our kingdom ministry jan 2006. answer sheet for the service meeting part entitled.
"a video that highlights an important medical trend".
1. why are some in the medical community reevaluating the use of blood transfusions?.
No mention of blood fractions and how it IS ACCEPTABLE here. Looks like the WTS is again doing what they did with higher education: "oh we're not against it.. but if you insist on a spirit of independence, you can't be a very spiritual person can you?"
INQ
our kingdom ministry jan 2006. answer sheet for the service meeting part entitled.
"a video that highlights an important medical trend".
1. why are some in the medical community reevaluating the use of blood transfusions?.
Our Kingdom Ministry Jan 2006
Answer Sheet for the Service Meeting Part Entitled
"A Video That Highlights an Important Medical Trend"
1. Why are some in the medical community reevaluating the use of blood transfusions?
Ans: An increasing number of patients strogly favour not having transfuions; the risiks and costs of blood.
2. Give three examples of complex surgeries that may be performed without blood transfusions.
Ans: Pediatric open-heart, liver and orthopedic surgeries.
3. How many physicians and surgeons worldwide have indicated their willingness to treat patients without blood transfusions? Why are they willing to do so?
Ans: More than 100,000 in 150 countries. Out of respect for their patient's decision.
4. What have recent hospital studies revealed about blood use?
Ans: Growing evidence of unnecessary transfusions; less transfusion results in an improved outcome.
5. What are the medical risks associated with blood transfusions?
Ans: Bacterial contamination, viral infections, suppression of recipient's immune response, and human error.
6. What conculsion have many experts reached regarding the benefits of transfusion alternatives?
Ans: Better patient care, reduced health-care costs; safe, practical, and cost-effective therapies already exist.
7.What causes anemia? How tolerable is it to humans? What can be done to compensate for it?
Ans: A low number of red cells in relation to blood volume. Humans can tolerate much lower hemoglobin levels than previously assumed safe. Administer blood volume expanders.
8. How can red-cell production be stimulated in a patient's body?
Ans: Iron supplementation. In certain cases, the drug erythropoeitin (EPO) may normalize the blood count. [Note to speaker: Please inform the brothers that in some countries EPO conatins albumin derived from blood. Whether a Christian accepts such treatment is a matter of conscience.]
9. What techniques are being used to minimize blood loss during surgery?
Ans: Meticulous surgery, electrocautery devices, drugs that reduce bleeding, and intraoperative cell salvage. [Note to speaker: Please inform the brothers that some products and procedures are a matter of conscience.]
10. Can transfusion alternatives work for young children and for people involved in life-threatening emergencies?
Ans: Yes. An example shown involved a four-year-old child born with a serious heart defect who had a series of complex operations without blood transfusions. In one of the busiest trauma centers in the United States that performs hundreds of major operations each year on Jehovah's Witnesses who decline blood, mortality appears somewhat decreased.
11. What is one of the primary ethical principles of good medical care?
Ans: Honoring the patient's right to accept or reject a certain treatment.
12. Why is it important for Christians to make non-blood treatment choices in advance? How can we do this?
Ans: In an emergency, a victim may not be able to speak to convey his personal conviction. By executing and carrying a HCD card.
still wanna be a jw???.
jehovah's witnesses.
doctrinal comparison chartdoctrine/beliefjw supportchristian responseonly the watchtower society can interpret the bible.
I think it really boils down to whether you believe the Bible is divinely inspired or not.
If you think it is, you would feel that the Bible is the Truth and JWs have the wrong doctrine when they contradict it e.g salvation by faith vs salvation by works.
However, if you think the Bible is the fallible work of men, that its Gospels and its Pauline letters have been edited or revised by some anonymous scribes, resulting in disturbing literary contradictions, the written Word of God becomes just another doctrine.
If you believe that the Trinity doctrine is a pillar of Christian dogma only because a bunch of clergy, politicians, and a born-again King decided to silence those who thought otherwise, the Trinity teaching doesn't look so divine anymore. It's just another doctrine, the one that got voted in.
The Christianity that we know today, with such a diverse range of interpretations is a reflection of times past. Did you really think there was only one creed, one interpretation from the age of the apostles till the 4th century?
