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  The Walrus Was Paul

  by MoneurMallard in

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  2. friends

  many new testament biblical students today of both messianic jewish and christian backgrounds, are finding out that paul of tarsus simply doesn't fit with the remainder of new testament theology.

  there is an article i've recently read, from the judaism vs. christianity dot com website that deals explicitly with this topic.... well, now i cannot seem to access it, but here is the link:.

  http://www.judaismvschristianity.com/paulthe.htm.

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  The Dog that did not bark: Jehovah's Witnesses' greatest mystery

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  'the dog that didn't bark' is an expression from a sherlock holmes mystery.

  it was an important clue that led to identifying the criminal.. it seems that the killer entered and left the estate grounds one night but without the guard dog barking an alarm at the intruder's presence as expected.. from this nonevent holmes reasoned that the dog must have known the killer and that clue led to solving the case.. .

  jehovah's witnesses are "the dog that didn't bark.".

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  Publication about blood transfusions and JW

  by Eclectic in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i wanted just to inform you about a publication, in case you are not aware of it, called declaration on the refusal of the jehovah's witnesses to accept blood transfusions (published in catalan, spanish and english) by the observatori de bioetica i dret (i. e. observatory of bioethics and law) of the university of barcelona from november 2005, which states: "it is important to recognise and highlight the issue which underlies the debate: the doubt arising in certain cases on the part of medical personnel regarding the degree of autonomy with which members of jehovahs witnesses take decisions to refuse blood transfusions.

  the usual presence of persons who act as mediators between the patient and the doctor may lead to doubts regarding the moral autonomy with which certain patients make decisions concerning their treatment.

  certain health professionals claim although confi rming these claims would prove diffi cult that for some jehovahs witnesses imposition by the doctor of the blood transfusion is a form of liberation of the patients own moral responsibility since the patient is not then allowed to decide anything and the risk to life is avoided.

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  News: Tamara Coakley's life saved by cow's blood

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  revolutionary 'blood' saves womanhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/revolutionary-blood-hboc-201-saves-tamara-coakley/story-e6frf7jo-1226050068016.

  herald sun - lucie van den berg - 3 hours agoa last-ditch effort to save mrs coakley's life led to 10 units of the haemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, called hboc-201 to be flown in from the us.

  picture: craig borrow source: herald sun the alfred hospital trauma service director dr mark fitzgerald .... congratulations on a medical miraclehttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/editorials/congratulations-on-a-medical-miracle/story-e6frfhqo-1226050128973.

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  Best way to step down from being a servant

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey i'm wondering if anyone can give some good advice on how to step down in the safest way.. i have served as an ms for a number of years, but can't do it anymore.

  i know too much i want to fade in the future when i get some family things straightened out.

  i can't move right now so that's out unfortunately.. what should i tell the body?

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  Do you miss "dressing up" for the meetings?

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about this the other day when doing a bit of tidying up of my wardrobe.

  all the kh suits are now pushed to the back of the wardrobe and i am seriously thinking about a visit to the charity shop to get rid of most of them.. for me one of the (few) enjoyable aspects of being a jw was getting dressed up.

  my secular work very rarely involves putting on a dress suit & tie so i miss getting dressed up - smart suit , tie , shiny shoes , slapping on the aftershave.

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  No part of this world? Watchtower lawyer an interfaith delegate

  by betterdaze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ige delegation meets with vietnam's prime minister (24 june 2008, last updated 02 april 2009).

  "the ige delegation included ige's president, dr. chris seiple, and ige's chairman of the board, dr. bob roberts (founder and senior pastor of northwood church in keller, texas); dennis jeffares, the international director for glocal ventures (northwood church's development ngo); dr. barrett duke, vice president for public policy and research and director of the southern baptist convention's research institute of the ethics & religious liberty commission; dr.thomas f. farr, the former first director of the state department's office of international religious freedom; james standish, the director of legislative affairs for the seventh-day adventist church's world headquarters; alan gallina, a human rights specialist with the office of general counsel for jehovah's witnesses; jared daugherty, ige's program officer for east asia; dr. david rambo of the christian and missionary alliance (former president of canadian bible college and theological college, now ambrose university college); and cardinal theodore edgar mccarrick, archbishop emeritus of washington, d.c.".

  "alan gallina thanked the pm for the government's invitation to the jehovah's witnesses to register, and james standish expressed his gratitude for the recent registration of the seventh day adventists (christmas 2006).".

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  How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.

  i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.

  and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.

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  BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

  while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

  a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

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  For Newbies: EXCELLENT Judicial meeting with LOTS of info!!

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thought i would bump to the top this excellent tape recording of a judicial meeting.

  you will find the person "on trial" has bneen a elder himself.

  once he realised things were not adding up he ended up disassociating himself along with his wife.

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