http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:30:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26255 A Dublin, Ireland maternity hospital has secured court orders allowing it to perform, if required, an emergency blood transfusion on a child said to be at risk of being born prematurely to a woman who is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith.

Coombe Hospital has won a number of court orders regarding blood transfusion for Jehovah’s Witnesses or their offspring.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26255/judge-puts-babys-life-before-jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26208/war-of-words-breaks-out-among-jehovahs-witnesses http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26208/war-of-words-breaks-out-among-jehovahs-witnesses#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:19:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26208 The official magazine for Jehovah's Witnesses has described those who leave the church as "mentally diseased", prompting an outcry from former members and insiders concerned about the shunning of those who question official doctrine.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26208/war-of-words-breaks-out-among-jehovahs-witnesses/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26190/police-inquiry-over-jehovahs-witness-magazine-mentally-diseased-article http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26190/police-inquiry-over-jehovahs-witness-magazine-mentally-diseased-article#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:09:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26190 An official magazine for Jehovah's Witnesses that described those who leave the church as "mentally diseased" is at the centre of a police inquiry, it has emerged.

Detectives are investigating whether the article, published in July’s edition of The Watchtower, is in breach of Britain’s religious hatred laws.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26190/police-inquiry-over-jehovahs-witness-magazine-mentally-diseased-article/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26186/irish-high-court-grants-transfusion-order-for-jehovahs-witness-baby http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26186/irish-high-court-grants-transfusion-order-for-jehovahs-witness-baby#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:44:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26186 Ireland's High Court has made an order allowing the Coombe Hospital in Dublin to carry out an emergency blood transfusion on a baby girl born prematurely last week.

The baby, who weighs less than one kilogram, was born to Jehovah's Witness parents, who have refused to agree to a blood transfusion should it become necessary.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26186/irish-high-court-grants-transfusion-order-for-jehovahs-witness-baby/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:49:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26111 A Jehovah's Witness who received a life-saving blood transfusion against her beliefs sued her doctor for medical malpractice.

A judge dismissed the suit ruling that the transfusion didn't deviate from accepted standards of care.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26111/judge-dismisses-wrongful-life-lawsuit-by-jehovahs-witness/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 09:42:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25947 Fifty-eight-year-old Bruce Huff believes it is a sin to receive any blood or blood products. When his wife, 58-year-old Candy Huff, became unconscious several weeks ago and was rushed to Clark Memorial Hospital, he wrote a letter to the staff telling them not to give her blood transfusions.

The hospital filed a petition in Clark County Circuit Court asking that someone be appointed to make medical decisions for Candy Huff, alleging Bruce Huff was unable to make decisions in her best interest. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25947/man-opposes-his-wife-receiving-blood/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25903/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-sues-kansas-for-bloodless-transplant http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25903/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-sues-kansas-for-bloodless-transplant#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:30:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25903 Mary Stinemetz, 64, could get a liver transplant, one that would be paid for by Medicaid, at the University of Kansas Hospital.

But she also would have to compromise her Jehovah’s Witness principles, because she would receive a blood transfusion, something she believes violates God’s law.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25903/jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-sues-kansas-for-bloodless-transplant/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:08:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25600 A life-saving blood transfusion was administered to a critically ill baby under a court order secured by a Dublin hospital at a late-night hearing in a High Court judge’s home.

The child’s parents, members of the Jehovah Witness faith objected on religious grounds to the procedure.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25600/baby-jehovahs-witnesses-given-blood-transfusion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25561/jehovah-witnesses-say-harassed-in-south-sudan http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25561/jehovah-witnesses-say-harassed-in-south-sudan#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:49:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25561 Jehovah's Witnesses in a south Sudan town have been harassed and expelled and a place of worship was burned down after it was alleged they had told voters not to take part in a secession referendum, members of the sect said.

Members of the small minority Christian group in Sudan said the sect was wrongly accused of preventing its followers from taking part for religious reasons in the vote on Sunday that will likely see the south secede.

Theologically the movement is considered to be a cult of Christianity. The organization behind it claims to be God's only representative on earth, and yet keeps changing its mind on many issues, including voting.

The Governor of Western Equatoria state (Sudan) last December referred to Jehovah Witnesses who did not register to vote in Southern Sudan’s independence referendum as “traitors” ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25561/jehovah-witnesses-say-harassed-in-south-sudan/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25401/jehovahs-witness-accuses-illinois-village-of-religious-discrimination http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25401/jehovahs-witness-accuses-illinois-village-of-religious-discrimination#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:01:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25401 filed a civil suit Friday against Oak Park, Illionois claiming that she was discriminated against and ultimately terminated because of her religious beliefs.

Shawnya Robinson, a Jehovah’s Witness, claims that the village fired her because she couldn’t perform two job responsibilities due to her religious beliefs, namely voter registration and domestic partner registration, after she was transferred to a new job in the clerk’s office.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25401/jehovahs-witness-accuses-illinois-village-of-religious-discrimination/feed 0