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"Critical Hour" JW dies from no-blood policy
by parakeet in
1. jw
2. friends
i just finished watching a discovery health channel program called "the critical hour," which featured the cases of four trauma patients (9:00 pm, edt).

i missed the beginning of the program, but apparently an elderly jw woman suffered a fall, was critically injured, and her only option for survival was surgery plus blood transfusions.

while she was still able to speak, she refused blood; later her jw husband, accompanied by the ever-present liaison committee jw, also refused the transfusion.
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Paranoia vs. the Governing Body
by parakeet in
1. jw
2. friends
in my more paranoiac moments, i wonder if the gb creates its myriad nitpicking rules in order to deliberately create a high turnover of jws.

the advantage to doing this would be to ease the way for "new light" doctrine.

the 1914 generation has passed; the generation after that is passing, and their memories are passing with them.
Has anyone heard how Sunspot's doing?
by parakeet in
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2. friends
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sunspot (annie) had throat surgery yesterday.

does anyone have any news yet about how she's doing?
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Anybody know Wally Gobitis?
by parakeet in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was a kid (long time ago), wally gobitis used to visit our cong occasionally.

for those not familiar with gobitis, here's a quick jw history refresher: .

back in the late 1930s gobitis, a jw, was sued by the minersville board of education when his children refused to salute the flag in school.
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Watchtower 101: a survival guide
by parakeet in
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2. friends
if you were dragged to meetings as a teenager (as i was), how did you get through the tedium of the 5-plus meeting hours a week?

i'm compiling a short primer for those still stuck in the meeting rut to help them survive the misery of boring, droning, and inept speakers week after week (at least until they're ready to chuck the meetings entirely).

how i got through meetings as a teen: .
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WTS statistics question
by parakeet in
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2. friends
does anyone know how the wts tallies the number of jws worldwide?

i ask because so many on this board and elsewhere, including me, have gradually faded away from the jws, have become "inactive" in wt terms.

are inactive jws included when the wts publishes the total number of jws worldwide?
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Is the WTS guilty of modern-day idolatry?
by parakeet in
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2. friends
romans 1:25: they exchanged the truth of god for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the creatorwho is forever praised.

amen.

do you all agree that the purpose of sacred texts is to bring believers closer to god?
My karma ran over my dogma
by parakeet in
1. social
2. humour
saw this on a bumper sticker today.

somewhat descriptive of what happens when jws leave the org.
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Is there anything good about having been a JW?
by parakeet in
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2. friends
i've been lurking for a few weeks and decided to throw my hat into the ring a few days ago.

i've been out of the org for almost 30 years (a long, dreary story for another post).

i wanted to ask those who have been out of the org for a while if they have discovered anything beneficial that has resulted from having been a jw.
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Is there anything good about having been a JW?
by parakeet in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been a lurker for a few weeks and finally threw my hat into the ring a few days ago.

i've been out of the org for almost 30 years.

the whys and wherefores can wait for another time.