Posts by sacrebleu

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Hi - new user, but something interesting for our American friends
by Beagle in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=495140&in_page_id=1811&in_page_id=1811&expand=true.

revelations re the madeline mccann disappearance - the mail is a middle of the road uk paper, not a tabloid.

murat's girlfriend a jw?.
sacrebleu

But it says she was at a "prayer meeting". Either she is lying or the paper misnamed it.
The JWs don't have prayer meetings.
sacrebleu
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How I handled Child Abuse cases when I was an Elder (1996-2006)
by slmdf in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
hey ya'll.

i know there is a lot of buzz due to the nbc story.

i thought i'd share my experience as an elder dealing with abuse.. i attended 23 different congregations in my life and served as an elder or ms in 9 of them.
sacrebleu

You say you followed the rules but didn't your conscience kick in?
What if it had been your child.
I thank your for the input but I still wonder how people can be so controlled.
I was a JW too and never would have let this crap go.
sacrebleu
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Fraud JW Style
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.news.com/police-blotter-dot-com-swindler-goes-to-prison/2100-1014_3-6219675.html.

http://www.news.com/.

police blotter: dot-com swindler goes to prison .
sacrebleu

The reason why we notice when JWs do this stuff is that their org. brags that they are ABOVE this sort of thing. After all, they belong to the one true religion...yeah, right...
That is the difference. And that's why we notice. The baptists, methodists, etc don't claim to be the only true religion and they don't forbid the rank and file going to court.
There you have it...
sacrebleu
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Home Address for Governing Body member David H Splane
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i looked up using an online database the home address for governing body member david h. splane.

the database i used returns the addresses associated with a person going back 25 years.. here are the results:.

david h splane.
sacrebleu

Which address is the most current? Shall we all write to him and tell him off about the perverts?
sacrebleu
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***24 HOURS from now***
by sf in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
.... skally.
sacrebleu

*summer*
Exactly what did you find? I went to a friend's house to see it and then got nothing. We don't have cable so must rely on friend's if I want to see something spectacular.
Is this another on of Danny's misguided "stunts" or what?
If you have any info, SHARE!
Thanks,
sacrebleu
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Trauma center refuses to treat JWs?
by sacrebleu in
1. jw
2. friends
i read this in an article written about jws.. is it true that a major trauma center in florida refuses to treat jws?.
sacrebleu

Wow Pioneer Spit
I bet that was pretty scary for you. What eventually happened? Is that what got you out?
sacrebleu
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Trauma center refuses to treat JWs?
by sacrebleu in
1. jw
2. friends
i read this in an article written about jws.. is it true that a major trauma center in florida refuses to treat jws?.
sacrebleu

I read the second article through a second time and found the statement about Florida.
It basically looks like the same article I found quoted on a different web site.
sacrebleu
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Trauma center refuses to treat JWs?
by sacrebleu in
1. jw
2. friends
i read this in an article written about jws.. is it true that a major trauma center in florida refuses to treat jws?.
sacrebleu

I read the whole article sited and could not find anything about the hospital in Florida but I am sleepy. Maybe I can find it later.
As for refusing to treat someone, basically it works like this. Any patient has the right to refuse any treatment, but the doctor under those circumstances can also step away and refuse to treat this person.
After all, in most major trauma cases, people are going to be in dire need of blood transfusions.
If they are going to refuse this life saving treatment, then why treat them. Still, it is kind of odd that they just flat refuse. If it is true, there would be stories of people being turned away or of the Florida JWs just knowing not to go there OR maybe the ambulance drivers' just routinely ask what religion you are and make their decision based on where to take you from that.
I can remember years ago that when you went to an ER, that was one of the first questions. I haven't heard it in a while though. I have had health problems most of my life and I have seen my share of ER rooms so I speak from first hand experience.
I just wonder if ANYONE out there can confirm this. A doctor, a nurse, a patient who has been turned away. Any lurking JWs from Florida out there have an answer?
sacrebleu
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Do you condemn the Society's no-blood policy and still do not DONATE BLOOD?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. medical
it's your decision to make.

it would be as wrong of this community to insist everyone donate blood as it is of the cult to insist otherwise.

.
sacrebleu

Thankfully, I am on too much heart meds.
I say thankfully because when they take blood for a test, they have to try four or five times, burst my veins, turn me black and blue. One blood test took 45 minutes to get enough blood and the nurse and I were both crying by the time they got done.
Now I am more aggressive about asking for someone who is good at hard draws, but I still have a hard time.
sacrebleu
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Trauma center refuses to treat JWs?
by sacrebleu in
1. jw
2. friends
i read this in an article written about jws.. is it true that a major trauma center in florida refuses to treat jws?.
sacrebleu

Yes, I'll try to type it in. I can't copy and paste for some reason.
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19830/jehovah-s-witnesses-33
Try that one. Anyone live in Florida who can confirm or deny this?
Hope it works.
sacrebleu