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  "Gerson Therapy" in Tijuana, Mexico

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  since at least back to the 1960s in canada, jws have been travelling to mexico for cancer treatment.

  and, i believe, other medical treatments.

  because i watched my uncle die of cancer back in 1962, unable to receive treatment because the doctors couldn't operate without blood, i have always been curious as to why the jws with cancer were going to mexico.

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  Yeah, Gerson is dangerous, as are many woo treatments that dubs and other fundies flock to.

  I periodically post about "alt med" on my cult prevention blog because wooism mirrors cults in so many ways. Dubs are ripe for it. It requires rejection of logic, facts, skepticism and science.

  I personally was a victim of it. My jw parent rejected appropriate medical care for "alt med" and 1930s-style jw healing. Not only did the rejection of medical care severely endanger me--my condition was made worse by herbs.

  I was also essentially required to enter an "alt med" training program so I could fund my pioneering. The training program consisted of 2 days in a fellow dub's living room, talking about macrobiotics, iridology, acupuncture, qi, herbs and other poppycock.

  But it was all legit though because we had an anatomy book.
  
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  Back in the Basement

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  looks like the faithful jws are back in the basement, the oct 15th wt has this image on page 9. but now the lights have been turned out!

  i guess the persecution is really kicking in if the electric company has shut off their electricity, or the jws are really, really paranoid that the government is gonna get them if they have the lights on!.

  only one guy is smart enough to use his tablet (far right), the rest of the jws are old school, using a lantern to read their bibles in the dark!

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  The kid is wearing a hoodie. A HOODIE to a meeting! Know who else wears hoodies? The grim reaper, and he's a demon! Therefore, hoodies are demonic.
  

  He is supposed to be my spiritual superior. I am totally stumbled and never going back now.
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  Synthetic Blood in 2 Years? How Will the GB Shoot This Down?

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  interesting read.

  if they already allow "fractions," there's no way they can ban this.. here:www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-to-give-volunteers-synthetic-blood-made-in-a-laboratory-within-two-years-10343279.html.

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  rebel8, curious around what year did this happen?

  It would have been the mid 1980s.
  
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  Contrary to News Reports the ZEAL is Still There

  by steve2 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  zeal has always been a valued word in the jw arsenal.

  even if you don't see it in your own local congregation, you keep hearing about it.

  "zeal this" and "zeal that".

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  Zeal! is the perfect name of a new laundry detergent being sold exclusively on jw tv.
  
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!

  hahahahaha!!

  I was encouraged to have mine chopped off as it was and still is very long.........

  Thankfully, this quote does not refer to the same body part as the one I posted above it.

  On a serious note, I cannot fathom how any female could be happy in that or any other xian cult. We are systematically subverted. Sick.

  Not much of a difference.

  
  
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  Contrary to News Reports the ZEAL is Still There

  by steve2 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  zeal has always been a valued word in the jw arsenal.

  even if you don't see it in your own local congregation, you keep hearing about it.

  "zeal this" and "zeal that".

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  Simon, I would like to change my username to unzeal.
  
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  Cart Witnessing - Thrilling! Productive! Epic! Er.....um, well, not so much.....

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  talked with a pioneer recently, she was recounting her first experience with cart witnessing.. she brought the subject up, was going on & on & on & on about how wonderful the experience was, and how great, and how she enjoyed it so much, and it was so wonderful, and oh jehovah's blessing, and on and on and on...... a few questions to her revealed what really happened:.

  -- a jw who owns a small restaurant in a strip mall allows jws to set up their cart outside his restaurant.

  -- the restaurant is tucked pretty far out of the way, not prominent at all.

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  I would totally love to see one of these on Fremont St. in Vegas, right under the electric ceiling and next to the topless, morbidly obese, toothless woman who goes around being photographed with others.
  

  The cart guards could take turns ziplining and dropping Awakes on the tourists.
  
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  Synthetic Blood in 2 Years? How Will the GB Shoot This Down?

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  interesting read.

  if they already allow "fractions," there's no way they can ban this.. here:www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-to-give-volunteers-synthetic-blood-made-in-a-laboratory-within-two-years-10343279.html.

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  It's made from stem cells. I think many dubs will stay away from it due to the cult's history with transplants.
  

  Anyone here knew of a case where a sister or brother had Sickle Cell Anemia.

  What was the out come?????

  I remember one, being hospitalized and suffering a lot. I don't know if she eventually survived or what. She was in a nearby cong. People used to tell me about her, in the gist of, "You're not the only one with a dreaded disease treated with blood products, with Satanic healthcare professionals pressuring you to take blood. So put your big girl panties on and deal with it."

  At least that's how it sounded to me as a girl.
  
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  The Confederate Flag

  by Simon in

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  the latest controversy over the confederate flag just sums up to me the state of dysfunction that exists in american society.. in summary: a white supremacist nutter shoots 9 black people dead in a church.

  he's clearly inspired by the messages of others which the confederate flag is often a symbol of.. it seems like a no-brainer to remove it.

  not only isn't it removed, it isn't even lowered at all as a mark of respect.. and of course now there are the people who want to defend their right to have it.

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  Thnx Dr,Who - the background is appreciated.

  Thanks from me too. That flag's reputation as a symbol of the Confederacy is only a kernel of truth.
  
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  Changes for Volunteers at Conventions and Assemblies in Spain

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone sent me this from jwtalk.

  a guy on there just posted this regarding changes to the way the jws volunteer at conventions in spain and the changes seem fairly major:.

  we had a special meeting today called a training session for volunteers.

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  In Spain, does the legal system have liability lawsuits for injuries?

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  I can understand not having volunteers up on high ladders or providing medical care, but cleaning? Seems like there's little risk to mopping or wiping chairs off.