Hotchocolate, glad you appreciated it. As for the further research, a really great website to delve into is www.talkorigins.org It's very non-threatening, clear and well-documented with lots of annotated references to scientific source material. Their section on the biblical flood is what pushed me out of the Witnesses.
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Abstain from Blood...
by hotchocolate inmy first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).
so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.
at the moment.
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Abstain from Blood...
by hotchocolate inmy first post was a few days ago now, and finally my heart has stopped pounding whenever i log on.. :-).
so, i have been in the truth all my life, 3rd generation witness, never left, never been in trouble, pioneered for years, and am a respected member of my congregation.
at the moment.
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marmot
The only thing you need to knock down the blood policy is Matthew chapter 12.
I don't even believe in the divine inspiration of the Bible anymore, but when I read that chapter it is downright impossible to argue in favor of refusing blood at the risk of dying, ESPECIALLY when children are involved.
That would have been tantamount to Jesus telling his disciples that if a lamb fell into a pit on the sabbath you had to let the lamb die because the sabbath is sacred. In fact the sabbath was a helluva lot more sacred than the dietary restrictions on blood, you'd be stoned to death for violating the sabbath but merely considered unclean and "cut off" from the camp for a while if you ate unbled meat.
As the chapter shows, that is the exact opposite of what Jesus was trying to convey.
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Ex-Jw dating sites?
by Mizz.Eye ini am lonely.
i am young, but i feel it would be nice to finally have a close friend and if i turn out to love and want to commit then even better.
the regular dating sites don't do it.
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marmot
I've wondered the same thing, but I fear the membership pool would be too small and thinly spread out to be workable.
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Evolution is a religious teaching
by lrkr ini kid you not.
page 16 of 1/1/08 wt.
"although evolution is usually presented in scientific language, it is really a religious doctrine.".
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I find it is fruitless to try and show somebody the error of a literal biblical view of earth's history when they are hell-bent on believing it. My uncle has a PhD in psychology but he believes in the biblical flood. I've tried to show him scientific evidence to the contrary but he reverts much to the same attacks as rollerdave and refuses to acknowledge anything that might damage his beliefs. The jury is not "out" on evolution, either. It is as valid as the theory of gravity.
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Eve, 1975 and time
by JWdaughter inok, this is a bit off the cuff.
and it was inspired by a comment made by someone about cain.
if adam was 130 when seth was born, then we know that eve was not 130 at that time.
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It's still arguing about fictional characters. Archeology shows that humans have been around way before Adam's supposed creation in 4026 BC.
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30 y/o Bros from TX move to FL, have a party with 16 y/o Sisters!
by MinisterAmos inwe here in the fl panhandle were "blessed" to have some 25 ish y/o brothers from tx move here recently.
they had the usual welcoming party two weeks ago, and all the young bros from mobile to fort waalton showed up to welcome them!
the only thing was, there was no elder to supervise!
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Doesn't seem like an isolated phenomenon. A friend's younger sister got pregnant from a 30-something "pioneer brother" at a party after having way too much to drink.
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What do you think about Demons now?
by tooktheredpill inhi guys!.
as many of you know, i'm still inside the borg, but my mind is completely disconnected.
i had a chat with some friends during the week, and they started sharing experiences they had, dealing with demons in the past.. i heard some stories from brothers from cuba, that used to be mediums or "saints", and how the demons "immediately started to attack them when they started learning the truth(tm)".
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marmot
Demons are nonexistent. Figments of the imagination drawn up to excuse people's own evil actions or fears.
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Tom Cruise has PR video for Scientology.
by moshe inwell, using his terminology ex-jw's would be called supressive persons- sp's .
hurry before it gets blocked by the lawyers.. http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress.
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Scientology would be just another harmless goofy religion if it weren't for the money aspect.
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Blood
by Aleman ini am getting away for a moment from congacs forum to talk about what i have reaserched about the blood topic.. blood is composed of a liquid called blood plasma and blood cells suspended within the plasma.
the blood cells present in blood are red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.plasma is predominantly water containing dissolved proteins, salts and many other substances; and makes up about 55% of blood by volume.
by far the most abundant cells in blood are red blood cells.
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Aleman, you've just explained what white blood cells and albumin are, I already know what they are. What you haven't given me is a reason why one is acceptable and one is not - biblically OR medically - according to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Inc.
They are both components of blood, and albumin is a far larger component of blood. Why the distinction? Why should white blood cells NOT be allowed?
I gave you an example of a mother who is forbidden from giving a partial white blood cell transfusion to a leukemic or immunodeficient child, according to Watchtower dogma, whereas she naturally gave that same child numerous units of white blood cells when it was nursing.
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Blood
by Aleman ini am getting away for a moment from congacs forum to talk about what i have reaserched about the blood topic.. blood is composed of a liquid called blood plasma and blood cells suspended within the plasma.
the blood cells present in blood are red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.plasma is predominantly water containing dissolved proteins, salts and many other substances; and makes up about 55% of blood by volume.
by far the most abundant cells in blood are red blood cells.
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marmot
Don't confuse him with big words, he's not equipped to process them.