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  Stage 4 Cancer, Stem Cell Transplant and Blood Transfusions

  by NJ501 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  today, i received a call from my oncologist nurse.

  she informed me that i will need to sign a consent form for a blood transfusion.

  the doctor will see me next wednesday to go through the consent form with me.

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  BluesBrother

  I do understand the dilemma. I have considered this question a a lot . I was offerer blood while in hospital but it was not at all urgent so I had no problem declining it. It is so hard when your close family are believing Witnesses. You think of the problem that you would be causing them . How would home life be afterwards? Is it worth it?

  At my time of life , living with a wife who would be drawn into the consequences, who is also my carer for disability….. I seriously wonder if it would be worth sacrificing my happy home life for a few more years of living? Those extra years are going downhill anyway…..

  Of course the situation would be totally different for other people and I would never tell anyone what to do. I am just pointing out that although the actual taking of blood would be a no-brainer , the consequences are more complicated.
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  How Do You Know You Are In The Wrong Religion?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe this list which many of us worked on needs to see the light of day again...and added to if possible.. you know you are in the wrong religion:1. when the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....

  "do you believe in the "faithful and discreet slave" appointed in brooklyn in 1919?"2.

  when you will be refused baptism if: a. you don't believe jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bc (whereas all non-jw scholars, all encyclopedias and all history books say this event took place in 587 bc.)b.

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  BluesBrother

  You know you are in the wrong religion when ……. Your inward bullshit monitor screams loudly enough to make you stop and really think…
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  Ecuador jw kills baby

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  from https://avoidjw.org/world/ecuador-jw-woman-locked-between-silence-murder-baby/.

  and https://www.extra.ec/noticia/judicial/mujer-encerrada-silencio-asesinato-bebe-70076.html.

  lett and his 'enemies of god' video has something to do with it or added to post partum?

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  BluesBrother

  I quite agree with the above post Diogenesister, but Lett still strikes me as dumb rather than evil. I would ask, Has this woman actually said that it was Lett’s comments that led her to see her baby as the Devil ?

  If so, then case proved.
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  Ecuador jw kills baby

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  from https://avoidjw.org/world/ecuador-jw-woman-locked-between-silence-murder-baby/.

  and https://www.extra.ec/noticia/judicial/mujer-encerrada-silencio-asesinato-bebe-70076.html.

  lett and his 'enemies of god' video has something to do with it or added to post partum?

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  BluesBrother

  A tragedy happened here, we would all agree. It is a big stretch to relate it to Steven Lett’s comments , stupid though they were .
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  BluesBrother

  Ignorance can indeed be bliss. I know some dubs who happily trot along, believing everything they are told, not concerned about life because of their certainty of The Kingdom.

  I was never quite like that . I had faith certainly but that brought its own problems. Congregation responsibilities weighed heavy, I had friction with the other elders . I was glad to leave all that. Today I could never be an elder , having to feign enthusiasm for their stupid videos and electric church practices.

  So personally I am happier and more content since leaving. I don’t know the answers to mankind’s greatest problems but I’m not going to worry over it.
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  PROOF Mormons have the truth

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  daniel prophesied that god would “set up a kingdom” that would “never be destroyed” and would “stand for ever” (daniel 2:44).

  in making this prophecy, he spoke of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints... and it will continue to progress until it has “filled the whole earth”... hundreds of thousands of people are baptized every year.

  the book of mormon is being translated in many languages.

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  BluesBrother

  What I got from the LDS quote was the similarity to a JW statement. They both use theBible , both anticipate the Kingdom and use the scriptures to show how their organisation is fulfilling prophecy. Easy if you know how.......

  I have enjoyed talking with Mormons. I found them to be decent people and sincere in their faith. I certainly don’t agree with it though.
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  Sonthetic human embryo—Imagine that!

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
  2. current

  i read a news article that scientists have made from stem cells a human embryo.

  poor soul..

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  BluesBrother

  Worth reading carefully, and if possible the scientific paper itself ( I haven’t) to see if it really matches the headline.

  If it is synthetic, it’s not human…..is it …..
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  Regional Convention Attendance

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  elder friend of mine texted me asking what my rc attendance was 2 weeks ago (family and i streamed it since wife is not well).

  he told me that his rc in the jersey city assembly hall last weekend was low.

  co told them that around 2600 were the total from 16+ congs that were assigned.

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  BluesBrother

  I don’t think it will be on Zoom but they do have an internal streaming system . If you are an approved elderly or sick person the COBE can send you an email link with a code that gets you in to see it . We did that for the last Circuit Assembly.

  From the o/p I am a little confused. If they assigned 16 congs of presumably around 100 each, and got 2600 in attendance, that’s more than 160 per cong…… What were they expecting?
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  We are now 23 Years past Armageddon as the GB stated

  by JohnTron7 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so the end was going to come by 2000 as documented in the magazines back in the late 80's early 90's.. so how did they get the time off so badly ( over two decades and still nothing) since the gb is jehovah's earthly mouthpiece right ?

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  BluesBrother

  End by year 2000? ...

  The end was forecast in 1914, then in 1925 , I remember 1975 .... this expected end just never comes. That’s why the convention this year is all about patience . Boy do they need it !
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  C/O's in the UK

  by jookbeard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone got any info of c/o's in the uk ?

  a small list etc?.

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  BluesBrother

  Punk....

  We had Paul Presland back in the day as a D/O . At the time he was a good speaker with an interesting way of putting things . Many years later in a different area he can around as a C/O . By then he was old and pretty much a spent force. We went up and started talking about the old ties but he didn’t want to know us....

  Richard Jessup , yes I first knew him years ago when he was just learning the C/0 role and again many years later as an older man in a congregation having finished the travelling work. He was always terribly awfully British in his manner with an attitude above the rest of us. You could not warm to him