Jehovah’s Witnesses in the News – Roundup

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the News – Roundup

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It’s been a while since I posted on Jehovah’s Witnesses in the news. Here’s a roundup. Refusals of blood transfusions, resulting in death. Sexual predators and child molestation. Mental instability. Violence. Even a possible kidnapping. The usual. I am sure that I’ve missed several additional items, but I’ve become too sad to do more than this today. Jehovah’s Witnesses, you call yourselves “sheep.” If you must have a shepherd, why not seek a more loving one than the harsh caricature…

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JW Door-to-Door Mindset

JW Door-to-Door Mindset

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Stumbled across a fictional service call that gives a more honest view of the mentality of that Jehovah’s Witness at your door. A little sample: Witness: Well, God’s going to kill you. And … well, I can see from the toys in your yard that you have children. Am I right? Householder: Yes. Witness: Well, God’s going to kill them, too. And it’ll be your fault. There. You’ve been warned. I’ve just discharged my own responsibility, so the bloodguilt is…

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I Am So Easily Amused

I Am So Easily Amused

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Laughter is good for you. The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a condom because it more accurately reflects the government’s political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually being screwed. The Darwin awards is always fun (try the random button) and actually, The Onion is pretty good today with gems like “Mitt…

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Justification for Gitmo – not

Justification for Gitmo – not

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William Glaberson reports that defense attorneys representing a 21-year-old being held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, “have been ordered by a military judge not to tell their client – or anyone else – the identity of witnesses against him” in the prisoner’s upcoming war crimes trial. Attorneys point out that this “would hamper their ability to build an adequate defense because they cannot ask their client or anyone else about prosecution witnesses, making it difficult to test the veracity of…

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Torture is Anti-American (and it doesn’t work)

Torture is Anti-American (and it doesn’t work)

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It grieves me that it could possibly be necessary to argue to an American – much less an American veteran – that torture undermines everything that we would like to think we stand for… 1992 U.S. Army Interrogation Field Manual 34-52 states: “Experience indicates that the use of prohibited techniques is not necessary to gain the cooperation of interrogation sources. Use of torture and other illegal methods is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts,…

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Chuck Hagel Lets it Rip

Chuck Hagel Lets it Rip

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Chuck Hagel, Republican turning Democrat. Maybe he can give the Dems some… ahhh…. backbone. “This is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen personally or ever read about,” the always blunt and frequently quotable Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said yesterday during an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “This administration in my opinion has been as unprepared as any administration I’m aware of,” Hagel added, “not only the ones that I have been…

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