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  Dead Relative Due To Blood Policy?

  by AlanF in

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  i'd like to hear comments from anyone who had a relative die because of the watchtower society's misguided policy on blood transfusions.. alanf

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  Village Idiot

  I know of the opposite of a relative dying due to refusing a blood transfusion. It was a sister in the congregation that gave birth to a child. It was either she or her infant that needed a blood transfusion and she made the decision to accept it. She was disfellowshipped, of course, so now a baby had its mother and a mother had her infant.
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  God out of schools?

  by StopTheTears in

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  Village Idiot

  “Of this General Assembly, the treasurer, attorney general, register, ministers of the gospel, officers of the regular armies of this State, or of the United States, persons receiving salaries or emoluments from any power foreign to our confederacy, those who are not resident in the county for which they are chosen delegates, or districts for which they are chosen senators, those who are not qualified as electors, persons who shall have committed treason, felony, or such other crime as would subject them to infamous punishment, or shall have been convicted by due course of law of bribery or corruption, in endeavoring to procure an election to the said assembly, shall be incapable of being members. All others, not herein elsewhere excluded, who may elect, shall be capable of being elected thereto.”

  Thomas Jefferson - Proposed Constitution for Virginia. From The Online Library of Liberty: The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia, page 493, #4604.

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  BILL FOR ESTABLISHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

  In the 6th and 7th lines of the first section, the following words, “and not being ministers of the gospel of any denomination.”

  The note of the same section of these words, “Ministers of the Gospel are excluded to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public education committed to the ministers of a particular one; and with more reason than in the case of their exclusion from the legislative and executive functions.”

  Thomas Jefferson - Note to Elementary School Act, 1817. Making of America Collection pages 96 & 97.
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  Helen Keller is not a hero

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
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  few realize just how wicked some of the most revered people in history were.

  helen keeler (1880 to 1968) was a wolf in sheep's clothing, no hero.

  keller was a communist.

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  Berengaria:

  "Actually the OP is just another one of those folks that refuse to credit the authors

  "http://jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/helen_keller.htm"

  Oh my gawd Stop The Tears is another Perry!

  Good catch Berengaria!
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  Helen Keller is not a hero

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
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  few realize just how wicked some of the most revered people in history were.

  helen keeler (1880 to 1968) was a wolf in sheep's clothing, no hero.

  keller was a communist.

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  Island Man:

  "StopTheTears, I hope you don't consider yourself a christian because your hatred of communism would mean a hatred of certain principles of christianity. 1st century christians practiced communism. Go read the early chapters of the book of Acts."

  44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Acts 2:44-45 New International Version
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  Helen Keller is not a hero

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  few realize just how wicked some of the most revered people in history were.

  helen keeler (1880 to 1968) was a wolf in sheep's clothing, no hero.

  keller was a communist.

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  Village Idiot

  If you would do the most basic research, other than the schizoid one you've done, you would have found out that Helen Keller's teacher was the one who taught her sign language making it obvious that it predated her.

  As far as who invented it you can go here to find out.
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  Did You Ever Hear a Non-Witness Opinion After They'd Attended Their first Meeting?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was about 12. i took a friend along to a meeting and he said he didn't mind learning stuff but it was a shame it was so boring.. i was about 14. i had my very own bible study and took him along.

  he just kept whispering about the girls there that he fancied.. i was in my early 20's.

  i took along a lady that i knew.

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  It was a rainy day close to Christmas and we had a special meeting. The stated purpose of the meeting was to get us together for fraternizing as a substitute for the holidays. It was emphasized at the meetings that the holidays were evil.

  A person who appeared homeless came in to the hall and said that he just wanted to get out of the rain. When the meeting ended he said "Happy holidays even though you don't believe in them."
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  Something odd about how Watchtower portrays prayer versus how JWs actually pray.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower literature often depicts individuals praying with their hands clasped together or kneeling on the ground in their bedroom.. but i don't recall ever seeing a jw praying like that.

  i have never seen a jw praying in a kneeling position or with hands clasped together.

  have you?.

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  Island Man: "I would say that eyes closed with heads slightly bowed, is the JWs' special prayer position."

  But that may not be a sufficient hint for 'worldly' people reading the literature. They will need a stronger hint than that to realize that the JWs are in prayer mode.
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  Something odd about how Watchtower portrays prayer versus how JWs actually pray.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
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  watchtower literature often depicts individuals praying with their hands clasped together or kneeling on the ground in their bedroom.. but i don't recall ever seeing a jw praying like that.

  i have never seen a jw praying in a kneeling position or with hands clasped together.

  have you?.

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  Village Idiot

  Maybe the editors realize that the Witnesses do not take any special prayer position so they portray them with traditional - in Christendom - prayer positions so the reader know there is a prayer being said.
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  Something odd about how Watchtower portrays prayer versus how JWs actually pray.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower literature often depicts individuals praying with their hands clasped together or kneeling on the ground in their bedroom.. but i don't recall ever seeing a jw praying like that.

  i have never seen a jw praying in a kneeling position or with hands clasped together.

  have you?.

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  Are the individuals they depict Witnesses or non-Witnesses?
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  Where's this going? American soldiers call on Jehovah

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the song is 'days of elijah,' and the bit i'm referring to is about half way through, as they sing, "there is no god like jehovah":.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjz_ilp9c5a.

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  13:45 minute mark. You won't hear any JW doing this:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ_rsnyNkzo&feature=player_detailpage#t=829

  1:55 minute mark; "Jehovah be praised":

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA8DEImCSbw&feature=player_detailpage#t=115