Posts by violias

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Chicago Med - Gets it wrong - Shows a JW Couple refuse a Cell Salvage procedure during Heart Bypass

by Quarterback in

i like watching all the chicago shows.

chicago med, chicago fire, and chicago pd,.

but this week they showed a jw couple that refused a procedure that was left to the concience of a jw.

violias

I also thought the way they presented the alcoholic who came in with DT's was abysmal . The nurse was so judging and treated him with contempt. They ordered him 1 mg of Ativan and I was shocked. I worked in Addiction and Adult Psych for quite a while and DT's are a very serious .. They use all sorts of meds for this and 1 mg of Ativan is not likely to do very much. A nurse ended up giving him a drink and while I agree with her that he has to want to quit, still in real life she would have been fired. I never heard of anyone ever doing that.

I thought they presented the jws as radical but with a sympathy . The older doc was right they did go against the express wishes of the patient.

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Chicago Med - Gets it wrong - Shows a JW Couple refuse a Cell Salvage procedure during Heart Bypass

by Quarterback in

i like watching all the chicago shows.

chicago med, chicago fire, and chicago pd,.

but this week they showed a jw couple that refused a procedure that was left to the concience of a jw.

violias

I saw the show too and found the way they spoke more of like the 700 club folks, not jws. They agreed to do the surgery with the machine, at least that is what I thought they said. In the end the husband forgave the wife . I just found the way they spoke so odd- it clearly showed that the writers only had a superficial knowledge of jws.

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Favorite Music Video

by WildTurkey in

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what is your favorite music video?

after shes my cherry pie, i like foo fighters learn to fly

violias

Good stuff Tal, love John Mellencamp really liked his " Little Pink houses " much better than " the boss's " born in the usa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfkpu6749w

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Today's Study - Shun Disfellowshipped Family, Don't Marry Outsiders, Tell On Others!

by Divergent in

jw
friends

urghhh... what a disgusting study!7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

for example, a sister named anne received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

the mother wanted to visit anne because she felt pained by her isolation from the family.

violias

The local churches ( in my area) are actually similar to jws in shunning. They may not be quite as strict but this area is a stronghold of Pentecostal and similar type religions and they practice DF'ing too.

I would love to live somewhere that people only went to church on Sunday and people did not care what you did the rest of the week. That does not exist in my area, a very strict fundamental Christian area.

I saw a jw in a department store the other day and at first I did not recognize them but when I did they averted their eyes and went on by. I am not DF'd. It is fairly well known that I hate everything the WTBS stands for, however.

I have thought about attending another church but I'm pretty sure that they are waiting for me to do that so they can DF me. Maybe I could attend outside my area. It is a smallish town.

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A big thanks to all you good good people

by aboveusonlysky in

jw
friends

"when the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies" jefferson airplane.

until that is you find websites like this!

i want to say a big thank you to all of you for everything i've learned here, as well as jwfacts, jwsurvey, coc, isocf etc.. i'm a born in and i spent more than two decades of my adult life in full time 'service' for the (b)org.

violias

Cruelty of elders to me and others is what helped bring me here too. Welcome.

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To Continue the Theme of All Things Prince ... The Dirty Songs List

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

link is here.. line outapr 18, 2013. .

"an incomplete and disorderly catalog of prince's dirty songs".

by kelly o. .

violias

I just heard Prince sing Raspberry Beret . I had heard Warren Zevon's cover and liked it very much.

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107 Columbia Heights For Sale

by wifibandit in

http://107columbiaheights.com/.

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violias

I can't recall where I read this but the area known as " Dumbo" is being sold and Donald Trump's son is the buyer.

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Here is what kind of person (Prince) a celebrity JW is

by Terry in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhcparuzpc

violias

I'm sure he was in pain, reports of hip problems and I do believe he had Aids. He was not very big person, 5'2 and thin. It would be easy for him to accidently overdose. I used to have take opiates for chronic pain and I'd forget I had taken a dose and take another. Your mind gets really blurry. I used to write down in a notebook when I took pills to prevent accidental overdose. I finally tapered off the pills and now use steroid injections and other procedures to keep pain under control.

Prince seemed like a decent person, so sorry his life ended this way.

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How do you like me now?

by eyeuse2badub in

report in the news today that prince is leaving a large portion of his fortune to the watchtower.

bet the gb loves prince now and his 'questionable' music!.

just sayingeyeuse2badub.

violias

his sister applied to court today to be executor of his estate. he has several half brothers and sisters also.

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Prince was on the board of directors for the WTS

by Barrold Bonds in

jw
friends

i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.

apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.

he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.

violias

I found another really good link with some Prince interviews from the past. Note the video is not playing all that well , at least on face book.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2039209-prince-showed-off-his-funny-side-in-this-hilarious-appearance-on-george-lopez-show/