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  Did the Watchtower Society ban Vaccinations and Organ Transplants?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  an avid wts supporter writes:.

  re: vaccinations: vaccinations have never been banned.

  if they were, then no representative of the wts would have been allowed to travel overseas when vaccines were compulsory around 1920 when vaccines was regularly in the news, there was both positive and negative information printed in the golden age (forerunner of the awake) but not from the staff writers, but from out side sources of article by medical doctors at the time and others that responded to those articles.. re: organ transplants: organ transplants were never forbidden by the society.

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  Black Sheep

  From my memory, in the early sixties, even though vaccination had already been OK'd, my father wrote to Org to get permission to get us vaccinated against smallpox before we went to a JW free location where the 'need was great'.

  The need wasn't great at all, but he got the OK from the bOrg and the place he went to got infected with JW doctrine. Many of the people that he convinced would be preserved through Armageddon and make it into Paradise with all of the wonderful benefits that would come with being the 'other Sheep' are already dead. So is he.
  
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  An aspect of dealing with my elderly, PIMI, Father

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for a bit of back ground.

  i’m a full blown pomo apostate.

  nothing would please me more to see wt burn to the ground.

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  Black Sheep

  You can't sow seeds of doubt while they think that you are Satan's Minion, so don't give them a reason to think that.
  
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  Serena Williams thinks she is a JW LMAO

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw a post pop up on some click bait where serena williams saying she was praying for armageddon to come and that the jws have said we are living in critical times hard to deal with.this was her response to the texas school shooting.

  another cult catch phrase.

  i am sorry williams you aint no jw.

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  Black Sheep

  She is no more a JW than I am. She chose not to get baptized into her parent's religion, so you can't expect her to live up to JW rules and expectations any more than you could expect any other unbaptized born-in to, even if she does display psychological damage from her JW upbringing.
  
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  History repeated: pre-1975 trend of selling homes to ‘downsize’

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw this thread on reddit.

  i think the reason for this is that the 1975 fiasco is never mentioned in the jw religion.

  nobody mentioned it to me when i came in the years after.. the problem with this is that all the sad stories were never told (or hushed up) of people who sold off homes, etc.

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  Black Sheep

  At a funeral, I heard a brother being praised because he stayed strong even when the promises made for 1975 came and went without any fulfillment. I was wondering what was going on in the head of the speaker and his audience? Was the speaker trying to make a point to the weak?
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  When did JWs stop reciting the Lord’s Prayer together?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know what year?

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  Black Sheep

  That's my memory too, Phizzy. I don't recall hearing the Lord's Prayer recited in lieu of a 'proper' prayer at any JW function in the 50's or later.
  
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  Do you remember GRACE GOUGH?

  by LullingtonRd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i am grace gough's granddaughter:.

  i have started a blog that begins at the beginning and this is with grace.

  follow along as i dive into her life - and please do reach out if you have any stories to share with me that i can add to my blog.. you can find the blog here:.

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  Black Sheep

  LOL, I had to help her log in at least a couple of times, old age is a bitch. She was a lovely lady and I miss her presence here.
  
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  Hi again

  by Lee Marsh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is nice to see some familiar faces here.

  for those who don't know who i am my last id was lady lee.

  thought i would drop by and say hello; see how people are doing.

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  Black Sheep

  It's lovely to see you and nice to see some familiar faces popping in to say hello.
  

  I was wondering how you were doing only a couple of weeks ago.
  

  Cheers

  Chris
  
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  Do you remember GRACE GOUGH?

  by LullingtonRd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i am grace gough's granddaughter:.

  i have started a blog that begins at the beginning and this is with grace.

  follow along as i dive into her life - and please do reach out if you have any stories to share with me that i can add to my blog.. you can find the blog here:.

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  Black Sheep

  I remember her well. She was a sweetie. I think she thought I was a naughty boy sometimes, but she was always very nice to me.
  
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  Hi people!

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys, owyergoin?

  (that’s australian for youse foreigners!

  haven’t called in quite a while but just called by to say “i’m still standing and still enjoying shiraz !.

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  Black Sheep

  I remember you well. Sorry to hear of your loss.
  
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  What year did the Governing Body make cannibalism acceptable?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes - it is a kind of "trick" question!the subject in question is really organ transplants which the dec. 22, 1949 p.20 awake!

  called"wonderful and useful" ...until ...by the magic of new light suddenly became "cannibalism" on nov. 15, 1967, watchtower pp.702-704consequently, the answer to the question" what year did the governing body make cannibalism acceptable?

  "can rightly be answered as: "the year the governing body made their own definition of cannibalism acceptable was mar.

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  Black Sheep

  I remember bringing this up with my mother when she would have been in her seventies. I was shocked. She had always given me the impression that she cared about people, but on this subject she didn't give a sh!t for the kids and families affected. I made sure that she knew that I wasn't impressed with her attitude and her double standards.