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  A JW explains Blood Fractions

  by OrphanCrow in

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  2. medical

  i was looking around from some information on the wt's stance concerning the use of stem cells, and i came across this article on a defending jehovah's witnesses blog.. rather than informing the reader all that much about stem cells, the author diverts the conversation into a discussion of "blood fractions" (*note: the term "blood fractions" appears to be another one of those wt bloodspeak terms coined by the wt.

  "blood components" or "blood products" are the terms used more frequently by the medical world.

  "fractions" implies tiny amounts).

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  Logically, as blood is broken down, at some point the components logically cease to be blood. If this logic was not correct then EVERY molecule which had ever been part of blood would still be considered blood and could not be ingested to eternity. . . .One reason most Witnesses accept blood fractions is because most of them are the product of destroying blood. . . . Fractions are not blood when they are a product of destroying blood.

  And following this "logic," if one were to break down blood mechanically or by cooking for, say, a boudin noir recipe, then such a sausage would also be perfectly acceptable as it contained only 'destroyed blood.'
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  2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.

  no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.

  instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .

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  I found it odd that this video was set in 1997 and the video right before it in 1993. Why would these videos be set 20 years in the past, and not in present day?

  I think this might be why: the two videos were set right around 1995, the year the society changed its generation teaching, causing quite a few folks to wake up and bail.

  And as in 1975, it was the publishers’ fault for being too eager to see the generation end.

  I think using the mid-90s setting was another more subtle way of addressing the current “overlapping” generation misfire, as well as people’s increasing discomfort as “this system” continues on.
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  Hi Everyone. Answer to prayer countdown...

  by Stumpy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.

  you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!

  what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.

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  Great to hear from you STUMPY.

  I'll never forget the picture you posted of your multi-colored "research library."

  We are the same, yet very different people now. . . . We don't consider ourselves ex-jws anymore. Just 2 people that happened to grow up in a cult, woke up and left. We very rarely talk about it anymore. Just passing comments from time to time.

  It doesn't get any better than that!
  
  
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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  But even Christianity, in it’s many definitions, has a sorted history, which is seldom talked about and often dismissed.

  Being picky here, but this guy supposedly has a masters in education and I expect better: Christianity could have a sordid history; I'm not sure what it means to have a sorted one.
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  Good Morning!

  by snowbird in

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  2. friends

  good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

  sylvia.

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  breakfast of champions

  Good morning!

  A chilly but sunny Monday AM.
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  God is a Union Man

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those active jws, there is a new program in place where publishers who frequent and 'witness' on apostate websites will receive triple time!

  that's right, for every hour you spend on an apostate site you may count three hours (hazard pay) just let your service committee know you're interested in this new program and you may be approved to receive triple time!.

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  FATFREAK - Wow, this is a blast from the past! I posted this when I was still going to meetings/in FS. Crazy. This was even before I started college!

  I totally posted this as a goof. I think that at the time there was a huge influx of “hit-and-run” posters signing up here and trying to convince everyone we made a huge mistake. There must of been some special “campaign” going on at the time as well.

  Funny: it was the summer of 2011, and 2014 was just a few years away. No way the end wouldn’t come before the 100 year anniversary of the Invisible Kingdom! And here we are still. . . .
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  RUSSIA: (5 April 2017) Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way

  by jwleaks in

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  2. friends

  the trial has begun.

  the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).

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  With respect to the above picture (with Sanderson on the far right) . . . . funny. . . .

  Child Abuse court case: Governing Body members scatter like cockroaches. They have to be dragged to the courthouse kicking and screaming

  Human Rights/Freedom of Religion court case: can't seem to keep them away! Boldly declaring Jehovah's name in the fact of persecution! Can't keep the GB away.
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  Amazing Video, modern-day miracle: "Chairs for Thousands"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
  2. humour

  god provides.

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodourorganization/pub-jwb_201703_4_video.

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  What in the fucking hell. . . . . . .

  Amazing.
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  Is it possible that someone who gives really gushing comments might still be awake?

  by Isambard Crater in

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  2. friends

  of the 50% of congregants who regularly participate, many of them give gushing answers about how appreciative they are, how wonderful jw.org is and so on, which makes me think nobody in my congregation is awake.

  but maybe it's possible for someone who comes across as super spiritual to be awake?

  i can't see how, though, as surely it's emotionally draining to fake it like that?

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  I think that sometimes they gush like billy-o to cover over their doubts - to convince themselves as much as anyone else. - PUNK

  I think PUNK's comment is spot on, but this is regarding someone with doubts.

  As for those awakening/awakened (e.g. my wife) they do not comment at all, let alone give gushing comments.

  I think my wife would rather vomit.
  
  
  
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  Is Stephen Lett an alien imitation?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i've been watching quite a bit of gb member stephen lett on youtube recently (no, i'm not thinking of going back to the jws).. i just find him compulsive viewing, like when people slow down to see a car crash.

  i find his facial expressions and intonation spell-binding.. it reminds me a bit of john carpenter's the thing, a film where an alien life-form infects a host and imitates it, spreading throughout camps of remote workers in the antarctic.

  if i were a bethelite living in close proximity to lett, i'd be thinking about giving him the blood test to see if he was normal, lol.. why does lett speak in public the way he does?

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  breakfast of champions

  He speaks like that because one of his family members growing up had a hearing and speech problem. So he exaggerates his speech in because that is how he grew up so that, the family member could understand him.

  This is absolute bullshit.