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  a "bloody" question - components vs. fractions

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the official wt rule on blood is, whole blood and the four primary components are forbidden, fractions from those are conscience matter.. now its clear, that the medical world only uses the term fractions.. its also clear, that there is no direct bibilical reason for dividing blood into permitted components and forbidden fractions.. .

  however, there is one argument of apologists, that has at least some value, if the premisse is true:.

  the problem with components is, that when they are extracted, they still contain small amounts of all other components, so they still resemble whole blood, only the percentage is different.. an example to illustrate (simplified):.

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  thanks for all the answers:

  Marvin shilmer:

  you said:

  Cryoprecipitate and cryosupernatant are the result of a thermo-mechanical fractionation of plasma. The result of this process is to separate a select globulin rich plasma solution from a select globulin poor plasma solution. The rich solution is termed cryoprecipitate and the poor solution is termed cryosupernatant. The cryoprecipitate is about 1-2% of the original volume of plasma. The cryosupernatant is the left-over 98-99% of the original volume of plasma. Together these to products represent the sum total of plasma, and Witnesses can and do accept both these products.

  May i ask a technical question to this:

  When plasma, which is "contaminated" by traces of other components, will be fractioned in Cryoprecipitate and cryosupernatant what happens with those traces ? Do they disappear during this process or are they still somehow in those seperated solutions of Plasma ?

  thx
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  gb members - part of a local congo ?

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all with bethel inside information:.

  normally the brothers serving at bethel are also connected with some local congregation.

  in my area, the brothers in bethel support different congregations in their city.. how is this in new york ?

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  To all with bethel inside information:

  Normally the brothers serving at Bethel are also connected with some local congregation. In my area, the brothers in bethel support different congregations in their city.

  How is this in New York ? And especially are the members of the GB also supporting local congregations, and maybe giving parts from the podium there as well ? Or are they excused and just busy giving talks at conventions or thinking about new rules for their followers ?

  just curious..
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  a "bloody" question - components vs. fractions

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the official wt rule on blood is, whole blood and the four primary components are forbidden, fractions from those are conscience matter.. now its clear, that the medical world only uses the term fractions.. its also clear, that there is no direct bibilical reason for dividing blood into permitted components and forbidden fractions.. .

  however, there is one argument of apologists, that has at least some value, if the premisse is true:.

  the problem with components is, that when they are extracted, they still contain small amounts of all other components, so they still resemble whole blood, only the percentage is different.. an example to illustrate (simplified):.

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  inbetween

  the official WT rule on blood is, whole blood and the four primary components are forbidden, fractions from those are conscience matter.

  now its clear, that the medical world only uses the term fractions.

  its also clear, that there is no direct bibilical reason for dividing blood into permitted components and forbidden fractions.

  However, there is one argument of apologists, that has at least some value, if the premisse is true:

  The problem with components is, that when they are extracted, they still contain small amounts of all other components, so they still resemble whole blood, only the percentage is different.

  An example to illustrate (simplified):

  whole blood: 30% red blood cells, 30% platelets, 30% plasma, 10% white cells.(I know its different in reality, just for arguments sake)

  after extraction, lets say red blood cells, they consist now of: 90% red cells, 4% platelets, 4% plasma, 2% white cells.

  so we see, the actual percenetage of each components varies after extraction, but still is there, therefore even a primary component as the red cell still contains ALL of bloods parts, therefore still somehow is whole blood.

  my question: is the premisse, that one component(either red, white cell, plasma, platelets) after seperation still contain parts of the other 3 components ?

  If the answer is yes, we know at least some reason for this WT stance.

  However it raises other questions:

  1) Why was this reason never published in the literature ?

  2) What if there is a method to extarct a clean (100%) component ? Would it then be allowed ?

  3) Anytime we eat meat, we also eat blood. WT says, this does not matter, because if the meat was proplerly bled, there is no reason to go to extremes. Would this principle not apply to seperating blood components ?

  Your input is very welcome...thx
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  Today's Watchtower study shows how desperate they are

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it seems as though at least one article in every issue of the study watchtower is devoted to reinforcing the governing body's authority.

  this from pargraph 10:.

  10 christ provides loving oversight of his congregations on earth by means of appointed elders.

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  the lesson in the parable is for the slave, to behave right and responsible, not like the evil slave a few verses later.

  The WTS turned it into a lesson for the "household" to obey the slave !!!
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  Today's Watchtower study shows how desperate they are

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it seems as though at least one article in every issue of the study watchtower is devoted to reinforcing the governing body's authority.

  this from pargraph 10:.

  10 christ provides loving oversight of his congregations on earth by means of appointed elders.

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  we visited another congo this weekend, and the WTS conductor was just realy ridiculous.

  at least 5 times he stressed how important it is to obey the governing body !! (compared to 2 times mentioning to obey jesus and jehova)

  this was not even directly mentioned in the artcile, but he thought it important to brng it out time and again, really annoying.

  even my wife, who still is fully in, was annoyed !

  was hard to sit though this self worship article of the brooklyn guys...
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  Do JW's read other books?

  by InterestedOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i ask my jw friend if she has read various classic books, she says, "i don't like to read.

  " however, she of course reads all the wt stuff.

  i don't know too many jw's, but the ones i have seen in the meetings seem mostly uneducated and, even when speaking from the platform, seem almost illiterate - that is, unable to pronounce certain words even in the wt literature.

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  it depends, mayn i know read other books, from science to fantasy, others again reply, they have no time, because they are soo busy with jehovahs work (and it gives their self confidence a real boost, when they say it)
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  "What will be examined in the following article?" How many of you adults shamelessly raised your hand for these questions?

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  every wt magazine has at least one article that asks this question at the end of one of the study articles.

  sometimes these questions are in the books such as this week's book study.

  they spiced it up a little bit for this book study though.

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  funny thread, sure I did when I was a kid, now I barley answer directly to the question, try to give dome brain in it...of course, eve a little brain means a lot for a such a repetition course...

  I remember, our WT conductor, one of the brighter JW you may find, got in trouble with other elders, for not turning the study into a stupid question - repeat from paragraph session. Sometimes he still doesnt listen, and digs deeper, which makes it a bit more interesting...
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  In Your Opinion Who Is The WORST President In USA History?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

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  I would say: Joseph F. Rutherford
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  Why don't JWs celebrate Thanksgiving

  by levicolemagic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first post here.

  i wrote this little article about why jws don't celebrate thanksgiving.. check it out here: http://hubpages.com/hub/what-jehovahs-witnesses-believe.

  let me know what you think of it.. god bless.

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  one explanation I got:

  thanksgiving goes back to the pilgrims in america, where they often killed poor Indians, thats why we dont celebrate it....seriously, that was the only explanation

  almost the same BS as with birthdays, toasting etc....
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  Latest apostate warning in Feb 15 2011 Watchtower

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  andre, who had served jehovah for years, had the bitter experience of being led astray.

  by apostate thinking.

  he felt that having a quick look at an apostate web site would not be dangerous.he recalls: initially, i was attracted to the so-called truths that the.

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  this article is not for those, who read regular apostate sites, even the WTS knows, that they are lost

  it is for those, who are curious (which may backfire though) and for those, who stumble at apostate sites, read a few lines and are confused. They may actually believe this experience and take it as excuse, not to think further, and bury all mind troubles, and continue following blindly the GB. because anything, that may cause doubts, is just something taken out of context.

  For an active, even occasional doubting JW, anything apostate is soo demonized, he would never consider reading apostate stuff. This article is designed to reinforce this thinking and to add the notion, that it is useless anyway, and it would be just an unnecessary detour on the quest for truth.