Where do you get that number? It certainly wasn't in the article you linked to.
"After earlier deaths involving children of Followers of Christ believers, a 1999 Oregon law struck down religious shields for parents who treat their children solely with prayer. No one had been prosecuted under it until the Worthingtons' case.
Members and former members of the church in Oregon City have told The Oregonian newspaper in previous interviews that the congregation has 1,200 people. It has no apparent ties to other congregations or any mainstream denomination."
Okay, I'm pleased to hear that they have decreased, but they still control a lot of Clearwater, Florida. :( If you listen to some people, they would probably tell you that there's no real knowing how big they are. I gather that if you bug them or say anything they don't like they intimitdate and harrass the hell out of people.
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Date: 2008-06-20 03:47 pm (UTC)"After earlier deaths involving children of Followers of Christ believers, a 1999 Oregon law struck down religious shields for parents who treat their children solely with prayer. No one had been prosecuted under it until the Worthingtons' case.
Members and former members of the church in Oregon City have told The Oregonian newspaper in previous interviews that the congregation has 1,200 people. It has no apparent ties to other congregations or any mainstream denomination."
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Date: 2008-06-20 03:51 pm (UTC)It comes up because CS are idiot faith healers, like these jackasses. No other reason.
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Date: 2008-06-21 04:49 pm (UTC)Okay, I'm pleased to hear that they have decreased, but they still control a lot of Clearwater, Florida. :( If you listen to some people, they would probably tell you that there's no real knowing how big they are. I gather that if you bug them or say anything they don't like they intimitdate and harrass the hell out of people.
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Date: 2008-06-21 02:39 pm (UTC)