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  More hypocrisy......Venus Williams and her support for UNESCO - from Sports Illustrated

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what most fans don't know is that behind the scenes, the world's third-ranked player is just as powerful as she is on the court.

  [venus] williams has successfully pushed for equal prize money for women, helped formulate a better-calibrated tour schedule and was a key figure in a joint program between the wta and unesco -- the cultural arm of the united nations -- that promotes gender equality and leadership opportunities for women.

  the idea for the unesco program emerged from her experience at an espy awards ceremony in which two afghan women were honored for starting a soccer program in their war-torn homeland.

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  and for more information, just google Venus Williams UNESCO and there are videos and many more articles talking about the work this JW is doing with this cultural arm of the United Nations......wow
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  More hypocrisy......Venus Williams and her support for UNESCO - from Sports Illustrated

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what most fans don't know is that behind the scenes, the world's third-ranked player is just as powerful as she is on the court.

  [venus] williams has successfully pushed for equal prize money for women, helped formulate a better-calibrated tour schedule and was a key figure in a joint program between the wta and unesco -- the cultural arm of the united nations -- that promotes gender equality and leadership opportunities for women.

  the idea for the unesco program emerged from her experience at an espy awards ceremony in which two afghan women were honored for starting a soccer program in their war-torn homeland.

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  What most fans don't know is that behind the scenes, the world's third-ranked player is just as powerful as she is on the court. [Venus] Williams has successfully pushed for equal prize money for women, helped formulate a better-calibrated tour schedule and was a key figure in a joint program between the WTA and UNESCO -- the cultural arm of the United Nations -- that promotes gender equality and leadership opportunities for women. The idea for the UNESCO program emerged from her experience at an ESPY awards ceremony in which two Afghan women were honored for starting a soccer program in their war-torn homeland. The UNESCO-WTA program uses tennis as a vehicle to educate women around the world, making the sport a steppingstone to a better and fuller life. Williams understands how that can happen. Tennis has made her a very rich woman and has been the main focus of her life but hasn't been her entire life. Nor will it ever be, even though she has been criticized by fellow players for having pursuits that could have cut into her court time. "I think that having other interests helps you realize that no matter what you do, you start on the bottom. You work your way up," said Williams. "You get to the top and think, 'Let's just stay here as long as I can.' It helps you realize and appreciate what you do have, besides being a well-rounded person when tennis is over and not being afraid of what might be, what your life might be."
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  Barbara Anderson just returned from Europe where she vigorously criticized WTs dangerously harmful policies.

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  former bethelites and wt critics, barbara and joe anderson, just returned from a month in europe where barbara spoke at five conferences in three countries.

  she was also interviewed by the italian press and met with a number of italian religious officials.

  in france, she met with french government officials and representatives of anti-cult organizations.

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  One advantage of the global economy and the internet is that if anything happens over in Europe, the news will be here in no time at all. I just wish we could awaken the administration of this country of the dangers.....is there any sort of an example of a letter one could write to their representatives that could make them aware of some of the dangers we all have seen and are aware of???
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  Article in Chicago Tribune on Blood Transfusions

  by purplesofa in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-jehovahs-witness-sw-zone-15jul15,0,6267636.story.

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  "i knew i'd rather die than break one of god's laws," she said..

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  Thanks for posting purps, the comments are pretty good, there is a nurse who has some good posts and also bluewaters has some very interesting information, including the following:

  Hemodilution is Wrong!!
  
  Operating with Stored Blood
  
  Men of science are constantly developing new methods for performing surgical operations. The Journal of the American Medical Association, dated November 15, 1971, described a procedure for open-heart surgery that employs sever hemodilution. Early in the operation a large quantity of blood is drawn off into a plastic blood bag. Though the bag is left connected to the patient by a tube, the removed and stored blood is no longer circulating in the patient's system. It is replaced with a plasma volume expander, which dilutes the blood remaining in the veins and which gradually dissipates during the operative procedure. Near the conclusion of the operation the blood storage bag is elevated, and the stored blood is reinfused into the patient..... These techniques are noteworthy to Christians, since they run counter to God's Word. The Bible shows that blood is not to be taken out of a body, stored and then later reused.
  - Awake 4/8/72 29-30 Watching the World - Emphasis added.
  
