Posts by NotFormer

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Coroners Report New South Wales Australia
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. medical
hi folks.. spotted this.. coroner condemns jehovah's witness blood transfusion rules after follower's hospital death.

by giselle wakatama.

abc newcastle.
NotFormer

"Church officials told the inquest the church did not provide medical information to members as it was a religious organisation, not a medical organisation."
Yet what are these "work sheets" that are being referred to here?
"Before her surgery, Mrs Winchester had also spoken to doctors about work sheets parishioners were given by the church outlining unacceptable blood products"
That pretty well gives the lie to the first quote up above. Theocratic warfare at its finest.
The WT blood dogma probably gives the impression that alternatives to blood transfusions are readily available anywhere, but those alternatives weren't available in the entire state of New South Wales. It feels like the coroner is tearing his hair out in frustration over the situation.
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Depression and big pharma drugs
by Anonymous666 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i'm going to drop a bomb shell here for all you who think you know something about depression.

most depression cases are being cause by the food and drug administration.

they are putting things in certain foods that they know will affect certain people especially those who have gluten problems.
NotFormer

BTW, I still think that the OP (having precisely one post, and one post alone) is trolling. To parody this type of post? Or trying to make a statement about their opinion of the intelligence of those on this board*?
*Loyal JW trying to make "apostates" look bad or silly?
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Depression and big pharma drugs
by Anonymous666 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i'm going to drop a bomb shell here for all you who think you know something about depression.

most depression cases are being cause by the food and drug administration.

they are putting things in certain foods that they know will affect certain people especially those who have gluten problems.
NotFormer

"the lithium carbonate in medication is not the same as the lithuim in electronics"
I know that. That's why I said that. (Yes, in a very oblique way) Did my post really read like I was agreeing with the OP? I used words like "game" and "conspiracy theorists" to describe the theory and its proponents. And then gave an example (mentioning potassium) of why the "logic" of the original proposition is flawed.
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Her Handbag Told Her to Stop Preaching
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!
NotFormer

Dammit Vidiot! Now I'm going to have the backpack's song going through my head for the rest of the day! 😱🙄
(I liked that song better than the map's)
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Depression and big pharma drugs
by Anonymous666 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i'm going to drop a bomb shell here for all you who think you know something about depression.

most depression cases are being cause by the food and drug administration.

they are putting things in certain foods that they know will affect certain people especially those who have gluten problems.
NotFormer

This is a new and unfamiliar game: if lithium carbonate is associated with the treatment of a mental disease, then metallic lithium (presumably alloyed with other metals) in electronics can be used to trigger some sort of EMT frying of a bipolar patient's nervous system. 😱🙄
But the game is severely limited to one element. Why stop with lithium? Potassium can be quite dangerous in its elemental form and in potassium cyanide, it's quite deadly! Do we stop making biodiesel because potassium hydroxide is used in its manufacture?
But seriously, the op is clearly having a lend, parodying how conspiracy theorists come to their conclusions.
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New York Yankees receive NEW LIGHT!
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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NotFormer

"A source close to the situation said players became increasingly frustrated that even the Jehovah's witnesses could now have beards and they couldn't"
Not being able to find a link to the original article, I'm seriously hoping that this was just you with your tongue firmly planted in your cheek and not an actual quote
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Her Handbag Told Her to Stop Preaching
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!
NotFormer

I had a little old JW lady tell me that she had bought a framed Bible verse which was doctrinally innocuous from a thrift shop and hung it on her wall. She felt that her house was under some sort of demonic oppression until she threw the offending object away.
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Old WT books
by Biahi in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so, here i am going through boxes and boxes of old wt literature.

i’m stacking it up from 1940’s to 1990’s.

i also have quite a few gems, like one 1917 studies in the scriptures.
NotFormer

"Apparently some people must buy it out of nostalgia believe it or not!"
Sounds like pining for the years when the school bully kicked your butt. 😱
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February 2025 Letters to the Elders Announcements/Reminders
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
i have finally sat down and read this letter.

i won't recreate the letter here, but if someone wants to share the link here, please do.. announcements and reminders.

february 2025. for elders.
NotFormer

"School for Kingdom Evangelizers (new term to me)"
They're always doing this. John the Baptist becomes John the Baptiser. Evangelists become evangelisers. What's next: communists become communisers? Atheists become atheisers?
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When JW's say they are 'In the truth'...
by Ron.W. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
where did this phrase 'in the truth' come from?.

it's been around as long as i can remember.

is it from the time they were promoting 'the truth shall make you free' book back in 1943?
NotFormer

I seem to recall the Christadelphians referring to their beliefs as "the truth".