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  JW Woman dies refusing blood....

  by iknowall558 in

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  wendy cloete louwwe lost a sister in our congregation today, had severe depression and tried to take her own life.

  sad thing is if the doctors stopped being petty and insisting on bloody and just gave her alternative blood volumiser sooner she might have been fine.

  it took the elders hours to get her transferred to a new hospital.

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  She refused the doctors treatment, AND believes the GB stance on refusing blood.

  thats why she died.
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  New CO talk: Be loyal to Org. even if you get weird instructions or can prove them wrong doctrinally!

  by sir82 in

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  theme was something about "loyalty to jehovah's visible organization".. i have neither the time nor inclination to summarize the whole thing, but a few points stood out:.

  even if it causes you personal hardship.

  example: joshua & caleb returned from spy trip to promised land with good report, but were "outvoted" by the other 10 spies.

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  Guess this scripture goes right out the window

  Acts 17:11 (King James Version)

  11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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  Breaking News: Police Arrest JW Elder for Creating Chaos at Hospital

  by Scott77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a jehovah witness man, kwabena afum and his wife, margret afum aka abena oduma, have had a brush with the law after creating an unnecessary chaotic scene at new edubiase government hospital in a bid to prevent medical officers from giving blood to their son.. .

  kwabena afum was arrested last week tuesday and granted a police enquiry bail the next day for causing panic and chaos by allegedly mobilizing some members of his church to foment trouble at the hospital.. .

  he has since disowned five-year-old jepheth asamoah, who is currently in the custody of the social welfare department in the district, even after his release.. .

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  Thanks for posting,

  read all the comments,

  for those that do not want to believe this could happen they totally do not believe the writeup.

  It's very disturbing for JW's to believe the wackos that ones in their own religion produce.

  So they simply choose to believe it's not true.

  The thing is, there are crazy stories out there re: JW's and their bizarre behaviour in trying to adhere to commands from the GB.

  Common sense goes right out the window, and real love is gone totally.

  purps
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  Another possible explanation for why older JW converts won't leave....

  by besty in

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  2. beliefs

  "dollar auction' theory - it goes like this.... .

  the setup involves an auctioneer who volunteers to auction off a dollar bill with the following rule: the dollar goes to the highest bidder, who pays the amount he bids.

  the second-highest bidder also must pay the highest amount that he bid, but gets nothing in return.. .

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  reminds me when playing poker as well.

  It's gamble isn't it?

  purps
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  Initial Analysis Of The Times Square Bombing Attempt

  by leavingwt in

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  2. current

  initial analysis of the times square bombing attempt.

  and so it is with target new york.

  it is entirely possible, nay likely, that the recent times square car bomb was placed at the doorstep of the viacom building's main northeast entrance because of the south park controversy.

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  purplesofa

  you mean

  C ant

  U nderstand

  N ormal

  T hinking

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  hmmmm I agree!!!!
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  Religious persecution is widespread, report warns

  by purplesofa in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2010/world/africa/04/29/religious.freedom.report/index.html?iref=storysearchreligious persecution is widespread, report warnsby richard allen greene, cnnstory highlightsu.s.

  commission on international religious freedom issues 11th annual reportmore than 24 countries cited as having little freedom of religionsome people are imprisoned for their religion, fired from jobs or kicked out of universitiesthe commission put other countries, including afghanistan, belarus, cuba, on a "watch list"(cnn) -- the numbers are shocking: 12,000 people killed in a cycle of violence between christians and muslims stretching back more than a decade.. the location: nigeria, the most populous nation in africa, lying on the continent's fault line between the largely muslim north and predominantly christian south.. the number of people convicted and sentenced for the killings: zero.. that's just one of many stark assessments about the level of religious persecution around the world today in a huge new report from the u.s. commission on international religious freedom.. the report names more than two dozen countries as offenders.

  some engage in what's classically thought of as religious persecution.. egypt, for example, not only imprisons members of the baha'i faith and members of minority muslim sects, but also has some fired from their jobs, kicked out of universities and barred from having bank accounts, driver's licenses, even birth certificates, according to the report.. other countries, such as saudi arabia, export "extremist ideology," the commission charges.

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  http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/29/religious.freedom.report/index.html?iref=storysearch

