i'll start the ball rolling.
dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.
i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.
Thank you Mad Sweeney.
That is puzzling to me. Abortions are banned, even in unusual situations where the fetus can't survive, and possibly even put the mother's life at risk? I don't support abortions, but that really doesn't make sense. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this point at anything the WTS does or teaches.
i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.
july 10th, it was a sunday.
i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.
Last regular meeting for me was May of 2006. I attended 2 memorials after that, out of respect for Jesus Christ. As I learned more about the Watchtower I could no longer even attend their memorial, since I had become thoroughly convinced the WTS in no way represents Jesus Christ.
i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.
july 10th, it was a sunday.
i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.
I learned a lot of great stuff, like 10 different ways to give money to the society.
Now that is funny. Doubled over laughing here.
it's time to stop saying that jehovah's witnesses do not accept blood transfusions.
it just isn't true any longer.
i have posted documentary evidence of jws world wide accepting whole platelets , whole plasma, whole white blood cells, their own whole blood after it being stored up to six hours, and evidence of them saying they are "very happy" that the courts ordered the transfusion of their children saving their lives.
Zen said, The only component I have not found JWs to be openly accepting is red blood cells.
Hasn't this essentially been changed too, since the year 2000?
Hemoglobin, which is the same thing as red blood cells, minus the membrane surrounding the cells, is acceptable to JWs now. All the contents inside that membrane -- which is the working part of the red blood cell, the part that delivers oxygen through out the body -- is hemoglobin.
Why would whole red blood cells be needed when hemoglobin does the same job? (It really is the same thing, since hemoglobin is 97% of red blood cells, but the WTS calls it a fraction, making it ok for Witnesses to take. Before the year 2000 hemoglobin transfusion was banned.)
The one component of blood that is needed most often in a life-saving situation is red blood cells. Now, by accepting hemoglobin, the WTS has gotten around the issue that caused more deaths among JWs than any other.
Am I missing something here?
the other driver turned left in front of me and i hit him hard.
my car is a total mess.
i'm not sure if they are going to total it.
@ AGuest
That was very sound advice. I am greatly impressed by your balanced and thorough point of view regarding insurance companies and injuries that are not readily apparent.
the other driver turned left in front of me and i hit him hard.
my car is a total mess.
i'm not sure if they are going to total it.
Aside from some soreness, there were no serious injuries on either side? Glad to hear you are ok, and the rest is just steel and paint. But the disruption to your life is a real bother. It will pass, but so sorry you have to go through it.
i'll start the ball rolling.
dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.
i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.
@Balaamsass, Thanks for the 3 bears explanation.
And I have to agree with your observations that anyone who doesn't agree with the WTS is disfellowshipped and shunned on the lame charges of 'attempting to cause a division', or 'rebelling'. I see this as a cult-like trait that proves the WTS doesn't have the *truth* at all. It's insistence on absolute conformity is perverted.
i'll start the ball rolling.
dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.
i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.
@000DAD, Thank you for the explanations.
@ Anony Mous, Can you explain how the ectopian pregnancy got to be a Judicial matter? Or link me to where you've already explained it?
Also, cheers to you regarding the stand you took with your daughter's need for blood. At the peak of my convictions that this religion was the truth, I had already decided that if it came to sacrificing a child I could never do it.
i'll start the ball rolling.
dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.
i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.
I was never an elder, but I love hearing from those who were regarding things the rest of us didn't see.
A few questions,
-What is T.O.S.?
-Who are the 3 bears? The Judicial Committee?
-What is an 'ectopian pregnancy'? Couldn't find ectopian in the dictionary.
what do you make of this statement made by the elderette in her comment this week?
she is refering to the weak ones in the halls.
this is not an uncommon statement made by the pious ones..
It would be more accurate to say,
The angels are bring them in the front door, and you are kicking them out the back door.
But that's not exactly right either, since the angels aren't bringing anyone into the Watchtower.
