join any church organization in his day? No, God does not require us to do that; but he requires us to worship him''
Watchtower 1st March 1953 page 143 paragraph 12.
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''Ask yourself now, Did Christ Jesus, who set our example and told us to follow his example to gain life,
by ThomasCovenant injoin any church organization in his day?
no, god does not require us to do that; but he requires us to worship him''.
watchtower 1st march 1953 page 143 paragraph 12..
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Can a JW take a transfusion of hemoglobin if the count is low?
by ThomasCovenant inprobably been answered before but does anyone know if transfusions of hemoglobin are allowed by the boys in charge?
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That's what I thought. I believe the 97% is dry content and it is 35% of total content including water (Wikipedia).
Do hospitals actually transfuse just hemoglobin or do they hook you up to a bag of red cells for ease?
What does a pint bag of hemoglobin look like compared to a pint bag of red cells or a pint bag of whole blood?
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Can a JW take a transfusion of hemoglobin if the count is low?
by ThomasCovenant inprobably been answered before but does anyone know if transfusions of hemoglobin are allowed by the boys in charge?
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Probably been answered before but does anyone know if transfusions of hemoglobin are allowed by the boys in charge?
Thanks
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The perfect door presentation of "The Truth"
by WingCommander ini don't know if i, or smoeone else, shared this before but i thought it funny and odd enough to share again.
imagine if you will, if we actually presented what we all know to be true about the beliefs of the jw's at the door when we were witnesses.
after all, jesus message was to be simple; simple enough that even the poorest and most uneducated would be able to accept him and convert to christianity, no matter the flavor of kool-aid we were pushing.
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ThomasCovenant
Read it aloud, quickly and with an enthusiastic smile.
I couldn't stop laughing all the way through.
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
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Reading the Branch letters of that era compared to now? The zeal has gone.
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Is Richard Dawkins an ostentatious acrimonious supercilious pusillanimous calumnious censorious vituperative querulous embittered obsessive and bombastic bully?
by slimboyfat inrichard dawkins closes down his free-thinking/free-thought site (www.richarddawkins.net) for 30 days to reconfigure it 'because too many morons were contributing drivel' (he doesn't put it quite like that!
) he is then surprised because those self-same contributors call him everything under the sun (i won't repeat the names flung at him on our ultra -refined boards).
he now wants the site more or less 'peer-reviewed' (by analogy with papers to learned/scientific journals having to be vetted by vips).
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I don't know. But he doesn't believe in any gods and wishes no one else did either. I agree with him.
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I have nothing better to do so;
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Dear Kingdom Publishers:
We are very much aware of the rapid growth in the size and number of our congregations. Everywhere, it seems, new Kingdom Halls are being built, and in many cases these soon become overcrowded. It is as foretold: Jehovah is ‘speeding up’ the ingathering in this time of the end.—Isa. 60:22.
Another evidence of this organizational growth is the recent purchase and remodeling of an old synagogue, with a seating capacity of 1,200, here in New York city. It is the second circuit assembly hall in this city, serving its share of the more than 260 congregations in the metropolitan area.
Global expansion of the Kingdom work in more than 200 countries has created a tremendous demand on the Bethel family for more and more literature. To cope with the demand, Brother Knorr wrote you in February inviting more young single brothers to apply for Bethel service. So far, more than 900 have written in for applications! What a wonderful demonstration of loyalty on the part of God’s people—to ‘offer themselves willingly for Jehovah’s service’! The opportunity to volunteer is still open; more workers are regularly needed.—Ps. 110:3.
To accommodate the anticipated increase in personnel of the Bethel family, it has been necessary to reduce the size of the Gilead School. So the present class, No. 57, is only about half the size of previous classes in recent years.
Meanwhile, the construction at Watchtower Farm is moving ahead at full speed. All indications are that by the end of 1974 the new factory building will be completed, considerably ahead of the original estimated date. For some time now, ten rotary presses in a finished portion of the Farm factory have been printing most of the Watchtower and Awake! magazines for this country, permitting an increase in the bound book production here in Brooklyn.
So let us look to Jehovah for greater expansion in the future, and let us pray that he continues to bless those remaining loyal down to the end.
Your brothers,
BROOKLYN BRANCH OFFICE
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Unprofitable use of Time --WT 15th June '62
by ThomasCovenant inwhile making unprofitable use of my time i found this wt quote-.
''for example, in all good faith one might ask,.
what was jehovah doing before he created jesus, by whom he made all other things?.
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While making unprofitable use of my time I found this WT Quote-
''For example, in all good faith one might ask,
What was Jehovah doing before he created Jesus, by whom he made all other things?
If Adam and Eve had repented, would God have forgiven them?
What happened to the bodies of those who perished in the Flood? Did the expensive gifts brought to the babe Jesus make Joseph and Mary rich for the rest of their lives?
What did Jesus do between the ages of twelve and thirty besides his carpentering?
How would Jehovah have redeemed the race if Jesus had not proved faithful?
Exactly how long did Jesus’ trip to heaven take? Much time could be spent conjecturing on such matters.
Likewise it is possible to spend valuable time speculating on matters concerning the future. One might ask,
In what year will Armageddon begin?
Will the faithful angels eventually receive immortality?
Will there be factories and machines in use after Armageddon?
Will men wear beards again?
What will be the medium of exchange in the new world?
Will women now past the age of childbearing share in the procreation mandate?
If dedicated parents and children happen to die before Armageddon, which parent will raise the resurrected children, since resurrected mates will not remarry? (Luke 20:35)
These are typical questions to which Jehovah has not provided answers at this time. Do you think it wise for Christians to take time from more profitable Bible study to speculate on the answers? Consider the dangers involved.''
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THE FINAL VERDICT IS DELIVERED!!!
by Hobo Ken inthis is the final of my series of podcasts in which the 3 circuit overseers decide my fate as a jehovah's witness.. my blog- deathorobedience.blogspot.com.
podcast 12 the final verdict- play the audio.
also available free on itunes (just search on itunes).. .
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Thank you once again for recording this process.
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Fancy a 6 day Trans Siberian train journey?
by ThomasCovenant inhttp://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html.
http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html.
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