Jehovahs Witnesses

The Ignorance of Compulsory Voting

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Politics, Voter Apathy, Freedom, Compulsory Voting, Religious Freedom, Jehovah's Witnesses, Voters, Voting, Media News
Michael Yarbrough

At a time when we should be talking about community outreach and education, turning the act of voting into an action of rote only serves to cheapen the institution and does nothing to solve its problems.

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Compulsory Patriotism: Requiring the Pledge of Allegiance

David Moshman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Pledge of Allegiance, Jehovah's Witnesses, First Amendment, Patriotism, West Virginia, Indoctrination, Nebraska, Intellectual Freedom, Michigan, Education News
David Moshman

Should the pledge be required? Should patriotism be compulsory? Can it be? The Supreme Court, it turns out, has already addressed these questions.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and (Academic) Dialogue with Non-Members at the Society of Biblical Literature?

Michael Gilmour | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Inter-Religious Understanding, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Jehovah's Witnesses, Biblical Interpretation, Society of Biblical Literature, Bible, Inter-Religious Engagement, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Hermeneutics, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Scripture Commentary, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

I recently proposed an SBL session examining the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's use of Scripture.

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Jehovah's Witness Magazine Brands Defectors 'Mentally Diseased'

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Jehovah's Witnesses Magazine, Watchtower Magazine, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah's Witness Magazine, Jehovah's Witness, Video, Religion News

English police are investigating whether a Jehovah's Witness magazine violated the country's religious hatred laws. The July edition of the monthl...

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GOOD And Column Five Media Map Distribution Of Income By Religious Belief

GOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Mormonism, Income, Evangelicals, Income Distribution, Religion, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Wealth, Christianity, Black Churches, Mainline Churches, Buddhism, Income by Religion, Wealth Religion, Income Religion, Religion Income, Income Religion Huffington Post, Distribution of Income by Religious Belief, Major Religious Groups in the World, US Income Distribution, Black Income Distribution, Income by Religious Beliefs, Religion News

This transparency takes a look at the income levels of America's major religious groups, as compared to the average U.S. income distribution. ...

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The Chilean Earthquake and God's Wrath

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jehovah's Witnesses, Marshall Applewhite, Branch Davidians, Chile, Pat Robertson, Earthquake, Heaven's Gate, Vernon Wayne, Joseph Smith, Haiti, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As the world reacts to the monstrous earthquake off the coast of Chile, one voice remains curiously quiet. Without Pat Robertson to guide us, we are unable to decipher why god has caused this particular calamity.

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Michael Jackson's and My Dream to Create a National Family Dinner Night

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Jehovah's Witnesses, Michael Jackson Death, Meredith Vieira, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Dateline NBC, The Michael Jackson Tapes, Family, Family Dinners, Healthy Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Michael's tragic life, in which he medicated away his loneliness until it finally consumed him, serves as a morality tale to the rest of us. Our children do not need fame and fortune but love and attention.

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Prince Needs, Refuses Double Hip Replacement: Report

The Hollywood Reporter: SHOWBIZ 411 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jehovah's Witnesses, Prince, Entertainment News

But the real buzz on Prince is that his much reported hip problems of the past have now turned into need for a double hip replacement. Unfortunatel...

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Prince Talks Religious Conversion, Anti-Gay Marriage Stance

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Jehovah's Witnesses, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Prince, Entertainment News

Update 2:50 pm According to Perez Hilton, Prince is now claiming that he was misquoted in the interview: Apparently, the interviewer did not e...

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