Nevuela

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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  Nowhere in the art world that I have seen do Angels have the female form

  
  

  What do you mean? Female angels are EVERYWHERE in modern art. A friend of mine collects angel figurines, and nearly every single one of the dozens and dozens that she owns is female in appearance. The very few males she has are mostly cherubs. I myself very rarely see male angels in any modern depictions of them. Here, just look at what I found during a quick Google image search:
  

  https://www.google.com/search?q=angel&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4z8WF3fzeAhVLJt8KHd5ZCIIQ_AUIDigB&biw=1093&bih=521

  I once asked a JW lady I was studying with why angels were more often than not depicted as female. Her response? Satan was using his influence over artists, sculptors, writers, etc. in order to make angels appear weak.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Our daughter was free to make her own choice.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  2. scandals

  when eloise dupuis gave birth to her son in 2016, there were complications where a blood transfusion would have saved her live.

  however, she refused and died; to the horror of the medical staff and the entire province of quebec.. two years later, there was a change in politics and the topic came back up in the media.

  the parents of eloise dupuis, obviously exhausted by the media coverage, wrote a comment to a well known news paper in quebec.

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  "You are suggesting that individuals freedom should be stripped and people forced in your mold... in the name of freedom."
  
  Okay, you need to seriously stop this BS. You are embarrassing yourself. The WT are the ones stripping people of freedom and forcing people into their mold, and you KNOW this. Stop spinning things around to suit your twisted logic. Victims of abuse will say and do anything out of fear of retaliation from their abusers. Don't you EVER blame victims for this. We have talked on this very site about how people have taken their own lives due to the fear and guilt placed on them as victims of the WT cult. What happened to Eloise is no different.
  
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  They would Stone us if the law would allow

  by ElderEtta in

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  2. beliefs

  several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.

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  So, 1952 is your definition of “several years ago”?

  That snark was completely uncalled for. Besides, how would you define it? 'Several years ago' is far more accurate than 'a few years ago.' What, should she have said 'eons ago' instead?
  
  
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  Foreign holidays now expicitly forbidden too

  by George One Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-celebrate-holidays/.

  mostly we read about the regular holidays in the western world.

  now the other ones are also named, because some witnesses could be in doubt .

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  "Synynym for "ones" ....use your imagination..."
  
  

  No idea what you're implying, sorry.
  
  
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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

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  2. medical

  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  Morpheus I was in no way attempting to create any sort of "illusion." I was merely sharing an anecdote of an incident that surprised me, and was curious as to what other people thought of it and whether they have experienced anything similar.
  
  I know that the WT has the gall to sing the praises of children who would rather die (and who HAVE died) rather than accept blood. I also know that they have gone so far as to applaud pregnant women who have risked their own lives and that of their unborn babies in order to uphold their gross misinterpretation of scripture.
  
  There is no illusion they can create that will ever convince me that they are anything but evil.
  
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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  DATA-DOG But what does gender have to do with scriptural matters? If it's not about the issue I already mentioned, then what are you saying, exactly? I don't understand what you are getting at.
  
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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

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  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  DATA-DOG She's a woman, yes, but I don't see what that has to do with anything. Unless you're talking about the scripture that implies all of the anointed would be men because "they don't defile themselves with women," or whatever the case was.
  
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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  I just overheard her on the phone with another friend, telling them about the transfusion. She explained that the friend who accepted blood was raised in the truth but was never baptized.
  
  I am now even more surprised that she is okay with the transfusion.
  
  
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  Somebody Help!!

  by RichieRich in

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  93. god will destroy all non-jehovah's witnesses at armageddon.

  -in conversation jws call watchtower headquarters "the society".

  2. watchtower study.

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  Nevuela

  What's wrong with jade jewelry?
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  Blood Transfusion Permitted

  by Nevuela in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.

  among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.

  "you lost a lot of blood?

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  Nevuela

  I just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer. Among the snippets of dialogue I heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:

  "You lost a lot of blood? Oh no!"
  
  "Of course I'm not going to get mad at you!"
  
  "But you're not a witness, you're only studying."
  
  "At this point, you can still take blood, yes."
  
  "You did what you had to do to stay alive and take care of your kids."
  
  "I'm only mad at you for not calling me sooner! I thought you were at home recovering!"
  
  
  An anointed JW just gave her blessing on a blood transfusion. She essentially admitted that the only thing that would deny someone a transfusion is obedience to an organization run by flawed humans. That without commitment to said organization, Jehovah doesn't actually care what you do. And best (or worst) of all, she admitted that her friend made the right choice in order to save her own life and continue to care for her children.
  
  How is it that they can see the glaring issue, clear as day, yet be so blind to it at the same time?