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  Help requested for court case

  by Anony Mous in

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  i am looking for court cases and news reports on underage children being denied blood transfusions and as a result either having the court intervene or death.

  any report especially 2008-2011 will work very well.. also any jw publication that says jw's die rather than accepting blood.

  also any jw publication that encourages this practice in regards children especially official documents and recent publications (2005-2011 or whenever the last doctrinal change was).. .

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  Anony Mous

  I am looking for court cases and news reports on underage children being denied blood transfusions and as a result either having the court intervene or death.

  ANY report especially 2008-2011 will work very well.

  Also ANY JW publication that says JW's die rather than accepting blood. Also ANY JW publication that encourages this practice in regards children especially official documents and recent publications (2005-2011 or whenever the last doctrinal change was).

  I am fighting for the potential LIFE of my CHILD! Please help!
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  I wonder why

  by therevealer in

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  they dropped epubs from the march study towers.

  and 2012 yearbook..

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  Probably because way too many "brothers" started using iPad's and iPhone's as their Washtowel. I've seen it several times before I left, it must've only increased the last few months. Can't have people accessing the Interwebs to cross-reference their quotes now can you.
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  Who designed cancer?

  by snare&racket in

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  one thing i regret, is not listening to the questions in my head whilst a jw.

  one i didn't ask until years after leaving was....who designed disease?

  of course the first thing to realise is the complexity of disease, the histology, pathology and aetiology.

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  I guess this has been an "educate Vidqun" thread rather than proper discussion. (Back on thread) You mentioned in response to me that you believe in adaptation but not in evolution and you see evidence of such adaptation (superbugs etc.) but can't believe this contributes to evolution. This is exactly what evolutionary science IS - you have a bunch of tiny adaptations that eventually make a species evolve into another (over a really long period of time - millions of years). Superbugs for example are sometimes entirely new subspecies that have their own category in nomenclature.

  Off course we're going to be missing steps as those in-between steps disappear (millions died in the last 1000 year but we only have a few hundredthousand full skeletons preserved). Also, not every change is necessarily beneficial but over time they eventually get drowned out by other more succesful changes or not if other natural or artificial processes mess with the environment.

  The rest of your rants: Circumcision is entirely unnecessary except for certain medical conditions (such as phimosis) in which case there are alternatives to full circumcision. And the science that says it helps against STD's has been debunked several times as simply bad studies. One of the studies gave condoms and proper education to the circumcised group and nothing whatsoever to the control group and then compared them. Other groups were also very small and other studies have shown no and even reverse results in other groups. It then gets repeated on TV and by idiots like Bono, it's the whole Jenny McCarthy thing over again. What it does help against is certain hygienic issues but with proper hygiene these things are alleviated so you're back to considering the side effects (which can be quite severe and have lead to sepsis and death) and you would also have to consider the impact it has on sex life later as the sensory properties of the organ are severely diminished. Also, are you talking about full circumcision or several other options there?
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  Some people just "need" religion...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  2. scandals

  i heard this from a man at a door this morning.... it was in response to the question, "do you think god has only one true religion?

  " it was asked by an elder i was with.

  he did all the talking at the doors.

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  "Ask yourself now, Did Christ Jesus, who set our example and told us to follow his example to gain life, join any church organization in his day? No, God does not require us to do that; but he requires us to worship him... We have the Bible to show us the right way. Certainly it is not necessary for a person to become a member of a church to gain everlasting life."Watchtower 1953 Mar 1 p.143

  But yes, some people need someone else to tell them what to do. They require guidance because they themselves have no control over themselves or their lives and they hope someone else will.
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  Christmas traditions

  by tec in

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  i thought it would be nice to start a thread with some of your favorite christmas traditions... especially for those who are just beginning to celebrate christmas.

  we open a gift on christmas eve.

  when i was a kid, it was always a new pair of pajamas.

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  First year for me, I'm super excited. It's so much fun, it's not even funny. I wonder why this was withheld from us when we were kids, this is a freaking amazing holiday, you know you're getting gifts (rather than the lame "we get you gifts throughout the year") but you don't know what it is so it's so much more exciting. I still don't celebrate "Christ" but rather the solstice or whatever.
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  Is this HARD evidence that the INTERNET is hurting the Watch Tower Society?

  by cedars in

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  these are the countries with 80 to 89.99% internet penetration:.

  these are the countries with 70 to 79.99% internet penetration:.

  these are the countries with 60 to 69.99% internet penetration:.

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  It is tangible proof that living in a richer country gives you less need to be involved in something that promises you a better future. If you look at the growth figures in the 70's-90's you'll see the same pattern, rich (well educated) countries have less growth than the poor (not so educated) countries.
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  I want a thumb ring and im a JW!

  by TimothyT in

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  tim here.... ok... stupid question.... if i buy a thumb ring will it make me look gay in the kingdom hall?.

  incidently i am a gay jw and i dont want to let on to any brothers, but i realy like the idea of having one to look cool!.

  is that gay?

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  Hey, I'm in an entirely different category. Some in our community wear a ring on the middle finger to indicate they have a secondary relationship while married to someone else (which they also have a classic ring for). Looks really cool.
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  Who designed cancer?

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
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  one thing i regret, is not listening to the questions in my head whilst a jw.

  one i didn't ask until years after leaving was....who designed disease?

  of course the first thing to realise is the complexity of disease, the histology, pathology and aetiology.

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  Anony Mous

  Oh Vidqun, you use the same old arguments that have been used by creationists a long time. You seriously do not understand the process of evolution because Apes -> Men and the Eye evolving are so old and boring, watch any YouTube video or any book on the subject and they'll explain it to you, I'm starting to think you're trolling by now.

  On the subject again: Virusses and bacteria are the prime example of evolution because new generations get produced in very short periods of time (seconds, minutes, days) that any 'beneficial' mutation (those that give it an edge in any part of the process of reproduction) quickly creates a whole new strain of bacteria/virii (see common cold, flu, the recent discovery of the experiment with avian flu in ferrets) so that new strains (new subspecies - on the equivalent of going from H. Sapiens Idaltu to Homo Sapiens) can evolve in about a year or two in the wild.

  If you want to extrapolate, virusses that multiply in a matter of minutes take 1-2 years to evolve into a tiny change that is successful enough for it to be potent. H. Sapiens multiplies itself on the order of once every 20 years. If you want evidence of H. Sapiens 'evolving', look at the skeleton and skulls of humans in the well-preserved Dark Ages (you know, knights and so on). They're a lot less tall and have a slightly smaller skull than what is currently the average.
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  Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, among 19 of 100 of the biggest “charities” in Canada who refused to tell finances to Charity Intelligence Canada.

  by koolaid-man in

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  watchtower organizations lack of transparency!

  19 of canadas 100 richest charities refused to make their audited financial statements public, forcing charity intelligence to ask the canada revenue agency to dig them up:.

  vgh & ubc hospital foundation, vancouver.

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  No "administrative" costs. Such BS, the printery itself is an overhead. Or do they mean, there's no cost funding any of the charities because they don't have any *burn*
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  Are You Still 'Politically Neutral'?

  by leavingwt in

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  are any of you still 'politically neutral' for biblical reasons?

  just curious.. .

  lwt.

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  Anony Mous

  I never was really strictly neutral (I always had my viewpoints) and I still am not although I lean certain ways. I have always participated over the last 2 years (even when I was a blinded dub) by sending e-mails to my congresscritters. Not that it changes anything which is why I don't get involved any further. I am pretty apathetic about either dems, reps or a non-violent protest. In the US you need a leftist or centrist party or a freaking revolution.