as a jw would you have allowed your pet to have a blood transfusion to save it's life?
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what is the society's stand on this today?.
That is so sad Magnum. We had a boxer that bled internally and fainted. We allowed a transfusion but discovered the next day that his bleeding was caused by a ruptured and inoperable cancerous tumor.
I believe the Society still frowns on blood transfusions for pets but I'm really not sure.
as a jw would you have allowed your pet to have a blood transfusion to save it's life?
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what is the society's stand on this today?.
As a JW would you have allowed your pet to have a blood transfusion to save it's life?
What is the Society's stand on this today?
for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.
Hi NBD
Had to chuckle for a moment.
As I see it Armageddon did happen almost 40 years from the Olivet discourse....immediately at the close of the unrepeatable localized tribulation.
for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.
"Finally it was anyone who knew anyone who was born by 1914, which is where I think it went off the rails."
How anyone could believe this was not a desperation move by the Faithful Slave to salvage their 1914 dogma is beyond me.
for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.
The youngest, i.e., babies born in 1914, are 107 today. When Jesus said that surely this generation would not pass away, he was obviously talking about a thriving generation; not a decrepit few barely hanging onto life.
all throughout history in greek, hebrew, and latin languages - there was no j sound!
no jay sound.. .
why did christians start using a non-hebrew name for the son of god?
Re: The Real Name of God
What did Nehemia Gordon find in the Vatican Junk-Box?
Apparently the real name of God.
Hebrew Luke and John found in Vatican Junk Box – NehemiasWall.com
It is always fun to see Nehemia Gordon's enthusiasm over discoveries related to God's personal name.
However, I for one do not think it is at all important to know the exact Hebrew pronounciation of the Father's name or the Son's name for that matter. And I don't believe that proclaiming God's name means anything more than teaching and demonstrating His Person, attributes and character. The Pharisees may have known God's personal name and used it often, yet they were of another father.
The fact that there are first century fragments of John and Luke's gospels in Hebrew does not prove they predated those written in Greek. Nor does it prove that God’s name was in the originals. The fact is that none of the thousands of ancient Greek manuscripts or fragments thereof have the name.
That being said, I do believe that Yahovah with the accent on the last syllable is most likely right on. Nonetheless, I have no problem with those using Jehovah, or Yahweh and believe those are more accurate renderings of the divine name. In other words l don't think it's an issue of any importance.
If I had never heard my earthly father's first name, I would love him no less today....because I know him and what he did and what he was like.
ONLY those who pride themselves in knowing and using and teaching the name, should at least get it right...as Terry points out.
for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.
Actually Russell predicted 1914 would bring on Armageddon or the end of human government.
for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.
The generation Jesus was talking about in Matthew 24:34 is identical to the one he spoke about in Matthew 23:36.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Mt 24:34
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Mt 23:36
And incidentally, wherever the Greek word “genea” appears alone in the gospels, it is used to delineate “one set of parents to the next”. However, whenever genea is preceded by the definite article “this” (houtos) before “generation”, “this generation” (houtos genea), in context, clearly covers the same group of people, i.e., “Christ's contemporaries”
quite effective and enjoyable.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijzvt_jptx8&t=1306s.
An oldie, but a goodie. I was just about to post this one myself and then I saw it was already posted. A real find Terry.
do you have any amazing quotations that have been produced by the faithful slave over the years?.
remember it's important that we should learn to love and value truth for it’s own sake; to respect and honor it by owning and acknowledging it wherever we find it and by whomever presented.
a truth presented by the faithful slave himself is just as true as a truth stated by god.. share some of those amazing quotations that have fascinated you.
Disillusioned JW
Yes, its fascinating to see them denegrate the Bible to elevate their own importance.
"Unless we are in touch with this channel of communication that God is using, we will not progress along the road to life, no matter how much Bible reading we do,” (Watchtower, Dec. 1, 1981, p. 27).
WT 10/1/1967: "Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe they can interpret the Bible. For this reason the Bible cannot be properly understood without Jehovah's visible organization in mind."
WT 1/15/1983: "Would we know the way of the truth if it had not been for guidance from the organization? Really, can we get along without the direction of God's organization? No, we cannot!"
