Posts by GramblingMan

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Can't pray for disfellowship person

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i just learn from my wife and step-kids that you (jw) can't pray for someone that is disfellowshipped.

is this true, if so can someone explain and show scriptures as to how they apply it?

GramblingMan

I just learn from my wife and step-kids that you (JW) can't pray for someone that is disfellowshipped. Is this true, if so can someone explain and show scriptures as to how they apply it?

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Beards, when were they banned?

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i know it has been talked about before, but does anyone have information as to when jw started banning beards.

my wife is telling me that it started in the 60/70's because of the hippies, but i know i read somewhere on here that it was much earlier.. .

I know it has been talked about before, but does anyone have information as to when JW started banning Beards. My wife is telling me that it started in the 60/70's because of the hippies, but I know i read somewhere on here that it was much earlier.

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KM Insert "How Do I View Blood Fractions..." Complete Scan and PDF

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download pdf here (all four pages).

page 1 of insert: http://i11.tinypic.com/2s67s6g.jpg.

page 2 of insert: http://i12.tinypic.com/2dtnpr9.jpg.

GramblingMan

Are fractions also covered by the command to abstain from blood? We cannot say. The Bible does not give specific direction on the subject of fractions.* (Footnote: * Helpful information on this subject is found in the June 15, 2004, issue of The Watchtower, pages 29-31.)Of course, many fractions are derived from blood that has been donated for medical purposes. Each Christian should make a conscientious decision as to whether he or she will accept or will reject the medical use of these substances.

This is what gets me, the bible doesn't address components of blood either yet they restrict it. Also you can't reason with a JW (My Wife) as they will just say I will not take any blood to cover myself. I ask her how can the GB make such a decision and you not see something is wrong with the policy. She claims they don't follow the GB, I say well then go ahead and take those components and see if you get DF.

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So are they predicting the End AGAIN?

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jehovah's witnesses busy inviting everyone in region to convention in tacoma.

by john iwasaki.

p-i reporter.

GramblingMan

Jehovah's Witnesses busy inviting everyone in region to convention in Tacoma

By JOHN IWASAKI
P-I REPORTER

An elder from a local congregation, dressed in a coat and tie and bearing religious literature, was headed up the walkway of a Ballard home when a woman sketching on the porch spotted him.

"That's far enough," she called out.


		Paul Joseph Brown / P-I
	Jehovah's Witnesses Peter Michas and Chris Mahla invite residents of a North Seattle neighborhood to the faith's upcoming convention at the Tacoma Dome.

Learning that the visitor was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the woman said that a previous visit by group members annoyed her: "I'm a nice person, but they pushed me to the limit."

These face-to-face encounters last week -- some hits, some misses -- marked the beginning of a massive campaign by Jehovah's Witnesses to personally invite Western Washington residents to their upcoming district convention in Tacoma next month.

The group printed enough invitations to hand out at 900,000 homes from Bellingham to Vancouver, bold and ambitious even for a religion known for its persistent door-to-door visits and divergence from certain bedrock Christian beliefs.

Though Jehovah's Witnesses annually hold district conventions around the world that are open to the general public, they usually don't seek attention. This year, that changed.

"Why now? Because we recognize how close it is to the culmination of the entire world system," said Peter Michas, the elder who encountered the Ballard woman last week.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/274437_jehovahswitnesses19.html

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Wife and Words

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ok so i have pissed my wife off today, but i couldn't hold my tongue on this one.

lol

we are going bowling tonight and she had on this sweatshirt that her daughter (also jw) gave her from college.

GramblingMan

Ok so I have pissed my wife off today, but I couldn't hold my tongue on this one. LOL

We are going bowling tonight and she had on this sweatshirt that her daughter (also JW) gave her from college. It has Black Women's Caucus on it with a picture of Nefertiti . I go to the store to pickup a few things and she has taken the shirt off. Stating that she can't wear it because of the word CAUCUS, I was like give me a break. She said that it is political, I looked it up. I told her that the word as more than one meaning, LOL. I then tell her L, word congregation could be just as political. So we go back and forth on this, I finally tell her, you are so worried about 1 word that you missed the fact that you have pagan worshipping Egyptian on the shirt. LOL. SMH.

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January 15 Watchtower: Angels

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i'm here looking at my wifes watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the angels, maybe it's me but all the angels are white men and they have beards.

i'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers.

i thought the anointed ones are suppose to become angels?

GramblingMan

I'm sorry I don't have a scanner, can someone help me out with this one.

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January 15 Watchtower: Angels

by GramblingMan in

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i'm here looking at my wifes watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the angels, maybe it's me but all the angels are white men and they have beards.

i'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers.

i thought the anointed ones are suppose to become angels?

GramblingMan

I'm here looking at my wife’s watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the Angels, maybe it's me but all the Angels are white men and they have beards. I'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers. I thought the anointed ones are suppose to become Angels? Something is not right about this picture. Also if beards are ok for the Angels then how can you restrict them for the members. Man-made laws!

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Adam and Eve

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can someone direct me to scriptures in the bible that show that adam and eve will not be ressurrected.

i ask because my wife, who is a jw insists that this is bible base, yet she cannot provide me any scriptures.

GramblingMan

serendipity ,

Thank you

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Adam and Eve

by GramblingMan in

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can someone direct me to scriptures in the bible that show that adam and eve will not be ressurrected.

i ask because my wife, who is a jw insists that this is bible base, yet she cannot provide me any scriptures.

GramblingMan

Thanks for getting back to me

No I'm not a JW, my wife and my step-children are JWs. She came into it by marriage and the kids were born into it. I will never be a JW and I have told my wife as much. I just can't get pass the false prophets, so whenever she claims the truth I reminder her about the predictions.

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Adam and Eve

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can someone direct me to scriptures in the bible that show that adam and eve will not be ressurrected.

i ask because my wife, who is a jw insists that this is bible base, yet she cannot provide me any scriptures.

GramblingMan

Can someone direct me to scriptures in the bible that show that Adam and Eve will not be ressurrected. I ask because my wife, who is a JW insists that this is bible base, yet she cannot provide me any scriptures.

Thanks