what components then, plainly stated, are allowed to JWs?
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Two Questions—Plasma and Serum
by Marvin Shilmer intwo questionsplasma and serum.
1. does watchtower doctrine prohibit transfusion of plasma as it does transfusion of platelets?[1].
2. does watchtower doctrine prohibit transfusion of serum as it does transfusion of platelets?[1-2].
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is the good news preached by the wts the same of the apostle Paul?
by marcopolo inhelp me: .
the good news of the kingdom of god,.. a kingdom that come to govern on the earth, this wts teach.... but the apostles and christians preached this?
gal 1:8,9.
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Debator, the type of submission/cooperation, respect etc. the Bible urges the flock to demonstrate to the older men of the congregation is of the type one is urged to show to his/her father, or wife-to-husband, and worlds apart from the ham-fisted, Hitlerian authoritarianism of the GB and its stooges. If you doubt this, why not tell your local Circuit Overseer, or better yet, write the boys in Patterson, of your efforts to "straighten out" all of us here? On that note, weren't you, as a loyal JW, cautioned to eschew debating? Just wondering
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Studying my faith away
by the-illuminator81 ini want to introduce myself.
i'm a 28 year old active, married jw from belgium.
in the preceding months (i'd say starting from about march) i've been slowly losing my faith.
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The GB's view of "Family Night Study" is limited to poring over WT Society literature and preparing for the upcoming week's meetings, not of any independent research.
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is the good news preached by the wts the same of the apostle Paul?
by marcopolo inhelp me: .
the good news of the kingdom of god,.. a kingdom that come to govern on the earth, this wts teach.... but the apostles and christians preached this?
gal 1:8,9.
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Hi Debator,
If you mean basic foundation WT doctrine, i.e. soul sleep, no hellfire, earth's destiny, no trinity, etc. you may well have a point. However, the GB's insistence on total uncritical submission, surrender of one's individual conscience to a group of reclusive, arrogant old men, reliance on chronology,and ruthless intolerance and severe punishment of even the most respectfully worded dissent, are the real problems with the organization, and the real divergence from primitive Christianity.
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WHO ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS TODAY?
by Dogpatch inwho are the false prophets today.
by barbara anderson.
in 1991, one of the watch tower societys senior writers, colin quackenbush, told me in the privacy of his office about letters which the society had received from prominent and credible elders, not apostates (thats exactly what he said), who were concerned about the increase in accusations saying that jehovahs witnesses were false prophets.
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so, debator, it's of no consequence to you that the high school class of '69 was told in God's name that "you won't grow old, much less die, in this old system?" (May 22 1969 Awake!) There's no accountability by anyone for those words or their effect of impressionable naive adolescents, eh? Look if you and your ilk enjoy life wrapped cozily in your blanket of delusion, I won't try to dissuade you. Oh, and given the new elastic "this generation" nonsense, I suggest you might want to consider pre-paid funeral arrangements....
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WHO ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS TODAY?
by Dogpatch inwho are the false prophets today.
by barbara anderson.
in 1991, one of the watch tower societys senior writers, colin quackenbush, told me in the privacy of his office about letters which the society had received from prominent and credible elders, not apostates (thats exactly what he said), who were concerned about the increase in accusations saying that jehovahs witnesses were false prophets.
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Does the divinely stated principle of accountability for what one says and the effect it has, especially when uttered by one sought out as an authority, on its listeners (Matt12:36, 37; Matt: 23:15) have any currecny at all among JWs, much less the GB?
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Creative Days, How Long?
by Slidin Fast ini really don't know where the wt is on creative days now, they used to be 7000 years long but now seem to be un-named fudged "thousands of years".
this immediately starts to put the fossil record into a more sane place until you realise that adam ius still believed to be created in c4026 bce.. so we have fossil records going back almost unarguably into geological timescales, oil (from living things) miles below the surface of the earth.
coal (fossilised trees) also far below the surface of the earth but man 6000 years old aprox.. no wonder we aren't hearing much on the creative days.. s f.
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the 7,000-day creative day business is another one the WTS wishes would just go away......
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They have a table at the local Walmart now
by life is to short inomg i just heard this morning that they have a table set up at the local walmart, so i had to drive by.
it is huge with two huge signs one spanish and one english of blown up pictures of some of the book covers like you can live forever and young people ask, etc with a card table in the middle and two very boarded looking people just sitting there.
this morning was the spanish congo's turn but the walmart is in my halls territory so the english speaking ones from my hall will man it on the english speaking times i guess.
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Hey Titus, is "call the police!" teh first thing all you eastern Europeans can think of?
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overuse of "ones"... i.e. "wicked ones," "lazy ones," "disobedient ones" ..... etc. ... that makes me cringe
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elder school 2011
by inbetween inwe received a letter announcing elder school starting fall 2011, it will be one whole week !!!!!.
the kms school for 1 1/2 days were already long enough, now 5 long days ?.
what can possibly be taught in 5 days ?.
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Quite right, Blondie. Of course, once you sign on as elder, attendance at these indoctrination session is part of the baggage.