So my wife watched one of the morning talk shows today (Questions for Breakfast) after seeing an advertisement on TV yesterday about why JW's dont' accept blood. She thought it was going to be a presentation by someone from Bethel but it ended up featuring a disfellowshipped JW that stated the JWs were a sect and individuals did not make this choice of their own free will. I wasn't watching, just listening from the other room. She was livid. Her basic response was - what is this shit? (In Polish).
When it got over she was on the phone calling her friends and at least one of the elders. She wanted someone to alert Bethel so they could demand equal time (like they weren't watching it?). The funny thing is she did not want to talk about it at all with me and hasn't brought it up. Probably because I had mentioned that I wanted to see if they were going to discuss why the JW's would accept fractions now, but not whole blood and even more strange why they couldn't donate.
They haven't put the link up, but if I find it, I will post some of the translated dialog with the link.
They also had a surgeon on the discussion and it seemed to mainly focus on a recent case that involved a 10 year old boy that generated some waves.
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Blood doctrine discussed on popular TV program this morning in Poland
by FadeToBlack inso my wife watched one of the morning talk shows today (questions for breakfast) after seeing an advertisement on tv yesterday about why jw's dont' accept blood.
she thought it was going to be a presentation by someone from bethel but it ended up featuring a disfellowshipped jw that stated the jws were a sect and individuals did not make this choice of their own free will.
i wasn't watching, just listening from the other room.
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What do you think happens when we die?? Is there a heaven, for instance....
by quellycatface inalways wanted to ask you guys this question..
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When you die, you are dead. Life is precious, enjoy it (but don't be an a**hole). My current approach to things.
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So how many of us had guilt pangs because our WT was not highlighted?
by cultBgone inwe attended several different congregations in different states, and the one common thread among them all was...if you had your study article highlighted, you were a good jw.. honestly, how often did you cover over your magazine when the attendant walked by handing out copies to visitors?.
sheesh.
would anyone believe how weird this organization really is?.
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I could never understand what the point was of highlighting something written at a 4th grade level that we were going to read together anyway and then recite the answer to straight from the paragraph. Often, the questions are longer than the paragraph. It is not like the paragraphs were several hundred words long and the point we wanted to make was buried somewhere in the text. To me, this was always the equivalent of a WT study:
1. The red fox saw the black dog and ran under the fence.
Questions for paragraph 1.
1a. What did the red fox do when it saw the black dog?
1b. What color was the red fox?
If the WT conductor was more progressive, he might also ask (preparing us for the material in paragraph 2) - why do you think the red fox ran under the fence? Of course, some friends would be incensed that he was acting so independently and asking questions not included in the material. Plus, he always ran the risk that the audience would not be prepared to go off-script, and could not formulate a spontaneous off the cuff response (or were afraid to) and he would encounter that awkward moment when nobody raises their hands.
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What was the most rebellious thing you did while you were a devout jw?
by DuvanMuvan ini was just thinking about how humans being imperfect and satan's influence was the root of everything bad that anyone has ever done.
well i know that apparently everyone is vulnerable which got me thinking about what "bad" things people have done while they were a jw.
i'll start it off.
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What if we were never that devout? Does it count as rebellious or does it fall into the category of normal but stuck in a cult?
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David Splane in Poland today
by FadeToBlack injust got back from watching jw.stream presentation at our local kh of a 'special' meeting at ursus assembly hall in warsaw.
all the congs in the country were tied in, but some will be watching replay later in the day.
there were 3 parts.
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Mr. Spane also mentioned that the thorn in our flesh could be the brother or sister in our congreagation with their own rules. Not the rules found in the bible or in the organizations publications. I was like: Hello, anyone listening?
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Shared some TTATT with my wife and now she wants us to have a weekly personal bible study
by suavojr inhere is the situation.... a young 19 year old in our congo had a fallout with his parents because of all the restrictions and jw dogma and moved out of the house last wednesday.. to make the story short, the parents went running to the elders and what was the comfort?.
coe said: i saw that coming!
your son never reached out to get baptized.. then the other elder said: don't worry, you still have one left that will be saved.
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Start from the beginning. I doubt you will make it to Exodus. Just ask questions about what you read.
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Hello, I am new
by LillyC ini am not a jehovah's witness but i am very interested, i have many questions and hope they can be answered here.. i do believe in god, privately.
i do say my prayers daily and do believe god helps me in countless ways.
but i don't go to any church.. i have always been impressed at how smart, polite and nice jehovah's witnesses are and i always make time to speak to them when they call at my door.
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Welcome. Many of us were there once and made the same observations. Please, do you homework. You can start with jwfacts.com. Ask questions now... You can't ask them later.
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David Splane in Poland today
by FadeToBlack injust got back from watching jw.stream presentation at our local kh of a 'special' meeting at ursus assembly hall in warsaw.
all the congs in the country were tied in, but some will be watching replay later in the day.
there were 3 parts.
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@fastJehu: I will try to confirm with my wife that is what was said. He for sure did not say, mag or other publication with link to jw.org. I did not know there was a rumour about business cards with jw.org included on it. It would make sense though. Maybe that is what the troops will be handing out during the special campaign this August.
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David Splane in Poland today
by FadeToBlack injust got back from watching jw.stream presentation at our local kh of a 'special' meeting at ursus assembly hall in warsaw.
all the congs in the country were tied in, but some will be watching replay later in the day.
there were 3 parts.
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@designs: I didn't know what the special event was about, only that it was going to be video streamed. I was guessing maybe some announcement about trivial org changes, so when I heard that Mr. Splane was the main event, I was looking forward to some fireworks based on past comments here about his prior performances. I was disappointed. It was not a very animated talk. Perhaps, the pace changes when a translator is involved and he can't get too worked up about anything.
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David Splane in Poland today
by FadeToBlack injust got back from watching jw.stream presentation at our local kh of a 'special' meeting at ursus assembly hall in warsaw.
all the congs in the country were tied in, but some will be watching replay later in the day.
there were 3 parts.
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@hoser: no issue with mic's this time. They had those thin stick type mic's attached to the podium, so the speaker could do it his way.
@tresdecu: no, I'm not Polish. My wife is, though. We moved here several years ago from the states to take care of her mother. I like it here, she would like to go back to Canada.