.style1 { border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; } .style2 { color: #ff0000; } tri-fold ajwrb.org blood brochure.
to use, print and distribute at no charge.
(print quality is far better (600dpi) than you see on this screen or in the thumbnail.
A question about this statistic...
In speaking about the fractionalized blood that JWs can accept, the brocure says,
"This amounts to about 97% of whole blood. The remaining 3% of blood is expressly forbidden and considered very sinful to take..."
In a deep discussion on this forum, I read that hemoglobin, which JWs can now take, is 97% of red blood cells. But does this fraction of 97% hold true for all blood parts, including whole blood?
how could rolf furuli be an elder considering his secular background?.
a friend from norway said he is the service overseer in his congregation.
does anyone have any info to validate this claim?.
Isn't he a dedicated and baptised Witness? What is in his secular background that would keep him from being an elder?
the wt study edition is getting a facelift for the new year.. the january issue had been posted on jw.org but.... the boes hadn't received notice by letter of such a change.. the wts likes to play up every opportunity to have a new release.. this time the jw.org techies jumped the gun and went on to post.
the issues for download according to their established schedule.. unfortunately, they went ahead of the fds/gb who too late .
realized the cat was out of the bag, sort of saying.. well, it got pulled off the website, for now at least.. what's so secretive about it?.
Modernizing Gilead and making it practical would require intelligence and creativity, qualities which are scorned the higher up you go in the organization.
Also, modernizing Gilead wouldn't pay. It's expensive to operate the school and support the missionaries in their assignments. If the majority of the increase these days is coming from 3rd world, underdevloped countries, that means no money is coming in from those lands; the people are too poor to contribute. The society may even be pumping money in to those countries to build KHs and such. Like any business, if it doesn't pay, it gets cut.
So why bother at all with poor countries? Maybe because if it wasn't for them the organizational increase would be precious little. In most developed lands there isn't much increase from the field at all. What increase there is, is internal, children being baptised. The organization must have it's increase in numbers, new peaks, etc.
i have never ridden/driven a motorcycle or a scooter.
but, i'm thinking about getting one.. in fact, a chinese scooter!.
they get 100 mpg on gasoline and they are under $900 bucks.. .
Years ago I rode a Vespa scooter, and have since ridden motorcycles of all sizes. Scooters are very easy to ride, and will zip you around town, and in and out of your driveway and parking spaces very easily. Even a small car will seem cumbersome in comparison.
You are vulnerable on any kind of motorcycle. Always be defensive. Never assume other drivers see you. If you are about to cross the path of a car at a stop sign, make eye contact with the driver to be sure he sees you and to determine his intentions. Same thing if a driver is about to turn left in front of you (you are driving toward him). Many, many accidents happen is these scenarios because the driver just didn't see the motorcycle.
A helmet is a must, whether it's the law in your state or not.
Among the machines I've had was a Honda 110cc trail bike...light, maneuverable, good on gas, not that different from a scooter. Wish I still had it.
If you are careful, cautious, defensive, you will have fun. Happy riding.
dear mommy,.
having cancer hurts.
mommy i dont like the new doctor.
It's truly sad that such sincere, childlike, words of truth have no affect on most JWs. Only the cold, hard, disconnected words of the GB do.
are you a member of the homosexual community?
) can you say that you have honestly found satisfaction and fulfillment in that way of life?
(being true to myself has brought me great happiness yes.
This is a perfect example of Watchtower's slanted thinking. It says...
"Their course, says homosexual William Carroll, “can lead to cynicism, despair and even suicide.”"
But is their "cynicism, despair, and suicide" directly related to being gay, or is it a result of the negative pressures put on them by society? That is not addressed.
It is also true that many people that have become Jehovah's Witnesses have fallen into "cynicism, despair, and even suicide."
Is that a direct result of being Watchtower followers? Quite often, yes.
Then it should follow, 'Why let that happen to you? Why not change course...?" Of course this would mean turning your back on the WTS, or never getting involved in the first place.
Yet for some reason, most Jehovah's Witnesses never open their eyes wide enough to see the double standard in such reasoning.
this will put starch in your backbone!
love this guy!.
d8tabreaking my silence everyone read!!
Curious about something.
If they had announced D8TA as disfellowshipped, or something like that, on what grounds would he have sued them in civil court? What would have been the cause of action?
in reply to questions raised in the thread i started on 10/3/11, victoria, australia: wtbts and gb of jws have shown themselves to be "guilty" respecting previous noncompliance with working with children laws,i said i would talk to contacts in australia and get some answers.
here is the link to the 10/3/11 thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/victoria-australia-wtbts-and-gb-of-jws-have-shown-themselves-to-be-guilty-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cworking-with-childrene2809d-laws.
Shewww-Weeee.
After reading that last answer, it becomes so clear that this religion is not at all about Worshiping God, Christianity, or Bible Truth. It's all about being legalistic, maneuvering, achieving deniability, being controlling, ect. It looks more cult-like every day.
we had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .
a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..
DOC said, "Many of us rationalized that once you got enough experience at it, you could no longer be considered quilty of practicing it."
How funny!
are the wbt$ spies watching us?
i like to think we are guiding them although they hate us so much they are even suggesting we should be killed!
they have already called us 'mentally diseased'.. on the forums and elsewhere we've seen this quote many times =.
@Blondie,
Yes, that was a good finish to your post. JWs are taught to hate, hate, hate all who are labeled as apostates, and that includes hating wonderful, god-fearing people who leave the religion for good reasons, such as showing respect for life.
Then, after all the hate speech, they say 'We are living proof that hatred can be abolished.' How misled!
