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  Wish Me Well: Surgery Tomorrow

  by AudeSapere in

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  well, i did my best with physical therapy but it's not enough.

  my knee is very unstabile (especially since i fell again 6 weeks ago).

  tomorrow i'm scheduled for knee surgery to repair my acl..

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  I hope everything goes great and you are back to normal in no time!!

  PS.....Do you have a PM from me? I was your secret santa and I am afraid you didn't get it.
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  QUESTIONS TO ASK TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND SAVE LIVES

  by aanita in

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  questions to ask to open the eyes of jehovah's witnesses and save some lives.

  my first question is - you use acts 15 saying "abstain from blood" as if applied to modern emergency transfusions of whole blood but isn't it balanced by matthew 12:7 where christ says god wants "mercy not sacrifice" when surely the death of even one single adult or child is sacrifice;.

  my second question is - isn't it significant that 1 samuel 14:32-35 says to stay alive all saul's men ate blood with meat and were not punished with death; they only had to build an altar to show they were sorry it had been absolutely necessary, and that was due to the mosaic law then being in effect;.

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  megsmomma

  Here are my dad's responses to what I sent....just what you wrote.

  1. Abstain from blood…just like all other guidelines Jehovah has put in place for humans it has its value for time indefinite. Thou shall not kill. It doesn’t say shall not kill except to preserve one’s own life or in case of wars or…
  2. Jehovah does want mercy not sacrifice, but not at the sacrifice of his other commandments; In first Samuel as throughout the Hebrew Scriptures Jehovah made certain sacrifices of his own to allow his chosen people to survive and fulfill his will…wars, killings, angels killing the opposing army’s…all part of Jehovah’s moving his plan forward with his chosen people.
  3. I don’t have an answer here it would take some research on my part and I don’t have time right now.
  4. The natural wonder of the human body is by Jehovah’s design…individuals have no control over these bodily functions…No choice to abstain or not to abstain.

  Whether the Watchtower Society has it 100% correct or not, Jehovah will look favorably upon Tamra’s decision, because she place 100% faith in Jehovah. There are some things in life where you have to hold true to your convictions and take a stand regardless what others think or say.

  Jesus didn’t burden mankind with as many rules as in the Hebrew Scriptures; however the Hebrew Scriptures gave mankind life sustaining guidelines. Jesus just gave a couple of commandments “love your neighbor…” and “abstain from blood…” obviously Jesus placed an enormous value on this commandment.

  There is a new Blood publication out (August 2006) “Blood Why So Valuable”, I would be happy to send you a copy.

  Love ya

  Dad
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  Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow

  by minimus in

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  as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

  here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

  jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".

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  Don't save for retirement

  Don't pursue a career

  Don't go on a vacation that you'd have to miss meetings for

  Don't love anyone who is not a JW
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  Ever been questioned by 3 Elders.....

  by freefromjws in

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  when i was 17 i got pregnant (omg)!!!

  i was in a meeting with 3 elders from my nj cong.

  and the questions they asked:.

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  It sounds so UNBELIEVABLE...but, here, we know it is true! It makes me so happy I didn't meet with the elders and just DA'd myself. I think it would have caused me a nervous breakdown. (Well, a worse one...LOL)

  Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  QUESTIONS TO ASK TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND SAVE LIVES

  by aanita in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  questions to ask to open the eyes of jehovah's witnesses and save some lives.

  my first question is - you use acts 15 saying "abstain from blood" as if applied to modern emergency transfusions of whole blood but isn't it balanced by matthew 12:7 where christ says god wants "mercy not sacrifice" when surely the death of even one single adult or child is sacrifice;.

  my second question is - isn't it significant that 1 samuel 14:32-35 says to stay alive all saul's men ate blood with meat and were not punished with death; they only had to build an altar to show they were sorry it had been absolutely necessary, and that was due to the mosaic law then being in effect;.

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  Those are great points that I havn't concidered yet. I have e-mailed them to a couple of family members. Thank you so much!
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  Bye for now :)

  by DeusMauzzim in

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  just wanted to say that the new semester has started at university, so i won't be able to post here as much as i would like.

  as someone said in a recent discussion.. 'education is the true destroyer of falsehoods'.. so i'm doing my best to get as educated as possible... that means a huuuuge schedule :).

  @sirnose, thebiggestlie etc.

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  I know everyone on this board is cheering you on in your efforts in school! Good luck! Hope to hear from you as your life progresses!!!
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  Can't stop hating....

  by ex-nj-jw in

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  my parents became jw's in the early 60's just before i was born.

  i was raised as a jw but hated everything about it from a very early age.

  going door to door was the worst growing up.

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  I don't know....I feel the same as you because it still affects my life every day.....Like not having a mom....Knowing your family is awaiting your death in armegeddon, ect. I don't know how to stop feeling so mad.
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  Listen to phonecall made to WT regarding "Brother Prince"...

  by rare treat in

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  hello everyone.

  here is a video of a phonecall made this morning to the wt regarding "br.

  prince" and his "worldly" performance at the superbowl yesterday.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdldlvl4ktw.

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  So....if I tell my mom I am reinstated....there would be no way to confirm it?? (No, I am not about to do that...but, hmmmm)
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  What to do?

  by freyd in

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  what if you're in love but don't want to be married?

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  As long as both people feel the same way, then I think it is ok to just enjoy being in love. If two people are thinking differently on the matter though, then you have to figure why each person wants what they do and see if you can still be the right ones for eachother.
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  Need A Break From The Forum (Goodbye for now)

  by lovelylil in

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  dear friends,.

  i am taking some time away from posting.

  i don't really know if or when i will be back.

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  Lil....I understand how that feels. Sometimes being on these boards brings up a-lot of "crap" from the past. I know you have a-lot of great things going on....Keep us posted on how you and your family are!