{"id":63217,"date":"2011-11-29T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T02:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=10402"},"modified":"2011-11-29T20:07:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T02:07:50","slug":"church-encourages-hiv-patients-to-stop-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2011\/11\/church-encourages-hiv-patients-to-stop-treatment.html","title":{"rendered":"Church encourages HIV patients to stop treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OSOoqP6zCYI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OSOoqP6zCYI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to see God amid all of this sort of bullshit. And I&#8217;m growing weary of this kind of &#8220;Pentecostal&#8221; bullshit that seems to be thriving in some places of the world. Every one of us should be calling this sort of spiritual abuse for what it is&#8230; bullshit. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the story&#8230;<br \/>\n    <em><br \/>\nAt least six people have died in Britain after being told they had been healed of HIV and could stop taking their medication, Sky News has discovered.<\/p>\n<p>There is evidence evangelical churches in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow are claiming to cure HIV through God.<\/p>\n<p>Sky sent three undercover reporters to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), which is based in Southwark, south London.<\/p>\n<p>All of them told the pastors they were HIV positive \u2013 all were told they could be healed.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/home\/uk-news\/article\/16117269\">Read more here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unreasonablefaith\/2011\/11\/church-tells-hiv-patients-to-stop-treatment\/\">Found at Unreasonable Faith.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/church-encourages-hiv-patients-to-stop-treatment\/\">Church encourages HIV patients to stop treatment<\/a> is a post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\">Jesus Needs New PR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/45xpNNRICj7F9bwwsTAn8V3vuP4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/45xpNNRICj7F9bwwsTAn8V3vuP4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/45xpNNRICj7F9bwwsTAn8V3vuP4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/45xpNNRICj7F9bwwsTAn8V3vuP4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?i=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?i=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?i=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:KwTdNBX3Jqk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?i=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:KwTdNBX3Jqk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:l6gmwiTKsz0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=l6gmwiTKsz0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?i=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?a=OG2l__YphmA:4a2Cot2NMdE:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JesusNeedsNewPr?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JesusNeedsNewPr\/~4\/OG2l__YphmA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to see God amid all of this sort of bullshit. And I&#8217;m growing weary of this kind of &#8220;Pentecostal&#8221; bullshit that seems to be thriving in some places of the world. Every one of us should be calling this sort of spiritual abuse for what it is&#8230; bullshit. Anyway, here&#8217;s the story&#8230;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":445,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Church encourages HIV patients to stop treatment - Jesus Needs New PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2011\/11\/church-encourages-hiv-patients-to-stop-treatment.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Church encourages HIV patients to stop treatment - Jesus Needs New PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to see God amid all of this sort of bullshit. 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