Posts by alanv

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WTF Jesus doing last 98 years?

by Evolutionary in

hey, i left when i was 19 about 21 years ago over evolution.

dad encouraged me to look up the references in _life: how did it get here?

by creation or evolution?_.

alanv

You could also ask the question what on earth are 144000 going to be doing during the 1000 year reign.

If God is the creator he can do anything in the blink of an eyelid. No need to have 144000 little helpers.

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If the jw.org website is the start of the internet age for the WTS when will they sack all printing staff ?

by mP in

with the new website coming, does this mean they can fire many or most of their printing production staff ?

should these same staff be worried ?.

alanv

Any company that can get the same results on the internet as it did when it had physical buildings to maintain, are going to be a lot better off.

Amazon for instance is a massive sucess story not only for books but for many other things as well. If the society can get their flock to download the magazines themselves that would be a great result for them, and huge saving.

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JWFacts website is still topper the lists

by ramerico in

the jwfacts web site is still topper the lists of informative and objective websites about the watchtower jehovah witnesses.. seven years and still running strong.. .

alanv

It really is a great website for information, and most importantly statements there can be backed up with facts. I often go there myself to check things. Keep uop the good work Paul.

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Need some help guys on blood

by alanv in

recently on the topix website we have talking about blood transfusions.. it has been asserted by one ex witness that jws are now allowed to store their blood providing it is for a limited time.

for example the blood could be taken from the patient sent to the lab to have it cleaned or whatever, and then returned to the patient.

the november 2006 kingdom ministry was cited to back this up as well as a watchtower from 2000. my question is, are jws now allowed to store their blood for a current limited time?.

alanv

Thanks so much everyone. As usual though the society change something and most of the sheep have no idea whatsoever about it. I know if I asked my JW son he would not have a clue about current thinking on blood.

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Need some help guys on blood

by alanv in

recently on the topix website we have talking about blood transfusions.. it has been asserted by one ex witness that jws are now allowed to store their blood providing it is for a limited time.

for example the blood could be taken from the patient sent to the lab to have it cleaned or whatever, and then returned to the patient.

the november 2006 kingdom ministry was cited to back this up as well as a watchtower from 2000. my question is, are jws now allowed to store their blood for a current limited time?.

alanv

Thanks refriedtruth.

I did not know this. I always though if blood actually was taken away from the body to a different area, that it was a no no for JWs.

I bet very few witnesses know this. The artticles certainly seem to agree with you. I am trying to find a current JW that knows about it.

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Need some help guys on blood

by alanv in

recently on the topix website we have talking about blood transfusions.. it has been asserted by one ex witness that jws are now allowed to store their blood providing it is for a limited time.

for example the blood could be taken from the patient sent to the lab to have it cleaned or whatever, and then returned to the patient.

the november 2006 kingdom ministry was cited to back this up as well as a watchtower from 2000. my question is, are jws now allowed to store their blood for a current limited time?.

alanv

Recently on the Topix website we have talking about blood transfusions.

It has been asserted by one ex witness that JWs are now allowed to store their blood providing it is for a limited time. For example the blood could be taken from the patient sent to the lab to have it cleaned or whatever, and then returned to the patient. The November 2006 Kingdom Ministry was cited to back this up as well as a Watchtower from 2000. My question is, are JWs now allowed to store their blood for a current limited time?

Certainly they cannot store it for weeks or months before say an operation, but what about a few hours?

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Questions for former elders on Do Not Call

by Kristina1972 in

what is the procedure for requesting to be on the do not call list.

what happens when someone requests to be on the do not call list?.

does a letter need to be sent each year?.

alanv

Since I left 15 years ago, I had not been called on, even though I did not formally ask to be put on the do not call list. This year someone did call as they new my JWQ son and wanted to meet his dad. We had a good chat, but very soon she was trying to get away when she realized there was no chance of a conversion.

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I genuinely love them

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

i love these people so much!

we had kh cleaning last weekend for the memorial and it felt just like old time and brought back soo many memories...i share my struggles, my joys ...everything with my bros and sis... they are my friends...i really truly do love them...how can i leave?

that feeling just made me feel like abandoning all this reasarch and go on living blindly .

alanv

I too used to love the brothers and sisters, that is until I started questioning some of the views of the governing body. Once I started doing that all love towards me was immediately stopped and a very cold feeling existed between me and my so called friends. Because I could no longer agree with what I had previously been taught my close JW friends dropped me like a brick.

The love shown by JWs, is totally conditional on you obeying everything the governing body say.

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United Nations mentioned in Watchtower publications

by Magi in

hi everyone, i have some questions for anyone that can answer.

i've been doing some research in the whole united nations scandal with the watchtower organization.

and i am wondering what the society's view on the un is as of late.

alanv

If for no other reason it would help in reaching into new territories if the U N were on board. Exactly the reason many people suck up to people or nations in power. It's all about how they can use that friendship to further their own agenda.

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JW conman pretended to be a successful butcher to commit a £3.3million tax fraud

by sizemik in

they teach them well in wt land .

walter meaty: fraudster butcher in 3.3million tax con.

gary turner convinced people he ran a meat wholesalers famous for its sausage rolls but the firm had been bust for 14 years.. his walter mitty-type fantasy was in fact a ruse to rip off the taxpayer by continuing to claim vast sums of vat from hmrc on the basis he was still in charge of a going concern.. and the cash he gained funded a luxury lifestyle.. when turners detached house was raided, revenue officers found five luxury cars with personalised number plates and a watch collection worth more than 35,000, including two rolexes valued at 17,420.. a 4,600 juke box and three guitars costing 2,000 were also discovered.. it also emerged he spent 7,000 on family holidays to spain and used more taxpayer money to build a new house with a top of the range kitchen and bathroom as well as two other properties.. turner, 47 a jehovahs witness, was declaring huge profits from his non-existent business and claiming back tens of thousands of pounds every year.. .

alanv

I expect he learnt his tax evasion from his mother organisation. They managed to get out of paying tax on their literature some time ago.