INQ
the jws call themselves an organisation and not a church except perhaps very rarely.
but is there something untoward hiding behind this choice?
to me it is objectionable because it ties in with the fds concept as god's sole channel on earth serving his supposed people.
Super_becka
The NWT rendering of Matthew 16:18 goes like this:
"18 Also, I say to you, You are Peter, and on this rock-mass I will build my congregation, and the gates of Ha´des will not overpower it"
In addition to "organization", JWs also prefer to stick with substitutes like "congregation" and "Kingdom Hall" when referring to a local church, not the worldwide one.
And I believe the reason for this is what GGG has already mentioned: they're raising themselves above others on the pedestals of righteousness and exclusivity.
INQ
when jehovah's goldly sons came down and cohabited with the daughters of men and things got out of hand, who was supposed to be in charge?
it wasn't the daughters of men who saw that the "gods" were fair, making the first move, but the "gods" who saw and took all they wanted.
today that conduct would basically be called rape.
Maybe condone is too strong a word.
But it sure puts a new angle to the argument that humans are the cause of their own woes, and God is all holy and innocent. Basically it is argued that man is sinful and needs to be taught the hard way that they need God's guidance. That is why the Big One stands aside and watch.
But in the case of the angelic sons coming down to earth, those angels are perfect. Their decisions were not half-baked ones. They were knowingly deliberate. They chose to do something wrong, the way flawless Adam and Eve chose to eat the forbidden fruit and were quickly punished for it. And unlike Satan, these angels weren't merely tempting or influencing humans, they physically invaded the human family.
So WHY didn't God intervene BEFORE their actions brought disastrous results to the world? Was it not unwise of God to permit so much to happen to man, events that they could never have prevented themselves had they wanted to.
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after having a nice conversation with a friend about some interesting points in the bible we never get to understand, i did a little research and found the simple answer to all of my questions.
http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_law/index.html.
http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_law/beastiality/lv18_23a.html.
Those Leggos really cracked me up! Thanks, Trojan!
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can anyone tell me (or link me up if this has already been asked) why the january kingdom ministry instructs publishers to gradually wean studies of the "knowledge" book and to start with this new release "what does the bible teach"?.
what are they trying to hide?.
it didn't seem like there was much to be embarrassed about in the knowledge book.. inq
Can anyone tell me (or link me up if this has already been asked) why the January Kingdom Ministry instructs publishers to gradually wean studies of the "Knowledge" book and to start with this new release "What Does the Bible Teach"?
What are they trying to hide?
It didn't seem like there was much to be embarrassed about in the knowledge book.
INQ
"i use my time wisely by not spending it with my worldly friends..." and so you chose to spend it with people who devised rules that shut up their female members (with the exception of elders' wives who are skilled manipulators of men and power), ban moustaches and beards (for men too) and frown on higher education.
wise indeed!.
"we cannot find such joy (construction of new kingdom halls) in the jobs that we do in the world..." never had a fat paycheck waved in your face, have you?.
Carla
It's suppose to be the 2006 Circuit Assembly. But I could be wrong. Maybe they do things differently here or something. I don't really follow how things are supposed to work anymore.
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"i use my time wisely by not spending it with my worldly friends..." and so you chose to spend it with people who devised rules that shut up their female members (with the exception of elders' wives who are skilled manipulators of men and power), ban moustaches and beards (for men too) and frown on higher education.
wise indeed!.
"we cannot find such joy (construction of new kingdom halls) in the jobs that we do in the world..." never had a fat paycheck waved in your face, have you?.
Various Interviews/Experiences:
"I use my time wisely by not spending it with my worldly friends..." And so you chose to spend it with people who devised rules that shut up their female members (with the exception of elders' wives who are skilled manipulators of men and power), ban moustaches and beards (for men too) and frown on higher education. Wise indeed!
"We cannot find such joy (construction of new Kingdom Halls) in the jobs that we do in the world..." Never had a fat paycheck waved in your face, have you?
"I pursued higher education....eventually realized that my energies belong to Jehovah." So which paper did you flunk at uni?
