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  Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported

  by allpoweredup in

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  to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

  christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

  (mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.

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  It cannot be poured out if the animal is found "already dead". In that case it could be eaten - Lev.17:15

  But we have had this conversation at length. You had nothing to say.
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  Let's talk about Blood again....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i know we have all talked about this topic before, but for some new ones on the forum, or to refresh ourselves, i wanted to start this thread.. the society likes to go on about the sacredness of blood, and how it should not be transfused etc.. they liken it to a symbol of life itself.

  something that should be respected and therefore not transfused.. but, what is more important: real life, or a symbol of life?.

  an illustration came to mind.. if we give a bunch of flowers to a loved one as a symbol of our love for them, are those flowers more important than the love itself?

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  Blood is not intrinsically sacred; it is only sacred insofar as it represents a life that has been taken.

  In the case of a transfusion no life has been taken and therefore the blood is not sacred. It can be used to sustain life, just as the Israelite could eat the unbled meat of an animal found "already dead". - Lev.17:15
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  Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported

  by allpoweredup in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

  christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

  (mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.

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  how can Acts 15:28,29 be invalidated when it burdens Christians to keep abstaining from blood?

  Acts 15 was a dispute about the application of the Law to Christians, therefore it has to be understood in the context of the Old Testament.

  Blood was only sacred insofar as it represented a life that had been taken.

  The Watchtower's prohibition on blood is based on a facile understanding of scripture.

  
  
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  Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...

  by dolphman in

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  ok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.

  all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.

  not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .

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  I know I will probably sound like a crazy person to most of you!

  Yep.

  Russell was a charlatan but he was not a Mason. The end.
  
  
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  "Smash The Old World"

  by cofty in

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  during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

  temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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  How can any of you people be right-leaning after your experiences in the borg? - Nevuela

  I'm struggling to see the connection but I think you have perfectly illustrated my point that some people on the left really don't understand others who don't share their worldview.

  Care and compassion are valued by people on the right and the left. Regressive lefts think it is the only virtue worthy of attention.
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  "Smash The Old World"

  by cofty in

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  during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

  temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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  hold your horses there boy ,an absolute in either camp has pitfalls....

  Of course. I didn't say otherwise did I?
  
  
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  "Smash The Old World"

  by cofty in

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  during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

  temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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  with all due respect, I think that issue applies to more than one "righty" as well

  There was an interesting study that showed how "lefties" failed miserably to describe the moral landscape of "righties" and predict their responses to ethical dilemmas, but the opposite was not true. I will try to find you the reference.
  
  
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  "Smash The Old World"

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

  temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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  I think Jonathan Haidt's book on the "Righteous Mind" explains the psychology behind a lot of modern-day tribalism.

  "Lefties" can't even comprehend how somebody can think differently from them and still be a moral, compassionate and ethical person.
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  "Smash The Old World"

  by cofty in

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  during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

  temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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  During Mao's Cultural Revolution images of the past were destroyed by the Red Guard. Temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.

  This image was taken by Li Zhengshen at the Jile Temple in August 1966. The sign on the wall translates as "Smash the old world".

  Will the left never learn?

  
  
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  What Is the JW Belief Regarding the Millennium?

  by Cold Steel in

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  most christian religions believe it will be a thousand-year period of peace.

  jws, however, seem to believe in the resurrection and then life on paradise earth.

  but do they believe in the millennium the way other christians do -- where the lion will lay down with the lamb [bzzzt...mandela effect correction] wolf will lay down with the lamb?

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  I've read the BOM. It reads like it was written by a teenager with an overactive imagination.

  It also plagiarises the King James bible. It is utter bollocks.