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  Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported

  by allpoweredup in

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  to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

  christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

  (mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.

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  DH - That was brilliant!! Maybe that's what the great tribulation(tm) really is!!
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  WHO FEARS ARMAGEDDON?

  by betty boop in

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  2. experiences

  the more time that passes, the less i even think about it.

  i dont really believe in it but now and again i get a nagging fear of "what if we're all wrong and it is true" and boom big lighting rods and earthquakes come and shatter us all and i think damn and i almost beat jah on this one .

  its so silly i know im right about my decison to leave the dubs but they psychologicaly messed with us for so long sometimes your like woah what if theyre right!.

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  "what if we're all wrong and it is true"

  omg - I just wrote that on another post. I don't feel that way anymore - but it took me a while to get over it. I am sure about my spiritual relationship and I am sure that God does not want me to be associated with a destructive cult. The other posts have said it all really. I think it just takes a while to re-program our brains after years of brainwashing.

  I do think that mankind will eventually destroy the earth and our ability to survive on it. Its just part of the free choice plan. I don't understand it and don't like it but I also don't think it has anything to do with JW/WT "prophesy." We just LOVE our SUV's and continue to mindlessly destoy the ozone. But that's another topic.

  I also agree that even if it is true....I opt for death over an eternity with a bunch of JW's. Now THAT would be hell!
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  What Got You Out of the Borg?

  by L_A_Big_Dawg in

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  2. friends

  i have looked for this topic today, and didn't find it.

  so i was wondering if you fine folks could tell me and others what was it exactly that got you out?.

  sarcasm is welcome provided you tell us the real reason under it .

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  I wish I had some upstanding conscientious reasons for leaving but the truth is that I was 18, had just graduated from high school and there was a lot of pressure on me to pioneer and make the right JW decisions about my life after high school. I REALLY didn't want to pioneer - I couldn't stand going out in service! I began to have the feeling that I just wanted everyone to get off my back about it. I didn't plan or decide that doing drugs and having an affair with a married man would be the best way out --- but that's what happened. I got DF'ed and my life was a living nightmare for several years. I wish I could have been strong enough to speak my mind and just go to college. I was such a mess! But I also just knew intuitively that the Borg was not THE Truth(tm) -- although for a long time I harbored the fear of "what if they're right?"

  Its so refreshing to be so far out of it and to really know that the Borg is packed full of lies.
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  Cutest thing you've had on your couch lately

  by SheilaM in

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  ain't she sweet

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  Awww - So cute! Don't you love it when they are sleeping?!?!?!

  BTW - Can you even imagine her growing up and not speaking to her because she doesn't want to be in your religion cult?? It blows my mind that people can do that!!
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  607bce. An idiots guide needed please.

  by laurelin in

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  2. beliefs

  i have read a lot of threads on here about 607 b.c.e.

  and i find a lot of them confusing.. i'm not an idiot but neither am i that well versed in star charts and archeological finds and some of the threads here (that i've found) have left me even more confused as they often make reference to things i know nothing about.. does anyone out there know where i can find an easy to read and understand explanation of 607.. am i to understand that it's the bible that comes to the date 607 and no other secular evidence can be found?.

  i'm not having a go at any of the threads here as i'm sure they are excellent threads, they just go right over the top of my head.. i can't get any access to books or anything like that due to home circumstances so anything online would be perfect.. i would be grateful for any help anyone can give me.. thanks.

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  laurlin

  You ask a very good question. I'm still confused.
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  More Adventures at the District Convention

  by RunningMan in

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  2. friends

  even more adventures at the district convention

  well, i have once again found myself at that extravaganza of masochism, the district convention.

  this year, however, since my kids were still in school, i was able to skip out on the first day, and join in for only the last two days.

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  THank You for the laugh!! OMG that was freakin HILARIOUS!!!
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  Hi Everyone

  by Chloe in

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  2. friends

  i am one of those lurkers who finally decided to post and introduce myself.

  i could possibly win an award for the longest addicted reader without posting ever.

  i started reading this site when the old h2o shut down - what was that - 3 or 4 years ago.

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  Welcome Chloe - Love your avatar!
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  Former Bethelite comes out and shares story

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  i was always a shy kid that desperately wanted to make my parents proud.

  at about this same time i started to hang out with some guys that my dad didn?t particularly approve of.

  i wonder how my life would have turned out had i stopped at any point between ages 14 and 19 and asked myself who exactly i was doing all this for.

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  Hi Michael

  I could relate so much to your story. I too was shy, had low self esteem and wanted approval. That led me to baptism at age 13 and was DF'ed at 18 because I was doing it all for the wrong reasons. It has been hard dealing with my mom's refusal to associate with me. But it would have been much harder and more costly to sell my soul to a cult. It has only been that last 2 months that I have read CofC and some other internet information and It was very disturbing for me to learn that everything I based my young life on and the loss of my mother - is all really for nothing but a pack of lies! I think I am still in a state of shock! I am so happy for you that you are in a happy relationship - so many of us end up alone for a while until we are able to build a "family of choice."

  Hang in there buddy!

  Randy - thanks for sharing this story. BTW - I love your writing!
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  Yipeee!

  by Bubbamar in

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  2. friends

  i'm a junior member!!!

  not to waste a thread - but just wanted to celebrate!!

  this has been a great place for me in so many ways.

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  I'm a Junior Member!!! Not to waste a thread - but just wanted to celebrate!! This has been a great place for me in so many ways. Mostly - to not feel alone as an xjw anymore. That cult has had such an impact on my life and most people just don't get it. There are so many warm, friendly, intelligent, witty and just plain funny people here! Thanks to everyone!

  P.S. I still want to know about the campaigne! haha
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  Last Sundays Text

  by HeyNow! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone have it?

  i was asked to take a look at it.

  wonder how it will help me back to borg..lol

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  Great post Elsewhere!!! Rolling on the floor!!!