OneEyedJoe

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  New light scripture??

  by Daisychaindream in

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  i've seen it mentioned in a few posts and i didn't want to high jack!

  can anyone explain what this is about?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Off the top of my head I believe it's proverbs 4:18. There's no such thing as "new light" or "old light" in the bible - the only scripture they use to justify it is one that says the path of a righteous man (as contrasted with the path of a wicked man) is like a light that gets brighter as the day draws near.

  Of course, any time there's a reference to a day drawing near, the JW's mind will immediately relate that to armageddon. In this context, however, it's clearly just talking about the increasing light from the sun as dawn approaches, nothing about armageddon is implied in any way.
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  Stop BREATHING you SINNER!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  (this may offend some sincere 'christians'.

  can you, as a human, stop yourself from breathing?.

  i have always thought that one of the basic teachings of 'christianity' is the concept that we are "mere sinners"...riddled with guilt and not worthy of god or life...undeserved kindness has been shown to us etc.... but, we have no control over that, just as we have no control over breathing air!.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I guess if you're aim is to control people through guilt, you'd better find a way that everyone is always guilty.
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  Glaring discrepency in Blood Doctrine

  by kjg132 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found an article on the dr. sears website about the benefits of breasfeeding.

  according to the article it says: "a drop of breastmilk contains about one million white blood cells.

  " it also says "colostrum also contains higher amounts of white blood cells..........than mature milk.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Even as a teenager back in the '70s when the policy was uber strict (aka no blood at all), I could not reconcile with myself that a symbol of life was more important than life itself.

  One should do everything possible within their power to save a life, including the provision of blood.

  I liked the way Ray Franz put it in an interview that Terry recently posted. Dying for want of a blood transfusion is the same as being willing to divorce your wife in order to prevent the loss of your wedding ring.

  Their policy was also in contradiction to the belief held that if given the chance, anyone could be a Jehovah's Witness. Not true for hemophiliacs and others requiring whole blood products to survive.

  Hemophiliacs could've been JWs, they'd just die the first time they got a paper cut. But they'd surely go straight to paradise!
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  The Happiest I Have Ever Been

  by nolongerconfused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello dear friends,.

  it has been a while since i've posted here.

  much has happened since i left the cult.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Congrats! Living well is the best revenge against the murderous cult. Glad to hear you're getting your revenge in full.
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  Glaring discrepency in Blood Doctrine

  by kjg132 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found an article on the dr. sears website about the benefits of breasfeeding.

  according to the article it says: "a drop of breastmilk contains about one million white blood cells.

  " it also says "colostrum also contains higher amounts of white blood cells..........than mature milk.

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  OneEyedJoe

  The discrepancy is even more blatant when you read the WTS's justification for allowing certain fractions. Part of why some fractions are allowed is because they're transferred from mother to child during breastfeeding.
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  "The Friends"

  by FeelingFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have only come across this term very recently on jwn and in an "apostate" video i watched yesterday.

  never have i heard anyone refer to jw's as "the friends" here in the uk.

  is it just used in america?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Used all the time here, and it's very irritating because 99.9% of the ones that I'm aquainted with are nothing resembling friends.
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  What Was Your Body of Elders Like?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  were they pretty much a good group of men?

  we're they jerks?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  The elder who is timid and can't say no is usually the secretary. If there is a pioneer elder he is the service overseer. The bully/ahole is usually the COBE.

  You're 3/3 in describing my BOE.
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  Will the Societies tighten their grip even more with the power slipping?

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think its pretty clear that the gb are power hungry.

  you cannot listen to the branch visit and not see clear as day that there are some of them that are loving the power.

  it showed the clearest with anthony morris.. now all these sex abuse scandals and news media are taking their power away.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Wow, it's crazy how the human brain works. Haven't seen that movie or heard that phrase in several years but it's still bouncin around in there...
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  Will the Societies tighten their grip even more with the power slipping?

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think its pretty clear that the gb are power hungry.

  you cannot listen to the branch visit and not see clear as day that there are some of them that are loving the power.

  it showed the clearest with anthony morris.. now all these sex abuse scandals and news media are taking their power away.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Nothing wrong with paraphrasing Princess Leia.

  Seriously? That can't possibly be where I picked that up lol. Wow.
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  What Was Your Body of Elders Like?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were they pretty much a good group of men?

  we're they jerks?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Mine is made up of:

  1 Nazi (a genuinely caring man in many cases, but VERY hardline on the rules when it comes down to it) who is well known for neglecting his wife due to constantly volunteering for anything/everything "theocratic" that he can. Like ditching her on their aniversary to go to a sheparding call type neglect. very sad.

  1 super-zealous pioneer (service overseer) who is super annoying and makes any conversation about "theocratic" things.

  1 very intelligent and humble man who got pulled in by his super-controlling wife in the run-up to 1975. (Previously, he was agnostic...)

  A couple are sort of non-existant and always in the background

  1 86 year old "honorary elder" who's completely senile and has absolutely no responsibility in the congregation (I don't think he's even been regular in service for a few years)