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BIG NEWS - UK Gov't to Stop Watchtower Blood Teaching?
by skeeter1 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
this below just came up on the wire and is higher in rank than the globe articlethe watchtower is going into spin control overtimehttp://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?newsid=1725new rules could threaten charity status of jehovah's witnesses.

religious intelligence ltd, uk - 19 minutes ago.

several jehovahs witnesses charities in the uk expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.
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Special Needs talk at our Hall tonite...
by CaptainSchmideo in
1. jw
2. friends
talk was about appreciating jehovah's provisions, something like that.... the po gave the talk.

apparently, after the last co visit, our congo got a letter from headquarters, informing us that our numbers are wayyyy down.

several inactive publishers, several more irregular, poor meeting attendance, and our hourly average is less than the national average (8.3 compared to 9.9).
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Look at what they are doing at dub receptions.
by darth frosty in
1. jw
2. friends
well it would be fun.... .

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?contentid=403233.

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True to thee 'til death: why Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood
by Bryan in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i haven't seen this posted..... http://www.journal-online.co.uk/articles/show/2719.

true to thee 'til death: why jehovah's witnesses refuse bloodfrom a sociological perspective, blood is a powerful symbol of allegiance for the witnesses simply because it is unimportant to other faith communitiesprint article.

post to facebook.
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Why does the WT society not open its own non blood hospitals?
by Gill in
1. watchtower
2. medical
why does the watch tower society not build and operate its own hospitals for its people who refuse to have blood in their treatment programme?.

surely, if bloodless surgery and treatment is so superior and they could prove it with their own statistics and survival rates they could show that blood should not be used.. so, what are they afraid of?.
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What was the first mean/unjust thing you saw as a JW that affected you?
by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in
1. jw
2. friends
think back.

you can list more than one.

.it's ok. how did you rationalize the actions of others?
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BBC The One Show
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
just watched the part about jehovah's witnesses - it was very brief and didn't go to any side, very neutral, possibly more positive than negative.

anyway after they showed that; i got in contact and offered to share my experiences with someone from there as they asked for anyone interested in doing so, to get in contact.. please please please do the same!!!!.

bbc.co.uk/theoneshow and get in touch!!.
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Recipe Question
by Sunspot in
1. jw
2. friends
if i had any pride i would not even ask this question or show how stupid i am.....but here goes:.

i saw either on the martha stewart show or another i watched last week---where they took cookie dough and pushed it into and around a pie plate as a crust and baked it before putting the filling in.

i bought some pillsbury cookie dough, did what i had seen them do....and popped it into the oven for the amount of time it took for it to get browned.. the problem was----that the "giant cookie" rose up to look like an already full baked pie....and the center stayed moist and chewy---not like a "crust" at all.
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The downside of no longer being a JW
by Quandry in
1. jw
2. friends
we have discovered a downside to no longer being a jw.

as we were washing clothes today, my husband remarked that since we no longer attend meetings, we are not constantly sending suits and dresses to the dry cleaners and alas, we no longer get hangers and are going to have to (gasp) buy some!

what down sides can you think of?.
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I met Jamie Oliver!!!
by tall penguin in
1. jw
2. friends
i work in a large bookstore in toronto.

this past thursday, jamie oliver came to promote his new book.

i got to work the "green room" and hang out with him before he went onstage.