Posts by smiddy

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How Many Deaths For lack of a Transfusion

by Giordano in

how many jw’s die each year for want of a blood transfusion?

according to the red cross and various national blood banks 4.5 million american lives are saved each year by blood transfusions.

... https://rrvbc.org/blood-facts/ .

smiddy

Thanks for that post Giordano , its very interesting.The recent case of the young mother hemorrhageing and dying hits home.

The linked articles are an eye opener , and where JW`s come into the picture and their policy of accepting blood fractions , the mind boggles that they cant even donate their own blood for future use for fractions that they have no qualms accepting from members of the public. {Those that they claim are going to die at the big "A" ]

I just commented on another thread why mainstream Christendom is so lax in not tackling JW`s head on with their no blood, doctrine policy ,they should be able to make mince meat of that policy with their Bible Scholars etc.

And likewise , I would love to know how many JW`s have lost their lives over the past 50 years for refusing to have a blood transfusion that could have saved their lives due to the policy of " No Blood " directives of the Governing Body of Jehovahs Witnesses ,and the subsequent coersion of the Liasion Comittee and family and friends ,all who are jehovahs Witnesses who want that rule enforced.

Your post has a lot to absorb , this was just a brief overview as an ex JW

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FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

by AndersonsInfo in

i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

she died because of her religious principles.

smiddy

Very tragic ,...very sad.....and as we know on this board , the JW no blood policy for medical reasons / transfusions is a corruption of the Bible texts used to justify it.

It is long overdue for mainstream Christian religions to set the record straight on this subject and tackle the WTB&TS head on in exposing the religions doctrine for what it is.

A bastardisation of scripture that has no solid foundation in the Bible for the interpretation Jehovahs Witnesses give the scriptures relating to blood.

Surely the Bible scholars , learned Clergy of Christendoms religions either jointly or singurlary could campaign to end all these needless deaths of men women and children of this religion that has been going on for more than 60 years now ,with countless needless deaths in the name of Christianity.

I sincerely believe Churches have been too silent in not condemning this doctrine of Jehovahs Witnesses with a big campaign

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I finally tied the knot, or any advice for an old "sew-and-sew"?

by compound complex in

jw
friends

i met up with many friends of 50-60 years over the last week.

these were friends from the neighborhood, school, and kh.

i renewed some really special attachments.

smiddy

LOL , I too had thought you had put a noose around your neck and tied the knot by getting married ,phew!

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Serious question..Leviticus 20:15 Why slay the beast???

by James Mixon in

it's not as if the sheep was trying to seduce the shepherd, the poor creature was violated.

we have come a long way from those days, thank goodness.

so why slay the sheep or beast?????

smiddy

That JW`s guy that demonstrated to the deaf people ,about the joys of masturbation or otherwise on video { dont deny it we all do it } when do you think the next video will come out with him demonstrating the evils {or joys } of bestiallity ?

Not that I`m that way inclined ,however I did enjoy his enthususiasm in the masturbation video.

I cant wait to see his next one on bestiallity .

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How to Get More From Reading Your Bible

by Ultimate Axiom in

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smiddy

Anymore of these cover pages of the WT ? , this one is classic , we need more.

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Going To A Christening Next Week

by pale.emperor in

so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.

6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.

in a catholic church?!!!

smiddy

My first experience in going to a church was when I attended a funeral of my workmate in a Uniting Church of christendom

The church was packed and the service was respectful as you would expect , however what surprised me was one of the songs that was sung out of two ,was a song of praise using the name Jehovah ,apart from the eulogy ,speakers etc for the deceased.

So much for christendom hiding Jehovahs name , not making it known.

The name Jehovah has been around for seven centuries since it was first coined in the 13th century long before Jehovah`s Witnesses came on the scene.in the 20th century.

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Impact of NWT

by menrov in

hi all, just recently i was thinking about the period of my study and eventual baptism as jw.

it took many years, i guess in all about 10 years.

various times i stopped the study but after a while it started again.

smiddy

In the 60`s , Australian witnesses I knew used the "American Standard Version of the Bible , simply because it used the name Jehovah in the Old Testament

Why didnt red flags go up then ? We all knew that all crackpot ideas /religions originate in the USA ?

My apologies to all the sane ex-JW`s who have left the cult who are exceptions to this rule.

edit to add : The WTB&TS printed and published a few other Bibles under license ,notably the King James Version , Byingtons Bible ,and if I`m not mistaken the American Standard Version , their may have been more .

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

jw
friends

the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

smiddy

All the best for the big day rf for you , your daughter , and her to be hubby , and I wish you all , the best for the future.

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I need to know what is truth?

by Chook in

is it a perception only.

smiddy

As george Constanzis said , if you believe it , its the truth.

As beauty is in the eye of the beholder , I believe truth is in the eye of the beholder too , .and true , it is a perception .

Truth , to many people is what they want to believe , regardless of facts that may prove or indicate otherwise.

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Serious question..Leviticus 20:15 Why slay the beast???

by James Mixon in

it's not as if the sheep was trying to seduce the shepherd, the poor creature was violated.

we have come a long way from those days, thank goodness.

so why slay the sheep or beast?????

smiddy

nelim ,

I cant speak from experience myself but wasnt their a movie ,Deliverance ,that did show an animal squealing ?

isnt that a natural thing that animals do under such circumstances ?

freddo,

True , the two witness rule is always going to be our loophole in getting out of sticky situations.that we do not want to confront.