Topics Started by Pat_4037

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Is the use of animal blood products allowed?
by Pat_4037 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i recently saw a program on discovery health where a jw had been bitten by a rattle snake.

he was in critical condition but refused blood transfusions.

he did receive about 36 units of antivenom which eventually led to his succesful recovery.. this morning i learned that antivenom is made from the blood of sheep.
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Christians: Do you believe Jesus is the only way?
by sabastious in
1. jw
2. friends
i was walking around town and a guy on a bike comes up to and shoves a cardboard bum sign in my face with "jesus is the only way" written in classy sharpy marker.. check out this scripture:.

john 14: 6 - jesus answered, "i am the way and the truth and the life.

no one comes to the father except through me.. according to this scripture the guy's sharpy message was correct.. do you believe this message?.
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Questions after Statements
by IMHO in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone an expert in english grammar?.

why do the jw writers (annoyingly imo) so often use a one word question after a statement.. .

full-time service protectsus how?.
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Jehovahs Witnesses: the only organization preaching the good news !
by chrisjoel in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hisblir_2sw.
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Mind Control
by brotherdan in
1. jw
2. friends
so i've been reading stephen hassan's book on mind control and he made an interesting point that made me think about myself.

he asks the question, "what makes some people just walk out of cults on their own, while others require much harsher measures from others to get them out?".

most of you know that i was thoroughly indoctrinated as a jw.
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Do Some JWs Go to Heaven?
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
do some jw's go to heaven?

i read both of ray franz's books, and i was left with the impression that in his opinion, being a christian and being a jw were not necessarily mutually exclusive.

some of my christian coworkers have also expressed similar thoughts, when they say that there are "christ's brothers" within many different denominations.
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need to get over it but cant :(
by bez in
1. jw
2. friends
i text my little girls friends mum today as her daughter left some clothes (funnily enough, they were army pants and a t shirt, what ever happened to not supporting the army by not wearing calmoflage print etc!!!)..

i told her i would put them in a bag and told her she could call in for them whenever she was passing... anyway i just had my reply, hi, just keep them, *** will be out of them by next year anyway, so *** may as well just have them.

hope your all ok...x. so i take it thats her in basic words sayin... keep them cus i dont want to see you again and your apostate influence... i knew people would take this approach to our decision to not continue going to the meetings but i just am really struggling to deal with it without feeling like i have a disease that they do not want to catch :(.
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My Lord spoke and told me to post
by watersprout in
1. jw
2. friends
my lord spoke to me for the first time yesterday and this morning he told me to post my experience.. i know there are going to be ones who will call me names and thats ok. i will accept whatever you feel you need to say.. here goes.

i heard a voice calling ''my child'', this happened while at the zoo so i was taken off guard!

i replied ''who is this?
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Do you believe the "Conscious Class" will be saved? (CHRISTIANS ONLY)
by brotherdan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are thousands of people sill trapped in the organization that realize that it cannot be what it claims to be: god's only true organization.

but do you think that these ones that still believe in christ and his crucifixtion will still be saved?

after all, salvation does not come from an organization.