OrphanCrow

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  What I thought CLAM meant , can you think of anymore ?

  by smiddy in

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  for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .

  christ left a ministry , or meeting .

  children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).

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  OrphanCrow

  I think of "Clam Up"

  You know...theocratic warfare training and all that...learning how to keep your mouth shut

  Clam up - just like all those JW guys did when they were on the stand down in Australia...
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  Seeking advice doctor & staff presentation

  by azor in

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  2. medical

  my son is nearing completion of his 3-1/2 year chemo journey.

  i have an appointment with his primary oncologist at the end of next month as an end of treatment exit meeting.

  she and her team are leads at this particular hospital.

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  OrphanCrow

  This was written by Lee Elder and Dr Muramoto and published in Journal of Medical Ethics:

  "Refusal of potentially life-saving blood transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses: should doctors explain that not all JWs think it's religiously required?"

  http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/5/299.full?trendmd-shared=0
  

  There are some free downloadable pdfs in the reference section at the bottom of the article that would be useful
  
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  What is happening with Stoops?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stoops manufacturing, the wt approved distribrution company for "all things jw" for many years, has been dissolved because of a "failure to file an administration report" with the state of missouri.. https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/businessentity/businessentitydetail.aspx?page=besearch&id=404520.

  you can download the full document from that link.. .

  does anyone know anything about stoops?

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  OrphanCrow

  Hmmmm...

  What is odd is that the Stoops website seems to be operational - which violates the directive from the State of Missouri that states they cannot carry on business.

  Who is running Stoops since it was dissolved and how can they legally still carry on business?

  Something isn't adding up
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  Seeking advice doctor & staff presentation

  by azor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  my son is nearing completion of his 3-1/2 year chemo journey.

  i have an appointment with his primary oncologist at the end of next month as an end of treatment exit meeting.

  she and her team are leads at this particular hospital.

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  OrphanCrow

  I know that there are some articles written by an RN that have looked at how to educate nurses on how to give access of medical information to pregnant JW women about their health care options. Basically - an education for nurses and how to optimize the health choices for pregnant JW women - the most vulnerable group of the noblood doctrine. And, the results of how many JW women actually chose blood over noblood options.

  I will have to look for it...if someone knows what I am talking about - please post. The articles are quite good.
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  Seeking advice doctor & staff presentation

  by azor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  my son is nearing completion of his 3-1/2 year chemo journey.

  i have an appointment with his primary oncologist at the end of next month as an end of treatment exit meeting.

  she and her team are leads at this particular hospital.

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  OrphanCrow

  Of course it is difficult to stay on top of the "rolling ball" blood doctrine, but here is an article published in 2001 that could be useful (pdf is available for download):

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119307/

  And another one by the same author:

  http://jme.bmj.com/content/24/5/295.short

  *both articles by O Muramoto and published in BMJ: British Medical Journal
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  Seeking advice doctor & staff presentation

  by azor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  my son is nearing completion of his 3-1/2 year chemo journey.

  i have an appointment with his primary oncologist at the end of next month as an end of treatment exit meeting.

  she and her team are leads at this particular hospital.

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  OrphanCrow

  Azor, there are some good resources available for you and you have identified an area where there is a real need.

  Contrary to what some think (no offense...), most medical professionals, doctors included, have little experience in dealing with the ethics around the blood transfusion ban. Many doctors rarely encounter JWs in their regular practice. And, they are not aware of all the recent intricacies of the WT's blood gymnastics doctrines. and...for that matter, a lot of JWs themselves don't understand the "new blood" stances, as they shift and change in response to demands of the marketplace.

  Once a JW steps outside of the "blood management" network, there is a definite need to educate regular professionals, the ones not trained with WT influence, about the WT blood doctrines and such.

  There has been published articles in ethics journals and medical journals about this subject, Azor, by doctors and nurses, directed towards the education of medical professionals about the treatment of JWs. Of course, there is an overabundance of such articles that have been published by blood management "experts" (aka - WT trained) but there is also material that is more objective and aimed at those not inside that bloodless network.

  If someone else doesn't post the links first, I will poke around and find them. Lee Elder has some links posted somewhere, too, that pertain to this issue.
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  What is happening with Stoops?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stoops manufacturing, the wt approved distribrution company for "all things jw" for many years, has been dissolved because of a "failure to file an administration report" with the state of missouri.. https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/businessentity/businessentitydetail.aspx?page=besearch&id=404520.

  you can download the full document from that link.. .

  does anyone know anything about stoops?

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  OrphanCrow

  Stoops Manufacturing, the WT approved distribrution company for "all things JW" for many years, has been dissolved because of a "failure to file an administration report" with the State of Missouri.

  https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=404520

  You can download the full document from that link.
  
  

  
  

  Does anyone know anything about Stoops? Their website appears to still be functional, with new products released in 2016, yet they are not to be conducting business as of September 2015, according to the above information.
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  I am SO tempted ! to join the FSM Church !

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the netherlands has recognized the church of the flying spagetti monster as an official religion !!.

  i am so tempted to join it openly, and see what the reaction of the jw's is, surely they should df me for joining another religion?.

  but how silly would that make them look !

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  OrphanCrow

  Phizzy, if you find that FSM just isn't for you....maybe their doctrines are too strict or something...you can always start your own religion.

  Here is a handy guide that could help you out. It was published in 1967 and written by Timothy Leary. Some good tips in there on how to get your own cult up and running. Available in several formats and completely free:

  https://archive.org/details/startyourownreli00learrich
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  Filmmaker’s mission to turn camera on religion - "Blood"

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  filmmaker’s mission to turn camera on religion.

  standing outside a former kingdom hall in old south, alex riker reflects for a minute on all he’s gone through since walking away from the jehovah’s witnesses 25 years ago.“i’ve not seen a member of my family since,” he said.

  “as a 19 year old, and before the dawn of the internet, i was completely alone.

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  OrphanCrow

  vidiot: ...I assume they know you're the one to talk to(?)

  I know Alex

  :)
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  Filmmaker’s mission to turn camera on religion - "Blood"

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  filmmaker’s mission to turn camera on religion.

  standing outside a former kingdom hall in old south, alex riker reflects for a minute on all he’s gone through since walking away from the jehovah’s witnesses 25 years ago.“i’ve not seen a member of my family since,” he said.

  “as a 19 year old, and before the dawn of the internet, i was completely alone.

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  OrphanCrow

  Vidiot...already done.

  Alex knows about all that stuff. His film, though, has been in the works for some time now and deals with the personal struggle of dealing with the blood doctrine. So happy that he is off the ground and running. It will be a good film.

  ;)

  You're falling behind, Watchtower.

  Not really. You forget about the "independent" films that are made by JWs and financed by them. The newest anti-blood film, "Primum Non Nocere" and "The Name of God". Both WT films.

  The Watchtower has simply removed themselves from the spotlight - they are still churning out the propaganda.