Unfortunately by beig in a cult, the parents had to abide by Watchtower rules. They must have been so happy when the judge allowed the transfusion, even though they couldnt show their joy to fellow witnesses.
Posts by alanv
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15U.K. Judge rules five year old JW (not baptized) can get blood transfusion
by Tenacious ingirl, 5, from jehovah's witness family can have blood transfusion, judge says.
by michael black.
a high court judge has ruled that doctors can give a sick five-year-old girl from a jehovah’s witness family a blood transfusion.. the little girl’s parents said their religious beliefs would not allow them to consent to a blood transfusion.. but they said they would not object to a judge making the decision.. mr justice hayden was told that the little girl was in a “grave” situation and could die or suffer a stroke if she did not have a transfusion.. the judge analysed evidence at a public hearing in the family division of the high court (pictured) in london on wednesday after hospital bosses asked him to make a decision as a matter of urgency.. he said bosses at the leeds teaching hospitals nhs trust had responsibility for the girl’s care and had made the application.. he said the girl was being treated at leeds children’s hospital.. the judge heard evidence via a telephone link to the hospital.. a specialist told mr justice hayden that the little girl was suffering from sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, and that her condition had deteriorated.. .
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Do You Have A Negative Outlook Because You Were Once A JW?
by minimus init could be argued that exjws have issues in life simply because they were jehovah’s witnesses at a point in their lives.
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do you think you or we are fairly normal considering we were jehovah’s witnesses or do you think we have a lot of baggage because we are a bit messed up ( even if we don’t even know it)?.
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alanv
In my case it has had the opposite affect. When I was a JW I always looked for all the negative things that were going on in the earth, but now I look at all the great improvements, and stories of people doing wonderful and amazing things to help each other. I am very positive about the future
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Great crowd article @ september study Watchtower
by Gorbatchov inhas anyone read the article about the great crowd in the september study watchtower?.
i read an elephant in the room.
is there a change comming?
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alanv
The 1935 date has now gone from Watchtower doctrine. It was scrapped 12 years ago
Watchtower 2007 5/1 pp30,31
Some Christians baptized after 1935 have had witness borne to them that they have the heavenly hope. (Romans 8:16, 17) Thus, it appears that we cannot set a specific date for when the calling of Christians to the heavenly hope ends.
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Who was a member here back in the late 1990s?
by MebyonKernow ini often wondered over the years what happened to a lot of the old posters from this group.
going back to the late 1990s a few of the names i recall...blacksheep, gypsywildcactus (i know she's ok as we're friends on facebook still), onacruise, minimus, veniceit, flower, prisca, bendrr, refinersfire, kent, englishman, shit...dare i say it evilforce lol, snittlesnacks (what a twat), scully, mouthy, talesin from nova scotia, xenawarrior.
littletom (from glasgow in scotland), outlaw, goaty, bisous, uncle brucey (australian character who loved his wildkife photography) - struggling now to remember more names.i know there are many more.
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alanv
I got out of the org in 1993. I had known it was not the truth for several years, but I enjoyed the social side of being in. So these days, I still keep up with JW news as my eldest son is still in the cult. I like to come on here as well, just to see what is happening in JW land
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USA growth -not
by loneranger in"be bold" circuit assembly in conyers, ga (usa) today.. average attendance was 1220...5 baptized....mid aged or olders ones, no kids.
must be near the end...the "speeding up" is slowing down?
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alanv
It was great how this last service, there was practically no increase at all in USA publishers. Hopefully it will be the same this year
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USA growth -not
by loneranger in"be bold" circuit assembly in conyers, ga (usa) today.. average attendance was 1220...5 baptized....mid aged or olders ones, no kids.
must be near the end...the "speeding up" is slowing down?
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alanv
There is still growth in some countries, but the vast majority now show barely any increase. Last year in Europe as a whole there was no increase at all.
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Is this guy making a lot of mistakes?
by rockemsockem ini watched this video just a bit and from what i saw he made a lot of fundamental misstatements on jws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le5kqhf8fx0.
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alanv
He did say the 144000 calling stopped in 1935. Watchtower dont say that any more. He also said that JWs are not allowed to talk to ex JWs. This isnt true. Providing that the ex JW isnt finding fault with their org, then they can -
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Dubtown - its nearly the end of the month, remember to do your reports
by Dubtown in"everything we do in the truth is voluntary" ... something i heard many times.
does that include reporting ministry?.
https://youtu.be/chgdiof05bk.
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alanv
Putting in a report for a bible study with my son was really the last straw for me, I told the elders after they came after me,that it was up to me how I brought up my son, and nothing to do with them
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Questions for Cart Witnesses
by Vanderhoven7 ina revised list...feel free to add some questions.
how well do you know your organization's history?
1. do you know how long watchtower has been predicting the immanence of armageddon and the end of this system of things?
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alanv
They have no wish at all to defend their faith now on the carts. They just want people to go to jwdotorg where you have no chance of actually speaking to a JW.
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Never knew missing meetings was such a big deal
by Biblestudent1 ini do bible study and attend meetings.
”well i was away and i was going to attend in that city”.
i did everything right, i told my bible study conductors in advance and genuinely i wanted to see another hall.
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alanv
The only reason Watchtower want you to attend meetings is to stop you enjoying yourself, while doing something else. The believe the whole world is run by Satan, and that everything is designed to stop you serving Jehovah.