to my house saying they'll be there on thursday... how do i get out of this???
if i'm not home will they just go away??
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(when) Did you stop believing?
by megs ini stopped believing when my husband left us because my daughter no longer wanted to attend meeting, and he was a elder.
had to seek assistance from the government to buy food and pay bills.
he took all monies with him.
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The Number 7
by megs inowing to the abundant chatter about the "great tribulation" i started googling some things... anyway, there is a christian forum devoted to "end times chat", the current buzz is as follows:.
the dow today is down 777. the bail-out is 700 billion.
today at sunset was the beginning of the 7 year sabbatical cycle.. "7" is the number for completion and extremely significant throughout scripture.. it truly makes you wonder!!.
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Hand of the Almighty
by megs ini won't post the link because it contains profanity... but, if you are agnostic or atheist, you might find the video "hand of the almighty" by john r. butler on you tube, pretty darn funny... here are the lyrics, sanitized for the protection of the innocent by replacing the offending words with cluck and spit respectively:.
oh sinner, do no stray .
from the straight and narrow way .