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  My wife is a JW, I'm not.

  by Mrgij01 in

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  my wife and i have been married 6 years now.

  she was a jw when we married as is her entire family.

  i was, and still am, very attracted to her because of the way she carries herself and her compassion.. i would like anyone who has had a similar experiance or was a jw to better help me understand what is going on in their heads when it comes to birthdays and such.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Welcome!!! You will find many friends here.

  Being with a JW can be a very lonely, and difficult thing. Everyone who is a jw has a need to see the org in the best possible light. Therefore, any concerns or difficulties you have will be dismissed outright. Anybody who is not a jw will just not understand what the hell you are talking about. So when you try to explain your problems with having a jw spouse, they will just not "get it".

  Before anybody here can help you, it might be good for you to tell us more about yourself. What are you hoping to accomplish here? What is your attitude toward the jw? Do you have children with your wife? That is probably the most important question I could ask you. If you don't have children I would highly recommend NOT having them unless you are completely comfortable with them being a jw or if you become a jw yourself or if you plan on trying to talk your wife out of being a jw.

  I can't spend to much time on the boards today, but I will try to answer any questions you have. Most importantly I hope that you can get some control over your situation.

  CYP
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  Did I miss something? The WTS now allows Autologous Blood Transfusions?

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  from poppyr's thread on the new blood cards: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/104206/1.ashx.

  section 4, "regarding autologous blood procedures" has an option "(b) i am prepared to accept any such procedure.".

  new light????.

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  I don't think this means they can pre-store their blood. It means they can use cell collectors, machines that circulate their blood outside their own body and pumps it back into them (the route of circulation isn't broken), or if they need to have some of their own blood used to create some medicine.

  I am not aware of ANY change that allows them to prestore their own blood. It is supposed to be poored out!!!

  CYP
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  WHAT IS QUINTESSENTIALLY ENGLISH?

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is actually something that fascinates me and i'd like your own opinions on the subject.

  i list here things i feel are quintessentially english (with apologies to the scots, welsh and irish as they have their own uniqueness).. first of all, it's got to be a cup of tea (yes, i know it wasn't originally made here, but it has become an integral part of 'englishness').. cup of tea.

  cricket.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Supreme executive power deriving not from a mandate from the masses, rather from some farcical, aquatic cermony.
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  Holidays: How do you refute the Exodus 32:4-10 argument

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reasoning book says that in exodus 32:4-10 that the israelites were punished for renaming an egyptian religious practice "the festival of jehovah".. they apply this to their list of arguments against christmas.

  is this a very good argument?

  are there any good arguments that refute it?.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Thanks all... I didn't have time to run this one down. I appreciate all your input!

  CYP
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  Holidays: How do you refute the Exodus 32:4-10 argument

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reasoning book says that in exodus 32:4-10 that the israelites were punished for renaming an egyptian religious practice "the festival of jehovah".. they apply this to their list of arguments against christmas.

  is this a very good argument?

  are there any good arguments that refute it?.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  The reasoning book says that in Exodus 32:4-10 that the Israelites were punished for renaming an egyptian religious practice "the Festival of Jehovah".

  They apply this to their list of arguments against Christmas. Is this a very good argument? Are there any good arguments that refute it?

  Thanks in advance.

  CYP
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  Attention Elders: Could we get the list of talks, and maybe even some....

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  of the outlines for said talks.

  posting here probably wouldn't be the best thing, but it would be nice if we could get them up at reexamine.org.

  for those who never joined, or don't go to the hall regularly, yet have loved ones who do, it would be nice to know what the guy is going to say.. cyp

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  of the outlines for said talks.

  Posting here probably wouldn't be the best thing, but it would be nice if we could get them up at reexamine.org

  For those who never joined, or don't go to the hall regularly, yet have loved ones who do, it would be nice to know what the guy is going to say.

  CYP
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  Stupid Rush Limbaugh comment

  by Vormek2.8 in

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  "how could the dinosaurs have lived in the deserts of the middle east?

  he said that about 2 weeks ago.

  "i knew they were supposed to have lived in louisianna and texas but i've become skeptical because they want me to believe they could live in the sands of arabia".

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Of course we should talk about all sorts of things here... on the other hand, if the only thing you talk about here is politics, maybe there are some other places better suited. It doesn't give me the red ass one way or the other. I was just trying to help you be more happy.

  I of course was not trying to limit any discussion. Everyone should feel welcome here, and I certainly don't mind any new thoughts or subjects.

  On the other hand, I have found that everyone who doesn't agree with me is stupid.

  CYP
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  The Watchtower transforms people into wussy !

  by Genesis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi there, i was just thinking about the whole thing.

  when your are raised as a jw you cant have girlfriend or boyfriend and you must "feel that the other are superior than you", you must be very humble.

  youve become an socially inadpted wussy.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I would have to agree with the title of this thread, (except I would have said "wusses" instead of "wussy").

  I can totally corroborate this with what I have seen. I see tons of young adults that are total candy asses. Live at home. Sleep until noon. Completely incapable of talking about anything interesting.

  CYP
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  Stupid Rush Limbaugh comment

  by Vormek2.8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "how could the dinosaurs have lived in the deserts of the middle east?

  he said that about 2 weeks ago.

  "i knew they were supposed to have lived in louisianna and texas but i've become skeptical because they want me to believe they could live in the sands of arabia".

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  Check_Your_Premises

  This probably belongs in the politics section?

  Also, if some are mostly interested in political discussions, there are other websites that might be a better source.

  If you are an American conservative/republican/libertarian/hate the clintons, you could check out www.freerepublic.com

  If you are an Amercian liberal/democrat/socialist/hate bush, you could check out www.democraticunderground.com

  Both have all sorts of people and posters. They range from ignorant, fanatical true believers to the informed, reasonable, yet opinionated. Here we mostly just try to deal with all the JW in our lives.

  Regarding Rush and stupid comments; I suppose if you disagree with him politically, just about everything he says would sound stupid. And likewise if you are a conservative he might seem to be the ultimate source.

  Regardless, keep in mind that much he says is very tongue in cheek or even schtick. He might have been messing with you. It might make some feel better to imagine that he is simply stupid, but reality is you don't usually get that successful unless you know alot about something. I am not saying he knew what he was talking about in that or in many other instances. But he ain't stupid.

  CYP
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  What weird things have you read in the bible?

  by stillAwitness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the fact that nimrod's name means: "he stirred up the whole earth to rebel"

  and yet ezra's name means: "help"

  what caused nimord's mother to name him something that had such a negative meaning and yet he turned out to be just that?

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I was reading through some of the old Jewish law.

  One that made me chuckle was the one where if a womans husband is fighting with another guy, and she reaches up and grabs the other guy by his little buddies, her hand has to get cut off or something like that.

  I guess what struck me as funny, was that this was apprantly something that came up often enough, where they had to make a rule about it!

  CYP