Topics Started by Marvin Shilmer

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Tertullian & June 15/00 WT on Blood
by hawkaw in
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in two paragraphs in the june 15/00 wt qfr on blood, tertullian is quoted a few times in the 5th and 6th paragraphs on page 29.

( http://www.jwfiles.com/blood-wt6-15-00.htm.

i have been trying to find the exact quotes from tertullian.
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Branch Office Report
by Dogpatch in
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http://thetruthhurts.freeservers.com/report.htm
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Blood, The Watchtower and Deceit
by Maximus in
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while much attention is given to doctrine in sites such as this, very little is noted about the watchtower societys intellectual dishonesty in its publications, especially when it comes to quotations.. oftentimes the societys writers will cite a scholar or author of some repute: "professor blank observes that blah, blah, blah.

" the reader assumes from the quotation that professor blank is in agreement with the organizations position, of course, and that the quotation chosen accurately depicts the authors thoughts.. heres the catch: the words between the quotation marks may be accurate, but the snippet may not at all faithfully represent someones actual thesis or position.

much like a newspaper ad for a movie that quotes a reviewer as saying "monumental!
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Report on Jacksonville losing WT convention
by expatbrit in
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city loses big convention .

by bill johnson, special to the daily record.

wash your car, it will rain.
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Society on Documenting Personal Views
by Marvin Shilmer in
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question: does the watchtower society want individual witnesses expressing personal viewpoints about vital religious issues to persons whose intent is to record and document the findings?

the following letter written under the new letterhead from the societys service department documents the answer to this question.

christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses.
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Canada's Numbers Declining-Worries Bethel
by Had Enough in
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man it's good to be home, relaxed and de-stressing right now!

how many times today, i just wanted to say aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhh!!!!

at my circuit's one-day assembly.
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Apheresis Blood Donation
by Marvin Shilmer in
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looking for research material:.

the process of apheresis donation involves removal of whole blood from a patient or donor.

within a centrifugal type instrument components of the whole blood are separated.
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Bethel responds to Muramoto on blood therapy
by Marvin Shilmer in
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bethel has responded to dr muramotos recent article in the british medical journal about the watchtower societys ridiculous teachings about blood abstinence.

this response comes in a letter to the editor of bmj from the director of hospital information services in great britain, one paul wade.

the reply is not only embarrassing for all thinking jws, it is disgraceful!
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Blood = Organ Transplant Awake! '99
by waiting in
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this was posted by jang at another forum, she had not seen it before either.. has this been questioned, talked about, etc?

i've not heard anything on it...... but then that's sometimes the case with me..

awake aug 22 1999 page 31 states: .
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Blood Transfusion?
by Friend in
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2. bible
considering the latest questions from readers article on blood transfusion, i was wondering what the feelings are among this forums participants about blood transfusion.

over the years the society has been receiving a growing amount of letters on the subject of blood and blood transfusion.

any interesting biblical perspectives here about whether "abstain from blood" means abstain from blood transfusion?