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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Convicted molester sentenced to 45 years to life</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21716/convicted-molester-sentenced-to-45-years-to-life</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gilbert Simental]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders of Simental's congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses contradicted his statements and testified Simental, during the course of their religious inquiry, admitted touching both girls.
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Prior to the trial, the case broke new legal ground in California about when statements made to clergy members are deemed confidential, prosecutor Burke Strunsky said.]]></description>
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		<title>Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses: dad loses his daughter, his family, and now his lawsuit to the cult</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21677/jehovahs-witnesses-dad-loses-his-daughter-his-family-and-now-his-lawsuit-to-the-cult</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bethany Hughes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Hughes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21677/"><img src="/graphicspics/bethany_hughes.jpg" alt="Bethany Hughes" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> The Watchtower Society -- the organization behind the Jehovah's Witnesses -- wrongly claims that the Bible forbids blood transfusion.  That makes it a killer cult whose teachings have resulted in many needless deaths, including that of Bethany Hughes.]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic speakers extend Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses&#8217; reach</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21672/arabic-speakers-extend-jehovahs-witnesses-reach</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21672/arabic-speakers-extend-jehovahs-witnesses-reach#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the article focuses on outreach by Jehovah's Witnesses to Arab speaking people, information in the sidebar points to research resources that document the problematic issues associated with this cult of Christianity.]]></description>
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		<title>Court rules against parents of sextuplets in fight over transfusions</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21635/court-rules-against-parents-of-sextuplets-in-fight-over-transfusions</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21635/court-rules-against-parents-of-sextuplets-in-fight-over-transfusions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sextuplets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21635/"><img src="/graphicspics/jwawake.jpg" alt="Jehovah's Witnesses" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> The parents decided to take the case to court, arguing that their rights were breached on a number of grounds, including that officials proceeded on the "stereotypical and paternalistic presumption that the treating doctor is always right and Jehovah's Witness parents always wrong," noted Brenner.]]></description>
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		<title>Jehovah dad &#8216;died&#8217; in hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21603/jehovahs-witnesses-22</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The horrifically-injured Jehovah’s Witness being denied a life-saving blood transfusion technically died in hospital, it was revealed last night.]]></description>
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		<title>Jehovah’s Witness refuses to let husband have life-saving blood transfusion</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21589/jehovahs-witness-blood-transfusion-4</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21589/jehovahs-witness-blood-transfusion-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A family source said: "Sheila is adamant that John must not have blood. She says giving him a transfusion would be like assaulting him, and he wouldn't want to live knowing he had disobeyed his God.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to hear mature-minor rights case</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21493/supreme-court-to-hear-mature-minor-rights-case</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21493/supreme-court-to-hear-mature-minor-rights-case#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cult of Christianity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Watchtower Bible &amp; Tract Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Watchtower Bible &#038; Tract Society, the organization behind Jehovah's Witnesses, incorrectly claims the Bible prohibits blood transfusions.  Should minor followers of the cult be allowed to refuse a blood transfusion?]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Teen asks Supreme Court to strike down law that forced blood transfusion</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21475/canada-teen-asks-supreme-court-to-strike-down-law-that-forced-blood-transfusion</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21475/canada-teen-asks-supreme-court-to-strike-down-law-that-forced-blood-transfusion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 20:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses blindly follow the errors of the Watchtower organization -- even though Bible scholars state it is wrong about blood transfusion and a host of other Bible issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Life after Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses: website offers help to followers who lose their faith</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21364/ex-jehovahs-witnesses-website</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21364/ex-jehovahs-witnesses-website#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Watchtower Bible and Tract Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was only when Rachel Underhill was lying in a hospital bed, haemorrhaging, that she first realised the way of the Watchtower might not be for her.]]></description>
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		<title>Why I would let my daughter die before allowing her to have a blood transfusion</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21282/blood-transfusion-jehovahs-witnesses</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21282/blood-transfusion-jehovahs-witnesses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood Transfusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cult of Christianity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witneses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[religious cult]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jehovah's Witnesses blindly believe the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's claims regarding the Bible's teachings on blood and blood transfusions.  They are willing to die -- or let their family members die -- for their false beliefs.]]></description>
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