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  Need Help with Blood Transfusion Illustration

  by Dissonant15 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  please, who can provide an intelligent rebuttal to the following illustration?

  i always thought it was bullet-proof:.

  "if your doctor directs you to 'abstain from alcohol' would you be ok to have it injected into your veins rather than drink it?

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  Village Idiot

  Actually, the blood/alcohol analogy is correct as far as consuming any substance by needle or by mouth. There's nothing you can say against that specific argument. The only argument against the blood transfusion issue in general, as Saintbertholdt mentioned, is that the blood was only disposed of if the animal was killed for food. If the creature, animal or human, was not killed then it would not apply and blood could be drunk or transfused.

  I'm not too comfortable with that argument but it's the only one that may help. A smart JW, however, might counter that argument by asking if it's right to drink human blood even if the person contributing it did not die.

  You have to keep in mind that some doctrines in the Bible simply cannot be argued against without arguing against the Bible itself.
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  1975 all over again!!!

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt study edition jan. 2015.

  here is the bait:.

  as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

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  Village Idiot

  Heaven:

  "The interesting part of all of this is how Botchtower handles their errors. They certainly don't man up to them but rather, repeatedly, blame their members."

  They did make a mock apology around 1980 (One of the yearbooks?) saying that they were responsible for some of the issue. Later they went back to denial and blaming the publishers.
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  Today I learned - I'm incapable of having a relationship

  by Garrett in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hello my dear friends,.

  while this post may not be entirely witness related, i figured i'd write out my thoughts here as a form of release and reflection.. recently, a lot has changed in my life.

  i'm away from home for the first time in a long while training to get certified in a field i'm not even sure i want to work in anymore.

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  Village Idiot

  Sounds like me. I've brushed off good women in and out of the JWs (I'm marriage oriented at heart) who have approached me for a date or taken an interest in me. It's a combination of shyness, insecurity and, as you said self sabotage. Never dated a woman in my life and I'm not Gay or Bi. My problems existed regardless of the Witnesses but they made it worse with their oppressive atmosphere.

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  This sounds suspiciously like the actions of another religion we know of...

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/15/church-blacklists-103-year-old-granny-then-calls-the-cops-on-her.htmlchurch blacklists 103-year-old granny, then calls the cops on her.

  genora hamm biggs had been a member of the union grove baptist church for 92 yearsuntil a new pastor banished her and tried to have her arrested over a clash about the style of a sermon.. a 103-year-old georgia woman was banished from her church for a sin the pastor cant forgiveshe disagreed with how he preached.. genora hamm biggs has attended union grove baptist church in elberton since she was 11 years old.

  but last month, rev.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry:

  On closer examination, this doesn't resemble JW's closed door disfellowshipping at all.

  Maybe not closed door but the pastor was manipulative nonetheless.

  Looks like she had a vendetta against the pastor and tried to disrupt the congregation services on several occasions.

  I realize that a b!tch might use her age to excuse her actions but I perceive her more as a determined, feisty old gal.

  The members voted unanimously (while she was present) to cancel her membership.

  I must have missed that in the OP but what exactly did they vote her out for? Not liking her Pastor's sermon styles? Disagreeing that he had the Church's best interests at heart?
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  The morning after I KILLED myself...

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a very thought provoking poem.... .

  the morning after i killed myself, i woke up.

  i made myself breakfast in bed.

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  Village Idiot

  Thank you for posting that Just Kidding.
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  1975 all over again!!!

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt study edition jan. 2015.

  here is the bait:.

  as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VVkxmqE0qZk
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  1975 all over again!!!

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt study edition jan. 2015.

  here is the bait:.

  as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

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  I like the comment at the end.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=R0Wv7fB688A
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  Silly Bible things you notice when your awake.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i sure you guys can list others but here is a thought about the exodus story.

  in chapter 1 the pharoah is concerned that the israelites are becoming to numerous.

  and just as a side point we can assume pharaohs were not to dumb and even if they were the smart people of egypt studied in the temple 40 years and they studied all things not just religion.

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  Village Idiot

  For a collection of stupid and evil Bible verses: http://www.scribd.com/doc/95804194/A-Most-Evil-and-Stupid-Book-The-Bible-s-Moral-Depravity-Contradictions-and-Absurdities
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  Where have all the spiritual men gone?

  by ToesUp in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this photo was on jw-archive.. sisters are now passing microphones due to a lack of qualified brothers.

  this was in a english speaking group in slovenia .

  i feel sorry for the guy in the blue shirt!

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  Village Idiot

  It's been decades since I was in but does anyone who is still in know if the situation with more sisters than males has been worsening in the past several years?
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  Silly Bible things you notice when your awake.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i sure you guys can list others but here is a thought about the exodus story.

  in chapter 1 the pharoah is concerned that the israelites are becoming to numerous.

  and just as a side point we can assume pharaohs were not to dumb and even if they were the smart people of egypt studied in the temple 40 years and they studied all things not just religion.

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  Village Idiot

  15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” Exodus 1:15-16 New International Version

  Two midwives for hundreds of thousands of women (Exodus 12:37)?