Topics Started by Kudra

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I have a question about the blood video
by blindersoff in
1. jw
2. friends
during the week of jan 30 at the service meeting, the society's video "a video that highlights an important medical trend" will be discussed using the 12 questions listed below.

does any one know if any of the information in this particular video is mis-quoted or mis-represented?

notice that none of these questions involve scriptures - only medical viewpoints.
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Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
(baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.

this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?

the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.
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Decorating Tips for Christmas Trees
by Lady Lee in
1. jw
2. friends
decorating tips for christmas trees

you've go the christmas tree, but now what?

browse these pages of tips and ideas on setting up your tree, keeping it fresh, and decorating it beautifully.
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Time again for........ Congregation roll call
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??
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you call it cognitive dissonance. i call it pain
by coolhandluke in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was growing up i never watched cartoons.

i didn't play with other kids who were not of the same faith.

i didn't curse.
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Climate: Natural disasters
by hibiscusfire in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i live in the tropics so we experience hot and rainy weather.

where i live the sun is very hot at this time that your skin feel as though it's on fire.

i have never experienced snow.
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Do You Personally Know Of Any JW That Was Sexually Abused?
by minimus in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
,,,,while they were witnesses?
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Young girls DF or DA for sex w/ older dubs.
by avishai in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
how many instances have you seen where a younger girl, say 13-16 is df'd or da'd for "fornication w/ much older "brother" in the hall?

especially when the bro.

only gets reproof?
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What did you do to piss the brothers off?
by Pleasuredome in
1. jw
2. friends
when you were getting fed up with meetings before you gave up, was there anything you did to deliberately get on the brothers nerves?.

i turned up to a meeting once with jeans on, and a red top with cccp on it with the 'hammer and sickle'.

i also went to another bs group a few times so that if i wasnt at one group they'd think i was at the other and vice versa.
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IT'S NICE TO BE A GUY BECAUSE:
by Seven in
1. social
2. humour
1. chocolate is just another snack.. 2. you can wear a white shirt to a water park.. 3. car mechanics tell you the truth.. 4. if you retain water, it's in a canteen.. 5. people never glance at your chest when you're talking to them.. 6. new shoes don't cut, blister or mangle your feet.. 7. one mood, all the d**n time.. 8. no maxi-pads.. 9. you can do your nails with a pocketknife.. 10. you have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.