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  Sanctity of Blood

  by Mile 0 in

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  this is why i believe the wts is so totally wrong on the blood issue.

  blood, as it circulates through a living organism, is merely a bodily fluid.

  it does not take on any special significance until that organism expires.

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  Hello Gopher, you're right. Those old feelings about blood transfusions took awhile to shake. I think a common thread is the fact that once you leave the WTS, you gradually start seeing various doctrinal issues in a more objective light. Without WT blinders on, one can allow themselves to actually think about what Bible writers were actually trying to say. And the best way to figure this out is to frame these issues in the context of life in those times. Then it becomes very clear. The average Jew or early Christian would have thought "the use of blood" to be associated with the the pagan rituals of other cultures they knew about. And the use of blood almost always involved the death of something or somebody. The requirement to properly bleed the animal before eating it is fairly straightforward; the blood is symbolic of the life that was taken for sustainance. The restriction against eating the blood of a slaughtered animal was just a simple acknowledgement of that.

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  Sanctity of Blood

  by Mile 0 in

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  2. medical

  this is why i believe the wts is so totally wrong on the blood issue.

  blood, as it circulates through a living organism, is merely a bodily fluid.

  it does not take on any special significance until that organism expires.

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  Hi Awakened, it took me some time after leaving the org to gain some objectivity on the medical use of blood; even after having been out for years, I was still thinking in terms of it's negative aspects only. The idea of eating something like blood pudding or sausage still repels me, but I know a lot of non-JWs who feel the same way. The only real issue has always been medical.

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  Sanctity of Blood

  by Mile 0 in

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  2. medical

  this is why i believe the wts is so totally wrong on the blood issue.

  blood, as it circulates through a living organism, is merely a bodily fluid.

  it does not take on any special significance until that organism expires.

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  I think you're right, stevenyc. The WTS has misrepresented scripture on more than one level. They don't take into account that in the context of life back then; Jewish religious leaders no doubt had in mind the use of blood in various rituals practiced by neighboring nations. If Bible writers were speaking to the reality of Jewish life during that time, this could have easily been implied without specifying because outside of pagan rituals and the notions of special powers attributed to drinking the blood of certain animals, there were no other "uses" for blood.

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  Sanctity of Blood

  by Mile 0 in

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  this is why i believe the wts is so totally wrong on the blood issue.

  blood, as it circulates through a living organism, is merely a bodily fluid.

  it does not take on any special significance until that organism expires.

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  This is why I believe the WTS is so totally wrong on the blood issue.

  Blood, as it circulates through a living organism, is merely a bodily fluid. It does not take on any special significance until that organism expires. Then the blood becomes the symbol of the life that this organism had. As it relates to food, the Biblical requirement to properly bleed the animal was simply a gesture to acknowledge the life that the animal gave up in order to sustain human life. As this relates to blood transfusions, the same restrictions do not apply because death of the donar isn't part of the proccess.

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  What would happen if?

  by ninja in

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  siamese twins became jehovah's witnesses and one became apostate???

  ?....what problems would be caused?

  ?...or what would happen if one was anointed?...

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  LOL ,

  or if one liked incest and the other didn't...

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  Welcome New Ones To The Forum

  by Quandry in

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  sometimes i don't have time to look at all the new posts, and i miss some of the new posters, like king tut and others.

  if you are new here, i just wanted to say welcome to the forum.

  it is always great to have new ones and read your stories.

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  Big thanks for the welcome!

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  Duke Vindicates Jehovah's Ways

  by Justitia Themis in

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  i found this on the "e-watchman exposed" db.

  the post speaks for (or against) itself.

  the duke case is a tragedy, but is certainly does not argue for the "two-witness" rule.

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  "It is so evident that those who make accusations against Jehovah's organization are not being fair and honest on matters."

  I went over to "watchman exposed" and it's the same old JW twaddle. OUR WAYS ARE JEHOVAH"S WAYS...

  Those who make accusations against the WTS can clearly see the difference.

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  Duke Vindicates Jehovah's Ways

  by Justitia Themis in

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  i found this on the "e-watchman exposed" db.

  the post speaks for (or against) itself.

  the duke case is a tragedy, but is certainly does not argue for the "two-witness" rule.

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  Bottom line - the cops have the expertise and resources to properly investigate. One can never discount the possibility of false claims by a "victim", but again, that's what investigators sort out.

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  beliefs about 1914/1918 prior to current teaching

  by dust in

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  i saw a scan only a few weeks ago, i think it was from the golden age, and it stated something completely different than what is taught now.

  but i don't remember where i saw it...

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  I just find it amazing that JWs still believe in the F&DS as the instrument god uses to guide his org. It would be one thing for the society to get get the odd little detail wrong here and there, once in a while. But when core beliefs get changed, while at the same time claiming an exclusive hook up with god, this must mean that god flip-flops too.

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  Evolution and "Missing Link" theory

  by Mile 0 in

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  not long ago, i caught the tale end of a show where this biologist believes that both apes and humans evolved from a common ancestor.

  therefor there is no so-called "missing link".

  has anyone heard about this theory?.

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  Not long ago, I caught the tale end of a show where this biologist believes that both apes and humans evolved from a common ancestor. Therefor there is no so-called "missing link". We've been looking for something that was never there. Has anyone heard about this theory?

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