BY ANGEL CLEARY
AUGUSTA, GA – I grew up thinking the Jehovah’s Witnesses were a cult. In eighth grade, at the Christian school I attended, I took a world religions class. I thought it would open a window and shed light into the unknown. Turns out, the class was just closed-minded and dogmatic indoctrination.
As a result, I spent the next 10 years wary of anyone who knocked on my front door, as though they would lure me with Read the rest of this entry »
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HOLLYWOOD (CBS4) ― More than one hundred thousand people each year undergo surgery to have a heart valve repaired or replaced. Traditionally this type of procedure has been invasive and riskier for certain patients because of religious or health constraints.
Now a new procedure is making valve surgery a viable option for more people who may Read the rest of this entry »
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By Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service
A turning point in the Russian authorities’ drive against “religious extremism” came in 2007, when two previous unsuccessful attempts to ban Islamic literature were finally successful, as this analysis – the second part of a presentation given at a seminar at the Kennan Read the rest of this entry »
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NEW equipment in operating theatres is today helping Ipswich Hospital recycle blood.
Nationally, blood is in short supply and the government has instructed hospitals to conserve resources.
The Heath Road hospital has invested in two new intra-operative cell salvage machines to collect and clean blood lost Read the rest of this entry »
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By Princewill Ireoba
IF the Bible is the inerrant and infallible word of God, as it claims in 2 Tim. 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21 , we would expect there to be some evidence supporting these claims. After all, just because something claims to be the word of God does not make it true. We will examine the testimony of historical evidence to ask; does the evidence support or deny the internal claims of the Bible? Read the rest of this entry »
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Wife donates kidney to husband in procedure at LIJ that avoided transfusions for religious reasons
Russell Allen got his wife’s kidney as a gift for his 35th wedding anniversary, but he said he was the one who was doing his wife a favor.
Allen, a Jamaica resident who needed a Read the rest of this entry »
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REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
April 2009
Currently, there are 75 Jehovah’s Witnesses who are in prison for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. All of these 75 have been tried and convicted and no one is being held in pretrial detention. Moreover, 1 Jehovah’s Witness received a suspended sentence. The names, dates of imprisonment, grounds (under criminal code1 ), the duration of punishment Read the rest of this entry »
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By JOAN BARRON
CHEYENNE — The widow of a man who died after he refused a blood transfusion for religious reasons is entitled to workers compensation death benefits, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Wyoming Workers’ Safety and Compensation Division denied benefits to Sharon Williams on grounds that her husband, Howard W. Williams, refused reasonable and necessary medical treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service
A Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector in Turkmenistan, Zafar Abdullaev, has been given a two-year suspended sentence for refusing to do compulsory military service because of his religious beliefs, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Abdullaev’s criminal conviction comes despite calls from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief for the state to stop treating conscientious objection as a criminal offence and Read the rest of this entry »
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By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry has issued – but apparently not published – a “Plan to Prevent the Spread of Religious Extremism by Radical Sects”, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Senior Ministry officials have refused to say what is in the Plan, however police in Gyanja have claimed that a raid on a Jehovah’s Witness meeting marking their most important Read the rest of this entry »
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