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......or have they changed that rule...and made it a "conscience matter"??
thanks for your help..... lavendar .
Accepting blood in a 'weak' state is not necessarily a disfellowshipping offense anymore.
Depends on the circumstances and the C.O. and the local elders.
5th
P.S. I spoke with a C.O. once who was dealing with this issue and they decided not to DF a sister who accepted a transfusion because she was in a 'weak' state. The Society is making it more vague all the time.
it would be great wouldn't it?
if there was a room at the back of the hall that had a bar with a selection a fine handpulled ales & spirits.
the lights were lowered slightly, and some background tunes (not kingdom melodies) were playing, and there were some nice cosy chairs to lounge in.. after the meeting you could and have a few pints and have a laugh about how boring crap someones talk was.
it has been claimed that there always been a governing body,so who has been members supposedly of this governing body in the past.
Not sure that's accurate.
It's always been claimed that there have been anointed ones though.
Any references?
it would be great wouldn't it?
if there was a room at the back of the hall that had a bar with a selection a fine handpulled ales & spirits.
the lights were lowered slightly, and some background tunes (not kingdom melodies) were playing, and there were some nice cosy chairs to lounge in.. after the meeting you could and have a few pints and have a laugh about how boring crap someones talk was.
Problem is, with all those thousands of singles being thrown at you, who's gonna pay for the cost of the assemblies?
with all the talk about the increased violence in schools and among society, it still surprises me that the accessibility to guns argument often tends to trump the cultural argument.. maybe i'm out of touch but showing saw iii uncut on hbo at 10pm and releasing the most violent video games in history and the marketing of violent and perverse music, these are the things to me that desensitises young people first and then may trigger some hurt and unstable kids long before they go and buy a gun.. okay, ready to be blasted (pardon the pun)!.
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For The Oracle:
it would be great wouldn't it?
if there was a room at the back of the hall that had a bar with a selection a fine handpulled ales & spirits.
the lights were lowered slightly, and some background tunes (not kingdom melodies) were playing, and there were some nice cosy chairs to lounge in.. after the meeting you could and have a few pints and have a laugh about how boring crap someones talk was.
Would you be available for Circuit Assemblies and District Conventions too?
We'll let you count the time!
with all the talk about the increased violence in schools and among society, it still surprises me that the accessibility to guns argument often tends to trump the cultural argument.. maybe i'm out of touch but showing saw iii uncut on hbo at 10pm and releasing the most violent video games in history and the marketing of violent and perverse music, these are the things to me that desensitises young people first and then may trigger some hurt and unstable kids long before they go and buy a gun.. okay, ready to be blasted (pardon the pun)!.
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I stand corrected. I'll reword it.
You can't mandate people to GET an education.
it would be great wouldn't it?
if there was a room at the back of the hall that had a bar with a selection a fine handpulled ales & spirits.
the lights were lowered slightly, and some background tunes (not kingdom melodies) were playing, and there were some nice cosy chairs to lounge in.. after the meeting you could and have a few pints and have a laugh about how boring crap someones talk was.
You think they would serve this one after the meeting?
Sex with the Devil
1 oz Ursus vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
2 oz orange juice 3 oz Red Devil In a shaker combine spirits and orange juice. Shake with ice and strain in to glass half filled with Red Devil and ice. Stir.
cultivating some level of friendship with clearly decent "worldly" people is a great way to get a jw to see the horrific nature of the official jw view of armageddon.
it's so powerful that my wife says she doesn't believe jehovah will kill roughly 6 billion at armageddon.
at the same time she somehow still believes the preaching work is "life saving".
It's true, and I've thought it before, that techincally the Brothers should applaud when tragedy strikes. 9/11, the tsunami, Katrina, etc., these should all be applauded because all of those people's deaths paid for their sins. IT IS WACKY! Brain dead JWs wouldn't be able to see this logic though.
As for your situation, if you're going to, I really think you should word it just like you did to us.
But remember, their force fields will still come up no matter what you say.
JMHO
this has probably been talked about but my wife went to this morning's meeting and she usually comes home after the talk.. she isn't home and it hit me that it's way harder to leave after only 30 minutes.. ahhh, shaming the flock into staying for the wt.
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Exactly!
