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  Calgary Issue Continues

  by messenger in

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  http://www.canoe.ca/nationalticker/canoe-wire.jehovahs-transfusion.html.

  april 3, 2002 .

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  dmouse

  This is a truly heart-breaking case. I don't often read the threads on this issue, not because I don't care, but because I find the topic too traumatising. I remember being in hospital with my own son who was critically ill with a collapsed bowel, he was only two years old. The doctors said that during the operation a blood transfusion may be required. As a JW then I made the decision that I would deny my son the transfusion and signed the relevant papers absolving the hospital of any responsibility.

  So, I passed the ultimate test of faith, being prepared to sacrifice my only son on God’s say-so.
  But let me tell you it was the worst night of my life, and the emotional trauma was such that I never fully recovered my faith. Six months later I realised with horror what I had nearly done at the whim of a godless cult and left the JWs forever.

  But I still have the emotional scars even today, and when I see stories like this I am haunted by images of that night when I nearly sacrificed my son to the fires of Baal.

  I wish the father in this case every good thing; I know what he is going through.
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  Anyone tried getting on a talk show?

  by sleepy in

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  i'm not sure what you call them elsewhere, but has anyone tried getting on a tv show where they debate different subjects.. in britian we have kilroy on bbc in morning and anthor one on itv.. every now and then they do one on the subject of cults etc.. maybe some of us could write to one of these shows and try and get on .

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  dmouse

  That's a great idea Sleepy, I would volunteer to go on.

  There's just one problem; JWs wouldn't show up because they're either too chicken or too obedient to the 'mother' organisation which stipulates that under no circumstances should you engage with apostates in a debate.
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  Disease of the month anyone?

  by dmouse in

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  jwsons posted about a pro -jw site called 'jehovah's witnesses united' (sounds like a new football team to me).. on the thread - 'anyone know about this jw tool?'..

  i was having a look and came across a jw glossary.

  these folks have made up a serious glossary of language used by jws!

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  dmouse

  jwsons posted about a pro -JW site called 'Jehovah's Witnesses United' (sounds like a new football team to me).
  on the thread - 'Anyone know about this JW tool?'.

  I was having a look and came across a JW glossary. Yes! These folks have made up a serious glossary of language used by JWs!
  I've seen word lists done by 'apostates' but this stuff is even better. http://jehovah.to/glossary/index.html

  Here is an excerpt, Bold mine:

  disease of the month
  An illness featured in a recent magazine. The publications, particularly Awake!, regularly present detailed articles on health problems. In recent times we have had series on AIDS, allergies, Alzheimer's disease, anemia, attention deficit disorder, cancer, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, colitis, eating disorders, Epstein-Barr syndrome, lead poisoning, Lou Gehrig's disease, narcolepsy, obsessive compulsive behavior, post-traumatic stress disorder, temporomandibular joint syndrome, and Tourette's syndrome, to name just a few. Whenever the magazines feature some new malady, a wave of incidents of it follows, especially among sisters who seem to be prone to acquiring harmonic illnesses. This could be viewed as emanating from the foresight of the holy spirit directing the writing to anticipate our needs. It might also reflect a few cases of hypochondriacs falling victim to the power of suggestion. Some people shop around and pay large sums of money until they find a medical practitioner who will declare them to have an ailment that fits their needs and budgets.
  <<``Will your wife be joining us in service this morning?'' ``Naw, she's laid up with the disease of the month.''>>
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  Does anyone know about this WT tool ?

  by jwsons in

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  dear all,.

  i really don't know what's it about, if anynone know, just tell me.

  by myself, i have no idea.. http://jehovah.to/index.htm

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  dmouse

  Is 'Jehovah's Witnesses United' a new English football team?
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  Arriverderci For A While.

  by Englishman in

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  this is my last day of posting for a little while, her ladyship and i are off on our holidays!.

  early tomorrow morning we travel up to london heathrow for the alitalia flight to naples, italy.

  from there we travel to sorrento.

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  dmouse

  Lucky B'stards!

  Have a great time, if you find a computer send the board an e-postcard!

  Regards,
  Dean.
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  the DEMONS !!

  by refiners fire in

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  there is constant talk about sex here, false prophecy, preaching work etc.. but noone talks much about the demons.

  i know i was frightened of them.my entire youth, every night, was spent engaging in paranoid little rituals to protect me from the demons.. watchtowers under the pillow, lights on, bible open by the bed.. and me wide awake listening to every tree branch creak, every board crack as the house setlled for the night.. i still have problems (occassionaly) even now.. who was terrified of the demons??

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  dmouse

  Like ghost stories and UFOs, stories of demons are the same - the result of misinterpretation of natural phenomena or phantoms of the mind.

  We know so little about the workings of the human brain. I'm sure that people who say they have had experience of demons are suffering from some sort of psychosis (temporary or permanent). They aren't lying but what they see can have a rational explanation.

  I've noticed in a lot of stories that there is often reports of strange electrical and/or magnetic disturbance in the area. There are natural hotspots like this, which would explain why certain areas are more 'haunted' than others.
  My own theory of some ghostly goings on is that, under certain conditions, the surrounding environment can 'record' images/emotions (like we record images on magnetic tape)and then under similer conditions these 'recordings' are played back - viola! A ghost.

  I would love to see a ghost, I just hope that my rational mind can overcome that primordial fear long enough for me to make an objective study of the phenomena.
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  Queen Mother passes away.

  by dmouse in

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  buckingham palace has confirmed that her majesty the queen mother passed away peacefully in her sleep this afternoon.. she was a wonderful lady.

  we will miss you ma'am.. farewell.

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  dmouse

  Buckingham Palace has confirmed that her Majesty the Queen Mother passed away peacefully in her sleep this afternoon.

  She was a wonderful lady. We will miss you Ma'am.

  Farewell.
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  Who knows GB Member Gerrit L&#246;sch?

  by GermanXJW in

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  i was told that gerrit losch was one of the nethinim before he became a gb member that means he was not of the annointed.

  my source told me he felt he was annointed but did not partake from the emblems because of his wife who has the earthly hope.

  but then he changed his mind and became a gb member.. is this true?

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  dmouse

  To Richie.

  I assume you want to know how to do a quote? Well, it's a bit difficult to show you as the post becomes a quote if you use the code.
  However, if you click on 'post reply' and scroll down to Moxy's post you will see how he does it in the 'raw'

  You can do all sorts of tricks like doing a word in bold or different colours but I haven't learnt all the stuff myself yet.
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  Society targets JW youths next month - beware!

  by dmouse in

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  jw youths are in for the hard sell in april, poor sods.

  next month's meetings sees an in depth review of the societys video for youths young people ask how can i make real friends?.

  this months km (april), under the headline an enthusiastic response!

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  dmouse

  JW youths are in for the hard sell in April, poor sods. Next month's meetings sees an in depth review of the society’s video for youths – ‘Young people ask How Can I Make Real Friends?’

  This month’s KM (April), under the headline ‘An Enthusiastic Response!’ tells of one experience which I thought was quite funny:

  A father in the United States said that after viewing it his sons sat silently –

  How enthusiastic a response was that then? – Deafening silence. Apparently this father saw the silence as a sign that his sons ‘could relate to everything in the video’.

  More likely they just couldn’t believe the absolute banality of it and were left speechless.
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  How Old are We?

  by Pureheart in

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  hi all.. want to know the ages of everyone.

  i will start with mine.

  51; "ouch"!.

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  If life begins at 40 what ends?

  Oh and Happy Birthday Cornish!