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  Blood

  by Aleman in

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  2. experiences

  i 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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  Chalam

  Hi Aleman,
  Not sure that I understand this post
  
  "OK Chalam, If this is your answer, Stop Paying Taxes! You say to be free then be free of taxes. After all this was the topic in which I said that. Some people just love to take words and twist them around to try hard to get attention.
  
  -Aleman"
  
  Maybe you could elaborate please?
  
  Regards,
  Stephen
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  Blood

  by Aleman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i 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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  Chalam

  Hi momzcrazy,
  "Isn't that a wonderful sensation Chalam? I have said that there is so much less yet so much more to salvation than we were taught as Witnesses."
  
  Yes it is awesome! Nothing much for us to do to be saved.
  
  My JW friend hope's he is 'doing enough' to have his name in the Book Of Life.
  
  Ephesians 2 (New International Version)
  
  8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
  
  So take the gift-it's free!
  
  Regards,
  Stephen
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  Blood

  by Aleman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i 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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  Chalam

  Hi Aleman,
  Thanks for your post. I found this interesting.
  
  "I have no other choice than to follow what is instructed for me to do."
  
  Doesn't sound anything like "Freedom In Christ", please read Galatians 5 here.
  
  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&chapter=5&version=31&context=chapter
  
  When you have The Spirit of God living inside you, He will show you how to live, not the rules and regulations of a religious body.
  
  Regards,
  Stephen
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  Possibility? What if there were over 144,000 partakers worldwide this year?

  by Guest with Questions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have read a few threads regarding this issue and i'm wondering.

  if the doors of 1935 are no longer closed, and the gates of heaven are open, and a person feels that they are now of the annointed, what's to stop the younger or new people from partaking?

  does the possibility exist that more than 144,000 could partake worldwide?

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  Chalam

  Hi GWQ,
  Hopefully you have read some of my posts on the subject?
  
  Jesus is not a liar and the 144 000 are out of the tribulation which hasn't even started and they are clearly Jews.
  
  The WTO use them as a key doctrine to stop JWs from being born again etc. interesting as the Bible say this is the ONLY way into God's kingdom.
  
  John 3:3(New International Version)
  In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "
  
  All the best,
  Stephen
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  Blood

  by Aleman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i 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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  Chalam

  Hi aleman,
  mouthy has it-amen!
  
  These verses say it all.
  
  Leviticus 17:11 (New International Version)
  For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life.
  
  John 6:53
  Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
  
  John 6:54
  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  
  Romans 3 (New International Version)
  
  Righteousness Through Faith
  
  21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through faith in his blood.
  
  So is your faith in the simple beliefs of the Bible or the teachings of the WTO?
  
  It is no coincidence that the JWs refuse the bread and wine which is symbolic of this faith. Also it is a command of Jesus for ALL believers (no mention in any bible of this being just for 144 000).
  
  All the best,
  Stephen
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  Having a guilty conscience and maybe I should go back to JW

  by hambeak in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have read the new wt and am thinking of going back.

  i believe a lot of the teachings and i see what is going on .

  i just feel a lot of confusion right now.

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  Chalam

  Hi hambeak,
  You are clearly searching for the truth but surely you have been here long enough to know that the WTO is not it and at the heart of the organization is lies and deceit.
  
  Why would you want to go back to that?
  
  There is absolute truth and here it is
  
  John 3:3 (New International Version)
  In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "
  
  So unlearn what you have learned as a JW and have the faith of a child.
  
  Mark 10:15
  I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
  
  All the best,
  Stephen
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  How do JW's react when learning that Jehovah is not part of Christianity?

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah this, jehovah that......6 times per page in the old testament.

  but oh how few jw's know that the name jehovah does not even appear in the christian greek scriptures....or new testatment as i prefer.

  i used to be so proud of our real bible, the nwt for restoring the divine name thousands of times in the ot.

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  Chalam

  Hi oompa,
  Good post, I agree.
  
  Most incredible is where they substitute "Jehovah" for the greek "Theos" (God) in Revelation.
  
  Start at chapter 4
  
  NWT 8 And as for the four living creatures, each one of them respectively has six wings; round about and underneath they are full of eyes. And they have no rest day and night as they say: “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.”
  
  NWT 11 “You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.”
  
  All other versions have "God", see here
  
  http://bible.cc/revelation/4-8.htm
  
  http://bible.cc/revelation/4-11.htm
  
  This is against the waring at the end of Revelation itself, see the NWT has it.
  
  18 “I am bearing witness to everyone that hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll; 19 and if anyone takes anything away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take his portion away from the trees of life and out of the holy city, things which are written about in this scroll."
  
  I have told my JW friend several times that the NWT is far from 'the most accurate translation' but pointed out how it demotes Jesus and promotes "Jehovah" to support their beliefs. I have given him many examples of this and other twisted verses and advised him to use his other bible only (which I think is the NIV).
  
  All the best,
  Stephen
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  144,000 Jokes

  by Dogaradodya in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  but sometimes true.

  by pete.

  lets share jokes about the 144,000. .

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  Chalam

  Biggest joke is that the are clearly all Jews, not JWs.
  
  Also that they come out of the tribulation, a period we clearly haven't even started yet.
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  Will Smith is a Scientologist!?

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how did i miss this?.

  home > gossip > will smith > will smith's scientology campaignwill smith's scientology campaignjanuary 11 2008 -by bang showbiz upi.comwill smith is reportedly recruiting members for the church of scientology.

  the 'i am legend' actor - whose wife jada pinkett-smith is a follower of the bizarre sci-fi cult - has reportedly been handing out cards offering free personality tests at scientology centres to cast and crew on his latest movie.

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  Chalam

  Hi,
  Interesting title to the movie, I wondered about that when I saw the trailer. No surprise that Will is into the popular Hollywood cult.
  
  Exodus 3 (New International Version)
  13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
  14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
  
  Strange how He didn't reply "Jehovah" ;)
  
  Regards,
  Stephen
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  WELCOME NEWBIES - all of you! Check in here, I'm losing track of you.

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just saw the eighth post by botheyesopen.

  i noticed aliciaj, dogaradodya, chicken little, cognac, hypnotic, mochalatte.. some have been welcomed and some have not.. .

  we have so many i can't keep up so.... .

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  Chalam

  Hi all,
  I'm new around here too ;)
  
  
  Hi mouthy, I agree.
  
  John 14 (New International Version) 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
  
  So we are to ask Jesus for things in His name, not ask Jehovah in His name. I wonder how many times JWs have ever done that?
  
  All the best,
  Stephen