I don't see anything against either of these procedures in the material on the CD. If there was talk against it, it was probably before the 70s.
maninthemiddle
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Does the GB unwittingly endorse disobedience to the FDS??
by hamsterbait ini dont have the wt cd, so will need help on the references.. do you remember how the borg originally said that acupunture was demonic, as it posited unproven theories as to how it worked?.
so for many years, a jw would not take acupuncture treatments, if they were truly faithful.. then (and note this well) an article came out, where the writer told us about his experiences of acupuncture, and how it helped him.. in the interim no statement rescinding the previous view of acupuncture as wrong had been published by the society.. in other words, they printed an article showing that a jw had gone against current "light".. the same thing happened with kidney dialysis.. one minute the wtbts says it is wrong, then an article comes out about a co wife who had a home dialysis machine - again with no printed article cancelling the previous "light".. are they stupid, or is somebody telling us to do what we think is right?.
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Some days the board feels like this
by purplesofa injust some posters, not all.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4yjmwcs6h0.
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maninthemiddle
HI Purple!
We have good days and bad days, some of post on our bad days.
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Question From Readers reveals dependent state of JWs
by sd-7 injust consider some of the questions i found, not worrying about the responses:.
***w50 12/1 p.496 questions from readers***.
in view of what deuteronomy 4:15-23 has to say about the making of any graven image, would it be considered scripturally correct.
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maninthemiddle
Oh, pirata you have to tell me more. What kind of fuss could there be about caffeine?
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Question From Readers reveals dependent state of JWs
by sd-7 injust consider some of the questions i found, not worrying about the responses:.
***w50 12/1 p.496 questions from readers***.
in view of what deuteronomy 4:15-23 has to say about the making of any graven image, would it be considered scripturally correct.
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maninthemiddle
I forgot how laughable some of these "questions" are. These are all very recent.
*** w07 11/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***
Is it proper for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to attend the wedding of a non-Witness relative or acquaintance?
*** w07 12/1 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***
How should a Christian view hunting and fishing?
*** w06 3/1 p. 28 Questions From Readers ***
What did the apostle Paul mean when he stated that women should “keep silent in the congregations”?
*** w05 4/1 p. 29 Questions From Readers **
Should a Christian give a government employee a tip or a gift for his services, or would that be viewed as bribery?
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Question From Readers reveals dependent state of JWs
by sd-7 injust consider some of the questions i found, not worrying about the responses:.
***w50 12/1 p.496 questions from readers***.
in view of what deuteronomy 4:15-23 has to say about the making of any graven image, would it be considered scripturally correct.
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maninthemiddle
You don't have to back that far to find "questions from readers who think for themselves"
***w074/15p.30QuestionsFromReaders***
Should a Christian avoid beverages and foods that contain caffeine?
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Sex Offender in Court for Right to Go Door to Door
by jamiebowers inhttp://www.courthousenews.com/2010/03/10/25418.htm.
imo, this jerk doesn't have to go door to door.
he could get his time in by informal witnessing.
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maninthemiddle
While not condoning his actions, this person is not a threat to the public, and I hate to see the system waste their time with it. It sounds llike they were being more reasonable than many stories you hear about the government.
This guy is just going to give the Borg another black eye.
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Varying Rules in the Congregation
by cantleave inthe society rarely phrases its man made rule as thou shall or shalt not, but makes "suggestions".
the elders of each congregation will then enforce those "suggestions" to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the demographics of each elder body.
the inconsistancies result in uncertainty and that in itself becomes an additional form of control.. it is possible for someone who has only experienced only one or two congregations to read someone elses experience on a site like this one and may think, that does not happen in the organisation.
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maninthemiddle
This is to me an explanation of why my wife doesn't belive some of the stories I tell her.
She spent her first 30 years in the same congreation where her dad was either an MS or elder for much of that.
while I have been in 5 different congreations, my first 2 that I grew up in was worlds different than any I have been in with my wife. They had all kinds of strange rules and seceret meetings and seemed to be a big proponant of disfellowshipping people who didn't fit in.
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Why the Society needs to have an interpretation for every prophecy
by Olin Moyles Ghost inthe "prophetic" books of the bible contain lots of wild imagery and vague predictions.
for example, daniel describes various periods of 1260, 1290, 1335, and 2300 days.
revelation contains discussions of a variety of wild beasts, trumpet blasts, etc.
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maninthemiddle
Unity (conformity) is the ony explanation I could come up with.
I floated along for many years, but it was when I decied to "pay more than the usuall attention", aka when we studied the daniel book, that became the last straw for me. Reading one verse of scripture then reading (parroting) three or four pages of nonsense conjecture that pointed to modern times WTS, no, that wasn't for me. That was the last Book study (BS) I went to.
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JW's and Selling Stuff at the Hall
by lepermessiah inmy wife got an invite to a "party" and got me thinking...... one of the biggest things that used to annoy me was how many members of the congregation were involved in those mlm sales schemes or "work from home" companies and they used the kh as the hub of their business.
many of those companies are very legit, and i have no problem with people selling that stuff, its just that people would use their field service tactics to pressure others in the hall to buy stuff.. every week, a member of my family would get invited to a candle party, cosmetics party, tupperware party, vitamin party, etc......you could go bankrupt just from the constant flow of parties and feeling obligated to buy something.. the sad part was that if you turned down the invite or went and didnt buy anything, you would offend the selller!.
then, they would always run around and deliver their orders before and after the meeting (unles the elders put a stop to it), otherwise you would see them out in their car after the meeting distributing everyones' orders.. .
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maninthemiddle
Chickpea, I remember when we had a similar command.
My parents were into all kinds of MLM crap. Also the vitamin MLMs were very common where I grew up. I think that they draw people who don't like to work, like my father. It is great for people who can't do physical labor, but the people i knew thought it was a way to get rich and not have to work a job.
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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
by cofty inmany years ago i came across this painting in the national museum of scotland in edinburgh.
simply called "hagar" it was painted by andrew geddes in the early 19th c.. i was touched by the sadness of the subject.
at the time i was a loyal jw and my ability to read the bible through a filter that could justify anything was at its peak.. for the first time i was forced to face up to the scandal of how abraham and sarah treated their young slave girl.
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maninthemiddle
wow, thank you, that was great.