I would be willing to be $10,000 (monopoly money of course) that DJ is not in Japan nor is he headed there any time soon.
-Sab
Inviting djeggnog to discuss the blood doctrine
by jgnat 317 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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little witch
I also want to throw out there that an issue as important as the blood doctrine does not grow moss when people are still dying over this crap. Younger peeps still have relevant issues although they may not want to sift through all our old posts and so forth. It is still engaging for me to see and read about peoples current comments and concerns. I wait along with everyone else to engage in conversation with anyone who wants to discuss the issues afresh.
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sabastious
I also want to throw out there that an issue as important as the blood doctrine does not grow moss when people are still dying over this crap. Younger peeps still have relevant issues although they may not want to sift through all our old posts and so forth. It is still engaging for me to see and read about peoples current comments and concerns. I wait along with everyone else to engage in conversation with anyone who wants to discuss the issues afresh.
People are saying it's not relevant anymore?
-Sab
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wasblind
JGNAT
" I haven't followed djeggnog, but the few posts of his I have waded through have me convinced that he's on the edge of leaving the Witnesses. No-one would post so much if they didn't have doubts. Kind of like talking to a reformed smoker about the evils of tobacco. Wave a smoking stick in his face and he'll grab it like a drowning man."
I totally agree
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little witch
Sab
I guess I am thinking that dj sounds young and misguided? I don't know, I havent been on the board in ages. To Me any discussion on the issues are good discussions. Everything works to the good. Everything bears repeating that has value in my opinion.
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dgp
TD wrote this:
There's certainly more pleasant ways to spend your time than being gang-tackled on an internet forum, so I sympathize if djeggnog does not want to participate on this thread.
And then, DJEggnog said this:
I might be willing to discuss all of this in a different thread, but you're off topic here. Start a new thread and maybe I'll join it, but I am not here making any promise to do so. I'll just say it's possible that I'll join your thread were you to start it.
JGNat just took him at his word. And he had already given himself a way out. At the time, he didn't know there would be so many people posting on this thread, but, on this website, he certainly would be a fool to expect most people to side with him. What can a man who has the Lord behind him be in fear of? A gang of cyber-apostates?
There's a "besides" here. Though I can only speak for me, I am quite sure JGNat alone can give a lot more than DJEggnog can take. No need for anyone to "gang-tackle him".
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wasblind
Hey DJ are you postin' from Japan ?????? You told Miz you were goin' to Japan
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jgnat
Re: Little Witch - "I also want to throw out there that an issue as important as the blood doctrine does not grow moss when people are still dying over this crap."
I agree. Too late now, but I was going to lead with a question whether the abstaining from blood transfusions is strictly a religious decision, with known consequences. It could be argued that a Witness may make that religious decision, provided they are fully aware of the consequences. It might be foolish; it might have poor biblical foundation. BUT when have religious taboos been known to be all-wise and well-founded? Nevertheless, religious prohibitions are generally respected in a democratic society (the burka may not be tolerated, or female circumcision).
The Watchtower literature does not just stick to the religious prohibition, does it? I believe the WTS has blood on its' hands by muddying the issue with pseudo-scientific "reasons" to abstain from blood. They make transfusions look scary!
Why would they do that?
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wasblind
JGNAT,
it's not never to late to lead with your question, even though DJ is not responding, he's reading, that's for sure
and what you post will reach someone if not DJ