JWs always go on the defensive saying they are NOT against higher education, that they are just not PROMOTING it. Then why all the negative feedback on higher education? Why line up young bros and sisters to tell how choosing higher education compromises spiritual goals and interests?
Talk: Education That Molds the New Personality
"Wrldly education cannot help mold the New Personality"
Oh DUH!!! Secular education is by definition hmmm "secular"! Unless one is attending a(Jah forbid) theology school, how can one expect all institutions of higher learning to teach Christian theology. Of course you don't go to college to be a better ministerial servant or elder. The same way you don't go to Gilead/ Theofartic Ministry School/ Ministerial Tranning School to learn to design houses, healthcare, book-keeping, law etc.
The WTS is knowingly comparing apples with oranges to support their half-baked policy on education.
Talk: Wholesome Speech Among Outsiders
Reason for wanting wholesome speech is that we do not want the world to fault us. read 1 Pet 2:12
Not because you actually love good things huh? You get all sweet and polite so you look good to the rest of the bad bad world. How noble.
Talk: Keep Yourself Without Spot From the World
"To anyone who takes the Bible seriously, these young ones are making a wise and logical decision....they are taking steps to ensure their everlasting future."
"These days youths are pressured to make something of themselves and so they feel a need to pursue higher education"
"Parents are also pressured into funding their children's higher education..."
More propaganda. Sigh.
Talk: Daily Renewing The Man We Are Inside
"One of the reasons sexual immorality is so prevalent is that the world today would have men and women, not married to one another, working long hours in close proximity in large corporations"
"Have you ever heard of the Law of Proximity? This law says that if two elements should lie next to one another e.g. a bar of gold and a bar of silver, the two elements would mix, rubbing off one into the other..." I thought the Law of Proximity has something to do with optical illusions, NOT chemical properties. I know for a fact that gold would not react with other elements readily. And I didn't have to go to uni to learn that.
The speaker establish his "credentials" as chemistry expert early in his talk by explaining how many elements in the periodic table, how many discovered, how many we need to consume to survive.
INQ
i made a search but didn't come up with anything specific about what are the views of jws concerning the apocryphal bible books.. from what i know, some man a long time ago (catholic or pagan, but certainly not a jehovah's witness) decided wich books were inspired and wich to dump, and then proceeded to assemble the bible as we know it today.. now i don't want to start a fight about wether or not they would be inspired....but how do the jws explain that they accept this choice made by this particular man (or group??
) do they admit tha the man was inspired?
if they do, then they'd have to admit that god gives his blessing to other religions, and if not, they are missing some books and serious information..... what would my father tell me, if i asked him?
Do they admit tha the man was inspired? - Lilycurly
I don't think it is common practice anymore for JWs to determine who (other than the accepted list of Bible writers) is inspired of God. Not these days anyway. Heck, they're even hesitate to say out loud that the writers at Bethel HQ are inspired (though treating them with any less respect would get you into trouble).
So no, they wouldn't say he was inspired. But they MIGHT say he was guided by God or that his actions were part of Jehovah's marvelous design. That's what I think.
how do the JWs explain that they accept this choice made by this particular man (or group??) - Lilycurly
Who said anything about ACCEPTING the work of others??
The WTS had once made the point that it is possible to determine bible canonicity WITHOUT referring to who said what, when or why. Here's how it's done:
"Determining
Canonicity. What are some of the divine indications that have determined the canonicity of the 66 books of the Bible? First of all, the documents must deal with Jehovah’s affairs in the earth, turning men to his worship and stimulating deep respect for his name and for his work and purposes in the earth. They must give evidence of inspiration, that is, that they are products of holy spirit. (2 Pet. 1:21) There must be no appeal to superstition or creature worship but, rather, an appeal to love and service of God. There would have to be nothing in any of the individual writings that would conflict with the internal harmony of the whole, but, rather, each book must, by its unity with the others, support the one authorship, that of Jehovah God. We would also expect the writings to give evidence of accuracy down to the smallest details." - si 299-300Meaning? "We can determine the Bible canon for OURSELVES thank you very much. It's by pure COINCIDENCE that our canon matches Christendom's. So we needn't acknowledge the efforts of any ancient smarty-pants or Babylon the Great. We're doing fine."
Hope this helps.
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