It would be enlightening for you to engage in discussion instead of hurling insults.
I know you are too afraid to do this though, so just take a breath and read some more of the forum.
You will soon see where the mental disease lies.
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the brothers in malawi died, sisters were rapped for not buying a government card which the watchtower organization did for itself with the united nations (ngo status, card carryning members of the wild beast!).
why did the governing body decide it was ok to carry a united nations identification card for the watchtower society as a whole?
this makes no sense, shows how little the governing body and the "dark corporation behind the organization" does not care for jesus christ's little sheep.
It would be enlightening for you to engage in discussion instead of hurling insults.
I know you are too afraid to do this though, so just take a breath and read some more of the forum.
You will soon see where the mental disease lies.
Splash
http://www.space.com/302-silent-running-black-triangle-sightings-rise.html.
hovering along highways, just hangin' around........yes!
deliberate and conscious intent, i love it!
I love that the report describes them as 'brazen'!
They had better watch out before they are summoned to meet with three elders!
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ok. so i've heard that the wbt$ say that having alcohol into the body intraveniously (how do you spell it?
), when the doctor says you shouldn't have alcohol is baaaadddd!
so you wouldn't have a blood transfusion because invisible sky friend jar hoover says it's baaaaaddddddd.. no doubt the illustration is beyond crazy but how is the best way to deconstruct it?.
This is being over-thought!
The illustration used by the WT is very simple: "if a doctor told you to abstain from alcohol, would it be ok to inject it instead?"
The answer of course is "no", so when the WT asks "if the Bible tells you to abstain from blood, is it ok to inject it instead?", the answer is still "no".
A good response would be "if a doctor told you not to eat meat anymore, could you have a kidney transplant?".
The answer, of course, is "yes!"
Splash.
I read Beyond Good and Evil. Very insighful, I made loads of notes as i went through. Still to read Zarathustra but i have others i plan to read first.
Splash.
i think most jws do not know how to explain their religious beliefs.
i don't think they could explain their views of 607 b.c.e.
, 1914, any prophetic bible books, the old vs. the new fds understanding, the blood fraction reasoning, etc.. do you think the average witness is able to explain from the bible why they believe things as they do?.
Minimus, the Reasoning Book is just the tip of the iceburg.
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this is a real puzzler.. .
for christendom at large there is no problem in thinking of humans as a body (tent) which houses the soul.. .
for jehovah's witnesses the human is the tent.
"Soul" = "Breather". If your body breathes/is alive, it is (not 'has') a soul. No life = body but not soul.
Adam therefore was a soul.
Same for animals.
Splash.
Keyser Soze: If the length of my hair or sideburns, or my choice of entertainment, can be a source of stumbling, than yes, the WT can be held accountable for far more egregious things.
This is the best comment ever!!
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The title reads "Should you be stumbled by Watchtower Errors?"
Considering the adjustments to the blood doctrine perhaps this should be reworded to
"Should you be killed by Watchtower Errors?"
Sorry to say, it's too late for some to answer that.
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i just came back from the meeting .although the local announcements have been abolished recently as an item for the second part , an elder came on the platform to announce that the society needs more money and there is a letter on the noticeboard for all the congragation to read to this effect.
although the announcement was read half heartedly (this elder's daughter is an apostate ,it looks like he knows what's going on) the implictions are dramatic .
the society in brief,requests any brother or sister with funds sitting on personal accounts to loan them to the society ,he didn't go into any specifics but i will take a picture of the letter next time and make it available here .. i'm not amazed that they're asking for money ,i thought it will happen sooner or later .what i'm amazed is that 99% of the congragation are oblivious to the financial crisis that the society finds itself these days and the reasons why .i can see the future now .the watchtower will be the fist part of the babylon the great to go down in a blaze of scandals and financial troubles !.
There was a new instruction two months ago that the accounts report be read to the cong on the second Thu of every month.
The accounts forms have even changed to include a public report.
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i just came back from the meeting .although the local announcements have been abolished recently as an item for the second part , an elder came on the platform to announce that the society needs more money and there is a letter on the noticeboard for all the congragation to read to this effect.
although the announcement was read half heartedly (this elder's daughter is an apostate ,it looks like he knows what's going on) the implictions are dramatic .
the society in brief,requests any brother or sister with funds sitting on personal accounts to loan them to the society ,he didn't go into any specifics but i will take a picture of the letter next time and make it available here .. i'm not amazed that they're asking for money ,i thought it will happen sooner or later .what i'm amazed is that 99% of the congragation are oblivious to the financial crisis that the society finds itself these days and the reasons why .i can see the future now .the watchtower will be the fist part of the babylon the great to go down in a blaze of scandals and financial troubles !.
@WTWizard
I have some D to AA convertors for a great 4xD flashlight I own. The AA's slip inside the D sized holders.
Means I can just use AA's in everything, no worrying about having multiple sizes.
Now I have the option of using D's or AA's in one of my torches.
Splash.