  Religious persecution is widespread, report warns By Richard Allen Greene, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issues 11th annual report More than 24 countries cited as having little freedom of religion Some people are imprisoned for their religion, fired from jobs or kicked out of universities The commission put other countries, including Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, on a "watch list" (CNN) -- The numbers are shocking: 12,000 people killed in a cycle of violence between Christians and Muslims stretching back more than a decade. The location: Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, lying on the continent's fault line between the largely Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. The number of people convicted and sentenced for the killings: Zero. That's just one of many stark assessments about the level of religious persecution around the world today in a huge new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The report names more than two dozen countries as offenders. Some engage in what's classically thought of as religious persecution. Egypt, for example, not only imprisons members of the Baha'i faith and members of minority Muslim sects, but also has some fired from their jobs, kicked out of universities and barred from having bank accounts, driver's licenses, even birth certificates, according to the report. Other countries, such as Saudi Arabia, export "extremist ideology," the commission charges. But the kind of religious persecution seen in Nigeria and some other countries is "equally egregious," the report says. "Many governments fail to punish religiously motivated violence perpetrated by private actors," it says, warning that "impunity... often leads to endless cycles of sectarian violence." It calls Nigeria "a tragic case in point," saying that in the most recent outbreak of killing in Nigeria's Jos State several months ago, 500 "men, women and children were hacked to death with machetes and then dumped into wells. "Not a single criminal, Muslim or Christian, has been convicted and sentenced in Nigeria's ten years of religious violence," the report claims. The commission did have limited praise for Nigeria's government, saying that when an USCRIF team went to the African nation in March, it found officials "attentive and even grateful for its concerns." The Ministry of Justice filed 41 prosecutions while the American team was in Nigeria, the report said. Even so, the commission recommended that the United States include Nigeria on a list of 13 nations called "countries of particular concern" which engage in "severe violations of religious freedom." CNN has reached out to the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria for comment, but has so far not received a response to the report. The other countries were North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Myanmar (also known as Burma) and Iraq. (Commissioners were not unanimous in including Iraq on the list.) That's five more countries than are on the State Department's "countries of particular concern" list from its 2009 report on religious freedom. That list doesn't include Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkmenistan or Vietnam. The list is similar to one compiled recently by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, but not identical. The Washington-based think tank put out a global survey of restrictions on religion in December. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Egypt, Myanmar/Burma, the Maldives, Eritrea, Malaysia and Brunei topped that list of countries with the most government restrictions on religion. More than two out of three people around the world live in countries with high or very high restrictions on religion, the Pew Forum concluded. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom studied only 28 countries, but since it is a congressionally mandated body, its recommendations can have significantly more impact than those of the Pew Forum. Designation as a "country of particular concern" can prompt concrete action from the United States, such as restrictions on arms exports or other trade. But in reality, the government often waives or circumvents sanctions on countries of strategic importance, such as Saudi Arabia and China, a chart in the USCRIF report shows. The commission report also has a watch list of countries which "require very close attention." That list includes Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Laos, Russia, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Venezuela. It recommends that three other countries -- Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka -- be "closely monitored." Many of the incidents which worry the commission made international headlines in the past year, including China's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims in the west of the country, and Iran's labeling its domestic political opponents "enemies of God" -- a capital offense. But others are ongoing problems that often attract little attention, such as Eritrea's harrassment of Orthodox Church members and Jehovah's Witnesses, or the imprisonment of Buddhists and Protestants in Vietnam. The report also criticizes the United States government itself for not doing enough to fight the problem. "Neither prior Democratic nor Republican administrations, nor the current administration, have been sufficiently engaged in promoting the freedom of religion or belief abroad," the commissioners charge. The commission based its report on visits to some of the countries at issue, meetings with bodies such as the European Union and the Vatican, news reports and the findings of government agencies and international organizations ranging from the American Islamic Conference to the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society. The paper published Thursday is the 11th annual report since the commission was established by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act.
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  Overview of Blood and Blood Products~How do JW's view them?

  by purplesofa in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a helpful chart.

  from the center for bloodless medicine and surgery.

  http://www.bloodlessmedicine.org/professionals/blood-fractions-chart.php.

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  A helpful chart

  From the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

  http://www.bloodlessmedicine.org/professionals/blood-fractions-chart.php
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  Pics of tornado damage by our house that hit FRI night

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  three of my kids live within two miles of where this tornado hit friday night.. it was a pretty frightful night.

  my daughters apt was three inches from getting flooded.

  we moved what we could to upstairs and on shelves.. stayed in half bath with grandbaby with pillows and blankets over the baby.. my son has been working at this site where it hit to help out.. these pics were taken today (sunday) can't imagine what it looked like yesterday, they said there were over 300 (worldly) .

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  I tell you we were burning up the cells phones calling everyone around us.

  When power is out and cable, thankfully cell phones were still working.

  Funny too, we live by train tracks and they say a tornado sounds like train coming.

  The trains still ran through all this mess and everytime one went by we were like.

  OK, is THAT the tornado?
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  Pics of tornado damage by our house that hit FRI night

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  three of my kids live within two miles of where this tornado hit friday night.. it was a pretty frightful night.

  my daughters apt was three inches from getting flooded.

  we moved what we could to upstairs and on shelves.. stayed in half bath with grandbaby with pillows and blankets over the baby.. my son has been working at this site where it hit to help out.. these pics were taken today (sunday) can't imagine what it looked like yesterday, they said there were over 300 (worldly) .

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  This is whats left of a store.

  
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  Pics of tornado damage by our house that hit FRI night

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  three of my kids live within two miles of where this tornado hit friday night.. it was a pretty frightful night.

  my daughters apt was three inches from getting flooded.

  we moved what we could to upstairs and on shelves.. stayed in half bath with grandbaby with pillows and blankets over the baby.. my son has been working at this site where it hit to help out.. these pics were taken today (sunday) can't imagine what it looked like yesterday, they said there were over 300 (worldly) .

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  It was pretty scarey and now seeing the damage and how close it was to us was unsettling.

  We are all ok, just alot of friends and family that have cleanup to do.

  I saw families sitting on their carports with coolers all around them

  with a huge tree smashed in the roof of their house, now power of course.

  Very sad to see. People everywhere working. I just could not get to all the places and not be in the way only to gawk and take pics.

  My son is taking off work tomorrow to help out some more.

  There is no way to pics can capture how bad things really look.

  Just driving up to it seeing trees all snapped off the tops was totally amazing.

  The power a tornado has is unbelievable.

  It's a bit unnerving to be watching the news and the weatherman is highlighting streets you live by and saying

  A tornado is on the ground in your area, take shelter immediately.

  http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k182/purplesofa/tornado/?start=0

  purps