hot off the press!
it seems that the wt have been responsible for contributing towards a 'blood machine'.
if this story is true, its explosive!
If you can make it to New Jersey and you can afford it...Engelwood Hospital in New Jersey and their 'bloodless' (not someone else's) surgical techniques appears to be endorsed by adherents of the WTBTS, including George Benson the celebrated guitarist.
Check out the final Q&A at the bottom of the page specifically targeting Jehovah's Witnesses.
http://www.bloodlessmed.com/Pages/meedMDs.htm
Edited by - Flip on 25 June 2002 1:33:48
being spiritual, what is it?
that title looks like a watchtower article, doesn't it?
i raise this question after reading a recent thread, regarding what people believe now that they are no longer a witness.
My only concept of spirituality is making sure the big shots of the congregation see me sliding on up to the magazine counter and donating the prescribed amount of my cold hard cash for a crisp stack of fresh Watchtower and Awakes! and hittin' the street on weekends.
Whether its a street corner, the suburbs, or a Laundromat, it doesnt matter, as long as I'm floggin' those WTBTS publications and not spending an inordinate amount of time at the coffee shop, I'm a shoe in for making it as a contestant at Jehovah's finals.
Gosh ... what I wouldn't give to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses again.
Flip
Edited by - Flip on 24 June 2002 3:17:17
now that you're out of the borg and don't have to get up saturdays to peddle magazines, try to fit in the family watchtower study, get up sunday mornings to rush off to the kingdom hall, do you feel like week-ends are great?
it feels great just to sleep late on one or two of those days if i want to.
i can spend hours on the internet or read a whole newspaper.
Nowfree, living on the West Coast of BC, we had to work in the ever present rain, otherwise the WTBTS Corporation would've gone broke.
However, on occassion I did find myself wishing it would rain REALLY hard. Now, that was sad.
Flip
why i stopped apologising for the watchtower society - part 1. .
in response to requests for information on why i stopped being an apologist for the organisation, i have decided to write the following article.
what is written is not meant to attack the beliefs of jws, but rather to show why i personally came to the conclusion that i could no longer support the organisation.
A powerful post, New'!
...how I agree now with a common cry I heard during my childhood that JWs broke up marriages.
Prior to both your decisions to marry and the ultimate wedding at the Kingdom Hall (assumed) who (in general), inside or out of the congregation, warned you of the possible eventuality you describe?
...she would leave me...on the basis...I no longer shared her view of the organization.
Perhaps in other words, the information you ask your spouse to contemplate threatens her association with the only social structure she believes she feels comfortable with, at the moment.
Flip
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i would appreciate any input from residents of other nations for this homework assignment, as well as americans.. what do members of other nations really think about america, compared with what we percieve them as thinking?.
please help, assignment due tomorrow!.
As a Canadian, I can honestly say that so far I've really enjoyed being American.
Flip
"slave organization" re-defines a "beroean" -- ones "willing to believe" without checking scriptures
something very diabolical i believe is going on with the wts.
years ago, when i joined the jw organization, we were encouraged to become a "beroean".
The technological scope of scrutiny available to those interested in Jehovah's Witnesses and the Corporation they adhere to, for many, is much, much greater than in previous years.
All that is needed is to narrow the psychological definition of what the WTBTS Corporation considers acceptable personal scrutiny.
Flip
it's official ... englishman has joined the ranks of the supreme ones!.
in recognition he has promised to give us all a diana ross impersonation at his bbq.
"oooh, ooh ooh ... baby love, my baby love"
I graduated from Jedi to Emporer and not a person here noticed
Francois, I think I remember having a slight bout of indigestion around the time you became Jedi.
Perhaps readers of your posts were too blown away contemplating the contents to notice the comparative frivolity of you becoming a Jedi and now an Emperor.
Also remember, Simon and Eman's relatives probably fought together under King Harold in 1066...since then their offspring have tended to stick together somewhat.
Flip :)
here we have a paradox - a mystery on which a life hangs.. the society dumped their new blood cards.
they write ambiguous replies to "questions from.
readers" about what blood products can or can't be taken.
...But perhaps you are referring in some way to Scully...?
Absolutely not, 'beetle..only questioning the authenticity of a very disturbing message and the sensational nature and apparently premature timing of its announcement.
Flip (ouch)
PS
... went through your posting history, though,,,the jury might still be out on YOU.Yes, I suppose it's remotely possible they are. But, I doubt anyone is losing sleep. :)
Edited by - Flip on 21 June 2002 2:16:12
here we have a paradox - a mystery on which a life hangs.. the society dumped their new blood cards.
they write ambiguous replies to "questions from.
readers" about what blood products can or can't be taken.
the WTS's lawyer...promised her that if she died while keeping her integrity and continuing to refuse blood, he would make sure she appeared in a future Awake! article.
Scully, the above statement you posted is too despicably bizarre to be true.
I dont know about anyone else, but, instead of 'shooting from the lip', I suggest you reserve future comment in this regard until relevant proof trumps hearsay, otherwise you end up looking like an embarrassment thats worse than serving no useful purpose.
Lets get back to reality...shall we.
Flip
Edited by - Flip on 21 June 2002 1:28:34
Edited by - Flip on 21 June 2002 1:29:19
ok...simon with his guess the song lyrics inspired me to do one for movies..... you can post your fave movie quote and see if anyone can guess it.
no home movies or indie please (unless its really well-known).
plus if you want you can put what genre it is...... i have one to start us out:.
Wolfman Jack to Richard Dreyfuss (Kurt) in American Graffitti.
Rats...'Mega, so soon! Obviously not the obscure dialog I had anticipated.
Reminds me...never underestimate the proclivity of the recluse. :)
Flip
