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  Can any JW answer OldSoul's 4 questions about JW teachings scripturally?

  by kwintestal in

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  2. beliefs

  i am waiting for any jehovah's witness to offer support in scripture of these four articles of faith: .

  (1) the faithful and discreet slave is a class of people, .

  (2) that the holy spirit directs organizations in addition to individuals, .

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  kwintestal

  I am waiting for any Jehovah's Witness to offer support in Scripture of these four articles of faith:
  
  (1) the Faithful and Discreet Slave is a class of people,
  (2) that the holy spirit directs organizations in addition to individuals,
  (3) that the Faithful and Discreet Slave is responsible for revealing "new light" (as opposed to "food at the proper time") to anyone, and finally
  (4) that Jehovah deals with individual other sheep differently than the little flock.
  
  Where is the Scriptural support for any one of these teachings? Can they be established Scripturally without uninspired human interpretation?

  Kwin (for OldSoul whose topic limits are up)
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  Do you have a personal/family emergency evacuation plan?

  by Billygoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after witnessing the aftermath of katrina and what she did to the unprepared evacuees, mozz and i decided it was time to put together our emergency evacuation plan.

  we started by simply going to www.redcross.org.

  there is a search engine on the top right side of their website and i entered "emergency disaster plan".

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  kwintestal

  I am more then willing to be the 100 kilometer contact/safe place for Kwin and family and Tal and family and Shera and family if you guys need.

  Dams

  Woo hoo! On my way over!

  Kwin

  BTW, you're always welcome here Dams (and anyone else for that matter). We just got a pull-out couch too!

  Kwin (again)
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  Disfellowshipped for being fat and not watching my cholesterol

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find the concept of taking select warnings of the medical and science world, to disfellowship members, and ignoring others ... all the more interesting as i think about it.

  after all, heart desease is the biggest killer in the americas.

  heart desease and heart related deaths are often linked to and not exclusive to; obesity, high cholesterol, fatty foods, not exercising, high stress, etc.. with this in mind, i dare someone to call an elder and report that they saw one of the local witnesses eating at mcdonalds, even though the doctor warned them it could kill them.

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  I phoned. Funny, I talked to the same guy at Patterson that I talked to a month or so back when I was wondering how I could get the status of leaving the JW's and not be shunned as a former member like their website states.

  Anyway, the conversation went like this. I explained that I had talked to the local elders about a family member who had just seen the doctor. The doctor said that my family member will die if he continues eating the fatty foods that he is. Then I asked why isn't there more direction on this as there is with smoking?

  He stated, that there is plenty of direction about eating healthy foods.

  I said, "Yes, but not with the same force as there is with smoking. You will get disfellowshipped for smoking, but not for this even though it is equally as bad for you."

  He replied that, "Smoking is a sin, a defilement of the flesh."

  I said, "Yes, but this is also a defilement of the flesh as the doctor has said, "You will die if you keep eating like this. Wouldn't that be the same as committing suicide?"

  He said, "Well, perhaps if you want to look at it that way you should write us a letter."

  I tried a few times to get him to open up more, but in the end he just kept suggesting I put it in writing. Finally, I said, "Hopefully he won't be dead by the time you guys get back to me." and hung up.

  Kwin
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  It's never too late to start...

  by JH in

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  my grandmother started smoking at age 85 .

  brummie started driving at age 40 .

  rat might..................... by age 70 .

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  Rat might..................... by age 70

  Rat might go scuba diving with polar bears by age 70? (good luck with that, don't dress like a seal)

  Kwin
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  Tunk Monkey. If you're a driver then you should have one!

  by Elsewhere in

  1. social
  2. humour

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  http://www.trunkmonkeyad.com/

  how do ya like them bananas?!?!?

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  Gotta get one of those. At the very least for the theft retrieval option!

  Kwin
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  Technically, it's not a miracle. But it IS a miracle for me.

  by bebu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the neurosurgeon called it glioblastoma.

  the radiologist affirmed it was glioblastoma.

  --glioblastoma is the brain cancer tumor that they diagnosed for my mother last friday from her mri results.

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  I'm so glad for your mom!

  Kwin
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  HIPAA vs Theocracy -- Can JW's Be Trusted?

  by Robert_V_Frazier in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  *** w87 9/1 pp.

  12-15 a time to speakwhen?

  a time to speakwhen?.

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  That's really interesting Scully. You know, I would bet that it wouldn't even come to a JW's mind that they could be sued over that. Not by a fellow "brother" anyway.

  Yeah, the WTS protects itself. That's why I'm "still" a JW though

  Kwin
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  HIPAA vs Theocracy -- Can JW's Be Trusted?

  by Robert_V_Frazier in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  *** w87 9/1 pp.

  12-15 a time to speakwhen?

  a time to speakwhen?.

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  kwintestal

  Here's the thread here:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/98653/1.ashx

  The article you posted is about 3/4 of the way down the first page.

  Kwin
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  HIPAA vs Theocracy -- Can JW's Be Trusted?

  by Robert_V_Frazier in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  *** w87 9/1 pp.

  12-15 a time to speakwhen?

  a time to speakwhen?.

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  kwintestal

  Yes, this has been discussed before, and someone just yesterday was looking for this type of information actually.

  Thanks for bringing it up again.

  Kwin
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  Hi

  by karly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read and lurk mostly around here but i sure could use some help.

  a couple of really terrible things happened to me and my family recently.. i would like to talk about it but i am afraid to reveal details because i have been attending meetings again to help someone dear to me.

  but, i am having such a hard time handling my emotions, i just don't know what to do with them anymore.

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  Karly, let me know how I can help, and I will.

  Kwin