a famous and very smart man once said:.
"the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" (albert einstein).
by that definition then, is the society or are witnesses in general insane?
Insanity is too nice a word to use for the Governing Body members.
An insane person has no control over their situation , it`s beyond their control .
The Governing Body members however know exactly what they are doing , they are evil charlatans to put it mildly.
kelly louderback-wood has been discussed on a few threads on this forum, and i am not sure if a link to this essay has been posted before.
regardless...this is a valuable essay that helps a person wade through the misrepresentations that the wt publishes concerning their noblood stance.. jehovah’s witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation (download pdf).
the society’s main resource regarding its blood policy, “how can blood save your life?” (“pamphlet”), teaches both witnesses and interested persons about the religion’s blood prohibition.
Barbara Anderson wrote about this a few years ago Hpwever it`s good to re-post info like this from time to time for all the newbies and to refresh our own memories.
Thanks to you both.
is is true at all?
if so, are there any independent sources who have asserted this claim?
who did the translation?.
Look at the KI translation they made , word for word Greek into English.
"The word was in the beginning and God was the word " or there abouts but their was no indefinite article "a"
not too sure how long it will be, but i think that i will not be in a position to look at this site.. i met some cool friends on here.
i enjoyed having the speedy access to the private correspondence before the elders.
thanks atlantis, and all those that have had a share in this.
Qb ,
You have been on this site for the past 6 years , I just hope your not returning to the VOMIT.
Take care buddy.
i was an elder in the 1970's and i was not a big fan of the "stay alive until 75" dogma.
i was looked down upon by the heavy hitters on the body of elders and in time i changed my mind.
i knew of the failed prophecy of 1914 being the end of all times which was repeated for the year 1925...yet i came to believe well maybe this time they've got it right.. with every new watchtower, i combed over every word to find support for my change in my belief that the end was coming in fall of 1975. at the district assembly in 1975, everyone clung onto every word in the final talk.
We were suckers DOC , but we are not suckers anymore , WE saw the TRUE LIGHT and left.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1.
church shouldn't have divulged child-porn suspect's alleged confession, attorney says.
elders in the jehovah’s witnesses church violated the confidentiality of steven lindhorst of paso robles when they told police about an alleged confession he made regarding child pornography, according to a defense motion.. .
The Jehovah Witness religion have no clergy ,so their is no confidentiallity broken , right ?
Their are 3 Elders in a Judicial Committee plus witnesses , and then it all is forwarded to the Legal Department of the local branch Office in whatever country it`s held , and then sent on to headquarters in the United States Of America , where it is also viewed by lawyers.
Clergy Penitent does not apply here..
every time i see photos of new jw parents cuddling up to their new babies.. every time i see people giving the parents new baby cards & gifts.. every time i see them having fun with their children.. i think to myself; 'you would shun your kids' .
if they don't end up being jw's.
if they simply publicly declare that they don't believe.
It is hard to understand isn`t it.
A people who claim to believe in a God of Love , yet fail to follow through with it themselves in practice with their own offspring , their own flesh and blood.
Jehovah`s Witness parents who disown their own children simply because they no longer want to be under the dictates of the Governing Body
fit the description in Rom.1:31 " THEY HAVE NO NATURAL AFFECTION "
They need to have a good look in the mirror and ask themselves ,
What have I become to act this way against my own child.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/46860/title/epidemiologist-who-helped-eradicate-smallpox-dies/&utm_campaign=newsletter_ts_the-scientist-daily_2016&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=33275284&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9bwx8_kneyimjlvwzcorr4qyim6ujqm0ya14vzgfitt58quom9ptxwoenygpqnsw-xb6osphaq7xuvdqgbf1vvjf5xoq&_hsmi=33275284.
Had he been a Jehovah`s Witness the world would have missed out on so much.
He would never have been able to acheive what he did in his lifetime.
R.I.P. Donald Henderson
in the august broadcast, david splane is shown in a morning worship video.
i just wanted to focus on the end of the video, were he has this to say:.
the governing body loves to get together and discuss the bible.
sparky 1 , that`s funny.
these are of early '70s vintage, i recall.
my job was to sort through thousands of these and be sure they were not "off register.".
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By the way I do remember that calendar , I could be wrong but I don`t ever remember children being baptised as happens today , and certainly not depicted in that art work.