  Hemodilution now mentioned favorably!
  
  It is with this in mind, and not just to honor the requests of Jehovah's Witnesses, that Denton Cooley [of Houston, Texas] has performed open-heart operations now for over seven years, limiting transfusions wherever possible by substituting hemodilution, diluting the patient's blood with a glucose and heparin solution. If this method has given excellent results since then ... one wonders why it has not been extended to present-day surgery.
  - Awake 83 3/22/83 p.16
  
  HEMODILUTION IS OK!!!!
  
  But what if the doctor says that, during surgery or in the course of other treatment, your blood would be channeled through equipment outside your body, and then, right back in? Would you consent? Some have felt that, with a clear conscience, they could permit this, provided that the equipment was primed with a nonblood fluid. They have viewed the external equipment as an extension of their circulatory system. Of course, situations vary, and it is you that must decide.
  - United in Worship of the Only True God, 1983, p. 158 {Compare this to 1961, above.}
  
  FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP.....
  How many JWs needlessly died before 1983 due to not being able to use hemodilution machines? Now, the New York hospital can use them in their "bloodless" heart surgery and tout that they save JWs. The Inconvenient Truth
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  I went on another Bible study yesterday - Any suggestions on what I could have said?

  by BonaFide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was visiting a friend that is a witness yesterday.

  his mother was preparing for the bookstudy with another sister who is very new.

  we are on the chapter about blood this week.

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  Good job BonaFide, the key is you have planted another seed.....
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  I've noticed something different at this years district convention

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. scandals

  not sure if this was the case elsewhere, but i noticed that the contribution boxes with the people attending them stayed out in the hall ways throughout the entire session.

  they used to be set up only before and after sessions and during lunch......times are tough!

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  So you used to have to be a MS (is that ministerial servant) to be an attendant.....wow, just wow
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  Blood Fractions - did this allowance start in 1990??

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  was getting myself prepared for my wife coming home from the book study this week when blood is going to be discussed.

  i have a copy of reasoning from the scriptures and i noticed that it does not mention fractions at all, but it was published in 1985, updated in 1989. was thinking if my wife were to get in a discussion on blood where we could now pull out the reasoning book, possibly even the insight book to see what jehovah says about it, that could at least be a discussion starter on changes in doctrine......even though i know i will get one of two responses...new light, or i am still learning, i am sure you could ask the husband of my study sister about this and he would be very interested to talk to you about it..

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  I meant I could have a tetanus shot

  So prior to 1990 one could not have a tetanus shot........wow!
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  TMZ has a photo of Paris and her brother at the kingdom hall Tues night!!!

  by Pandoras cat11 in

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  2. friends

  i know, i know, more michael jackson news.

  this for some reason has got me ticked off.

  if you go to the tmz website you will see a photo of paris and her brother holding the "sing praises to jehovah" songbook.

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  The JW's are commenting about how wonderful the Org.

  They are on the internet, especially a site like TMZ...I thought only watchtower.org was allowed.

  These children should not be made the center of a spectacle.....but they are.
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  What's the Watchtower's position on new members who are divorced?

  by Whymse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a new member was married and divorced for reasons other then adultery, then they got remarried.

  and later on during their second marriage they became a witness, how would the watchtower think.

  about their marital status?

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  Let me see if I understand this, two folks are married, get divorced (legal) for a reason other than adultery, if one would want to become a baptized witness, and then get married, the quickest path would be to get their spouse to commit adultery, and if that is not possible, commit adultery themselves and then confess it, because without someone committing adultery, the JWs would not allow a marriage of either partner due to no scriptural divorce being granted.
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  Its True! I just became a Grama

  by Hope4Others in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well after 2 weeks in and out of labor, my daughter had my very first grandchild at 7 this morning.... .

  she was 9 lbs 2 oz....and 22 inches long...... .

  that's a lot of baby to push out..... .

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  Wow, that is great, congrats to you and your family!!