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Regarding the permission of certain blood fractions, what is the biblical basis?
by I_love_Jeff inwith regard to the permission of certain blood fractions, what biblical basis is the watchtower's selection of approved and non-approved components or fractions made?.
two key words here: biblical basis.
one answer by a jw caught my attention: .
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Regarding the permission of certain blood fractions, what is the biblical basis?
by I_love_Jeff inwith regard to the permission of certain blood fractions, what biblical basis is the watchtower's selection of approved and non-approved components or fractions made?.
two key words here: biblical basis.
one answer by a jw caught my attention: .
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With regard to the permission of certain blood fractions, what biblical basis is the Watchtower's selection of approved and non-approved components or fractions made?
Two key words here: BIBLICAL BASIS
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One answer by a JW caught my attention:
Permission is not the correct word.
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE -
What that means is that there are some variables or unknowns that are not SPECIFICALLY covered in the Scriptures.
And so a person may - IN HIS OWN MIND - approach the use WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE - but of course answerable to Jehovah for that action none the less.
And if a person would turn down the usage - WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE - then again it is with the thought that the person's actions are answerable to Jehovah.
BUT - I may have a clear conscience on something that I should NOT have a clear conscience about. (I know - awkward sentence).
So we cannot fool ourselves and give ourselves carte blanche by saying it is a "matter of conscience."
It is NOT a matter of "permission."
SERIOUS thought should be given the matter that is "out of the norms," and we should each one feel that we are able to speak to Jehovah - face to face - and give our side of the situation and why we went beyond the "word".
It is not a flippant decision but one taken with the seriousness of life and death.
For many of us, there is no permission. We do NOT take fractions, looking for any way out. Our conscience says no. But we do recognize that we are not the judge of others, when there is a crack in the door. We do as Galatians 6:4 and 5 says - carry our own load, and we allow others to do the same.Source(s):
One of Jehovah's Witnesses http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140129154407AAv6pv6
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Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?
by I_love_Jeff inone of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
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Crazyguy-you got it!!!
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Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?
by I_love_Jeff inone of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
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I_love_Jeff
I love this blog. Thanks Ding
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Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?
by I_love_Jeff inone of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
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I_love_Jeff
Ding-LOL
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Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?
by I_love_Jeff inone of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
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Job 1:4-5 His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them. 5 And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. (BBE)
The second translation better emphasizes the "every one on his day" which is clear in the Hebrew text. A regular feast, on a person's "day", is what we call "a birthday!" (Note Job's use of the word "day" in association with his own birth in Job 3:1). When "a period of feasting had run its course", or in other words, when all of the children had had their birthdays that year; Job offered an annual sacrifice on their behalf, acting as a priest for his family. The bottom line is that Job's family celebrated their birthdays, complete with a birthday meal (feast) and fellowship!
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Would the Jehovah's Witnesses be willing to celebrate their spiritual birthday every year?
by I_love_Jeff inone of their spiritual sisters said that since jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries.
using this logic, since jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for jehovah's witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
how exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
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I_love_Jeff
One of their spiritual sisters said that since Jesus attended weddings, that makes it okay to celebrate annual wedding anniversaries. Using this logic, since Jesus approved of and attended his own baptism, that should, therefore, make it okay for Jehovah's Witnesses to celebrate their spiritual birthdays on that same day every year.
How exciting to have this new adjustment to our understanding of birthdays!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Is yours coming up?http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140116094826AAhroZu
Linsday states (from YA-see link above): "@wob jesus attended wedding festivals but he did not attend birthdays acknowledge amy other pagan holidays so yes weddings and anniversaries are fine to observe"
Ok....with that type of logic, shall the Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate spiritual birthdays?
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Why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana
by I_love_Jeff inwatchtower states: "moderation in all things is a bible principle".
why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana?
drugs- http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101989223.
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I_love_Jeff
AHHH thank you truthhurts13
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Why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana
by I_love_Jeff inwatchtower states: "moderation in all things is a bible principle".
why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana?
drugs- http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101989223.
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I_love_Jeff
BluesBrother, right off the bat they dismiss drugs, which includes marijuana, as something that is "not deemed medically necessary"!!
"Definition: There are various definitions of the word “drugs.” In the sense being discussed here, drugs are nonfood, mood-altering substances that are not deemed medically necessary but that are used in an effort to escape from the problems of life, to get a dreamy feeling, or a sense of well-being or of elation."
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Why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana
by I_love_Jeff inwatchtower states: "moderation in all things is a bible principle".
why not use the same advice for the use of medicinal marijuana?
drugs- http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101989223.
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I_love_Jeff
“Give intoxicating liquor, you people, to the one about to perish and wine to those who are bitter of soul,” not as a mental stimulant to make such ones more conscious of their misery, but, rather, as the proverb says, that they may ‘forget their troubles.’ (Pr 31:6, 7) So the Watchtower says that wine will help you forget your troubles?? Why not apply the same advice to a plant that Jehovah created?