About 10 years ago when I was attending Mass, one of the parishioners, who was sitting several of rows in front to me, lost consciousness. Our priest quickly noted the woman's plight and stopped the service. Fortunately one of the parishioners in attendance is a medical doctor and another is a Resistered Nurse and when our priest made them aware of the woman's plight they quickly attended to her needs. Our priest asked everyone else to remain seated, be calm, and to pray for the woman's recovery. An anbulance was summoned and the woman was taken to a hospital were she made a complete recovery. The service only resumed after the ambulance attendants had taken the woman to the hospital. The doctor also accompanied her. However, this is how emergencies are cared for in a church of "Babylon the Great." It seems Jehovah's people do things differently. After all Jehovah's show must go on without interruptions.
Athanasius
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The SHOW must go on!!!
by leaving-jws ini remember when i was a kid in "the truth.
there was an elderly sister that had a heart attack during the meeting.
she made loud gasping sounds as she was holding on for dear life.
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Sister dies (?) at DC
by DoomVoyager inno, this is not a joke.
having actually managed to survive through the entire 3 grueling days of the dc after attending the friday session today (hit sat and sun last weekend) i was initially going to make a criticism of some of the parts & points at the dc.
however, something that i witnessed today changed my mind.
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Athanasius
This is a very sad situation. Had it been a "Babylonish religious" convention, the speaker would have stopped and asked for a moment of silence so that all in attendance could pray for the woman's recovery. The JW leadership is so heartless.
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Judge Rutherford Stenographer
by RR inokay everyone, here is a picture for you, download it and cherish it.. .
oh, isn't he cute?
is that peach fuzz on his upper lip?.
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Athanasius
Hi VM. Joe was a whiz at shorthand, when he took the court stenographer's exam he passed with flying colors. However, I don't know why he didn't give proper credit to Hooper. Perhaps the Shorthand Institute sounded more prestigious on his resume.
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Have you found a new bible translation you like?
by New light for you ini know, it seems like half of everyone that leaves turns athiest.... but for those of us out there, who figure on still being christian, have you found a translation of the bible that you belive lives "up to par"?
i'm really trying to research, but there's so many, i wondered if you had any input!.
thanks!.
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Athanasius
Hi Reneeisorym. The English Standard Version is actually a revision of the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version Bible. I agree that it is a good translation. Regarding the similarities between it and the NWT, the RSV New Testament was first published in the 1940s. The complete RSV Bible (New and Old Testaments came out in the mid 1950s. I think that Freddy Franz and his friends on the NWT translating committee used the RSV as a model when they put together the NWT. Of course Freddy doctered the NWT with JW terminology and slanted some of the verses to fit Watchtower doctrine.
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Have you found a new bible translation you like?
by New light for you ini know, it seems like half of everyone that leaves turns athiest.... but for those of us out there, who figure on still being christian, have you found a translation of the bible that you belive lives "up to par"?
i'm really trying to research, but there's so many, i wondered if you had any input!.
thanks!.
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Athanasius
I like the Revised English Bible.
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Judge Rutherford Stenographer
by RR inokay everyone, here is a picture for you, download it and cherish it.. .
oh, isn't he cute?
is that peach fuzz on his upper lip?.
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Athanasius
Hi VM. I couldn't find anything on the Normal Shorthand Institute of Carbondale, Ill. either. However, Rutherford did attend two semesters at the Hooper Institute in Clarksburg, MO. and shorthand was one of the classes offered during the year that he attended. Hooper was a credited teacher's college so I don't know why Joe would try to hide his educational background.
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Looking Back, Was Being A Witness A Worthless Experience To You?
by minimus inwas there anything positive about being a jehovah's witness?
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Athanasius
It was mostly negative, but they did train us to be good public speakers.
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noah's kid's wives - where from?
by booby inwhere did noah's boys find two suitable girls, especially when their parents apparently were not godly..
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Athanasius
Back in the 1920's the Watchtower revised the novel "Seola" and reissued it as "Angels and Women" because this work, though fiction, agrees with much of their doctrines. Its a story of one of Noah's daughters-in-law. Its been a few years since I read the book, but I believe it tells part of the story how she met Noah's son Japheth.
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Any actually embarrased to admit they were Witnesses?
by Robert7 inwhen i was active, i was always (usually) proud to talk about being a jw, our faith, reasons for our stupid beliefs on birthdays, x-mas, etc.
now with everything i'm going through, given how much of an impact this is to my life, i want to talk to others about it, like coworkers, and other friends.
but thinking about how i would explain how it's a mind-controlling cult, i feel stupid for falling for it.
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Athanasius
If the subject of religion comes up I say that I am an Episcopalian. That is the church that I have attended for over 20 years. My JW past I only mention if the discussion is about the Witnesses. But like some have mentioned, it was embarrasing to admit to being a JW when you are still in the cult.
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When did the Watchtower start baptising converts?
by Philippus79 ini think to remember the russell initially accepted water baptisms of other christian denominations.
but does anyone know when (and maybe who) they started their own water baptism rite?
couldn't find much in the 'proclaimers' book.
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Athanasius
I remember reading in Crisis of Conscience about Fred Franz's baptism. If I remember correctly, Fred had been baptised (sprinkled) as a Presbyterian and, therefore, was immersed when he joined Russell's Bible Students. However, Freddy felt that had he been immersed before becoming a Bible Student that a second immersion would not be necessary.