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  Major anti-cult campaign in autumn? Post here if interested

  by rebel8 in

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  so we already have this thread which has separate actions for next month: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/179142/2/make-august-2009-the-dawn-of-the-mass-exodus-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-watchtower-org.

  i don't intend to discourage anyone from participating in that.

  those actions are meant to educate current jws (help people leave).

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  Great angle Tuesday.....and your writing style is very good, non controversial......thanks!
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  THE REAL BLONDIE'S COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE 07-26-09 WT STUDY (ANGELS)

  by blondie in

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  10:5, 11, 14; acts 7:53; rev.

  (matthew 18:10) see to it that you men do not despise one of these little ones; for i tell you that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my father who is in heaven.. *** w76 8/15 p. 494 par.

  not by angels but by a fellow christian.. quote.

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  Thanks again Blondie, always great to be able to read what is being 'taught' to the followers......not sure if the wife has read this one or not, but at least I will be prepared in case......
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  Major anti-cult campaign in autumn? Post here if interested

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we already have this thread which has separate actions for next month: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/179142/2/make-august-2009-the-dawn-of-the-mass-exodus-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-watchtower-org.

  i don't intend to discourage anyone from participating in that.

  those actions are meant to educate current jws (help people leave).

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  I'm going to try for a documentary, I'm in the VERY early stages working with a producer to find funds.

  This to me seems like a very good opportunity to get the word out....and it should be relatively low cost.

  Knocking seemed to have gotten a fair amount of airplay due to the PBS series independent lens, I would guess something done on a very fact based level, asking good questions like Tuesday does on his you tube series would be very interesting....there is plenty of information that the WTS has provided that would be of interest to the general public that they (the WTS) have done a very masterful job of shielding from their present membership, at least until the time that they can get thier potential converts and members to feel that anything 'anti-WTS' is merely apostate rants....

  There should be plenty of mainstream paths to get the word out.........just want to make sure it is not a rant
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  Congregation "Bible Study" Comments - Week Commencing 27 July 2009

  by LUKEWARM in

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  if blood must be poured on the ground, where are the blood fractions they use derived from?.

  a christian must decide for himself how he will allow his own blood to be handled in the course of a surgical procedure.

  red cells white cells platelets plasma.

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  insearchoftruth

  Thanks again lukewarm, off a week and still on the blood stuff.....I tried to discuss fractions with my wife and she spewed out the tripe that the bible does not address fractions.....and she does not get it that fractions come from STORED BLOOD........yikes
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  Major anti-cult campaign in autumn? Post here if interested

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we already have this thread which has separate actions for next month: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/179142/2/make-august-2009-the-dawn-of-the-mass-exodus-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-watchtower-org.

  i don't intend to discourage anyone from participating in that.

  those actions are meant to educate current jws (help people leave).

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  insearchoftruth

  rebel8 and all, I would think a the media blitz has some merit, a few years ago after one of the blood items got some press I sent letters to the three somewhat local papers and at least the put a short article on the Hughes case....

  All great ideas and thanks so very much!!!!
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  More hypocrisy......Venus Williams and her support for UNESCO - from Sports Illustrated

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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  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

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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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  insearchoftruth

  Good job BonaFide, the key is you have planted another seed.....