It also shortly mentions the child abuse cover up scandal by Jehovahs Witnesses and compares that to Catholic Church (around 16:30 mark)
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Punishing doubt (new video by TheraminTrees)
by Anders Andersen inhttps://youtu.be/bdtzbvlg3ni.
it also shortly mentions the child abuse cover up scandal by jehovahs witnesses and compares that to catholic church (around 16:30 mark).
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JW child first pediatric patient to receive acute normovolemic hemodilution - 1970
by OrphanCrow inacute normovolemic hemodilution.
hemodilution simply refers to the process of diluting the blood with another substance.
there are various ways that this is done before, during and after the surgical process.
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Anders Andersen
Wow, you're digging deep!
Great find and write up. Thanks!
Are you planning on presenting/publishing your research somehow?
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The elusive song 151 makes an appearance.
by SadElder inthe missing song 151 now titled "the revealing of god's sons" shows up with the september edition of tv.jw.
no words or score on the jw page yet.
can't say that it sounds any different than any of the other songs they produce now.
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Anders Andersen
@Half Banana,
You remind me of an older brother in my town who consistently read 'organism' as 'orgasm'. Book studies became a lot more interesting with him ;-)
The same brother commented on how immoral the world had become during a FS meeting. "There used to be only naked women on television...but now you'll even see naked men! Disgusting!"
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The elusive song 151 makes an appearance.
by SadElder inthe missing song 151 now titled "the revealing of god's sons" shows up with the september edition of tv.jw.
no words or score on the jw page yet.
can't say that it sounds any different than any of the other songs they produce now.
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Anders Andersen
And then with Christ, these sons of God......Will wage the final war.
The joyous marriage to the Lamb
Will last forevermore.1) Of course it has to be repeated over and over that this is about God's sons. Even anointed women are sons, not daughters. Because females are worth much less than men. At least to Snowy Christ and his Seven Dwarfs. And that God dude.
2) So these 'sons of god' (including the forced transgenders) will marry their own brother! Ewk! Now I suddenly realize what the anointed mean when they say 'Jesus comes soon' and 'Christ's second coming'. Must be a heavenly wedding night...
“The one who bears witness of these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’"
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Daughter doesn't want me to push my beliefs on her
by jws inso i was talking with my daughter the other day and she tells me that she doesn't want me to push my beliefs on her.i am agnostic.
which isn't a belief.
it's a lack of belief.
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Anders Andersen
This is not a fight. There are no sides. There is no contest to be won. Both of you can only lose if you push her away...
Don't teach your kid what to (not) think or believe. Help her understand how to think and research.
Let her draw her own conclusions. Yes, they may be different from your conclusions.
Ask questions. Not to shame, be to understand what she thinks and why.
Ask questions. Not to destroy and attack, but to provoke her to actually think.
Oh btw...if your daughter actually said you shouldn't be pushy (did she really say so?), you were pushy. Even if you were not. Try to figure out why she feels that way. It can help you improve your relationship with her.
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meeting with elders about WT involvement in UN
by LevelThePlayingField ini still go to the meetings because of my in wife and it came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the un.
so the elders said they could help me get over that and wanted to meet with me.
now just to let you know, i have only told my wife and her mom so far about it, that's it.
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Anders Andersen
- I agree with others: there's no point in talking with elders about this. It will not wake them up, it will only get you in trouble. Don't do it.
- If you do have that talk, be sure to research Watchtower involvement in the OSCE first. It's full blown political lobbying. Evidence as recent as this year. And it can't be reasoned away as 'just a library card'. This helps you to show a pattern in Watchtower behavior.
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"Marking"
by confused inplease can anyone help me to find any information from society's literature on the subject of marking.
i wasn't aware it was still practiced.
i would like to know how it is explained as being in any way scriptural.
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Anders Andersen
Marking is a quite rare phenomenon. DFing is much more common.
In my 35 years in, I knew the policy exists, but never heard of anyone being marked. An 50+ born in elder in my congo also never heard anyone being marked in a talk.
Until a sister in my congo yelled at and insulted an elder in the kh. On her way out, she did the same to an other elder. She also somewhat assaulted this elder by grabbing/pulling his tie while shouting at him. Her husband stood by and did nothing.
Since they refused to talk to elders after that, and wouldn't apologize, they were 'marked' in a talk. Without naming them, first the marking procedure was explained ('marked men are not DF, but don't socialize except at meetings. When talking to them, encourage to set things straight with Jehovah'). Then the unruly behavior (shouting at and assaulting other JWs) was explained as bad behavior. So far, it didn't help the elders much as they are still waiting for their apologies...
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Jehovah Created Animal "Kinds" - The Numbers Don't Match Up?
by LaurenM in1. the creation story taken literally: god created all "kinds".
from jw.org: what is a kind?
: the biblical “kinds” seem to constitute divisions of life-forms wherein each division allows for cross-fertility within its limits.
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Anders Andersen
Last week I found out you and I got it all wrong. A JW educated me on the topic.
You see, there are (a handful of) fertile hybrid species. These are evidence that *all* the different species within a kind can interbreed. It also makes it completely logical that Insight claims only 43 'kinds' of species in the ark led to today's variety. It's not evidence of relatively recently diverged lineages by evolution at all....
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Did the flood happen?
by BlackWolf inso we were talking about noah for our family worship tonight and it ended with a little debate between me and my parents about how the flood was possible.
you know, where did the water come from, how did all the animals fit, etc.
of course it led nowhere and my parents came up with some strange theories like that there was "an expanse of water in the sky" and that's where all the water came from.
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Anders Andersen
@BlackWolf,
You don't have to be stupid or gullible to be seduced by a cult. Especially not when born into it.
See this excellent video by Theramintrees that explains how even smart people can be led to believe utter nonsense:
I highly recommend you watch his other videos as well
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How to persuade anyone...
by Anders Andersen inhttps://youtu.be/7v3c0ovz2em.
sounds familiar?.
interestingly, religion isn't mentioned in the video at all, so it could be a good, neutral conversation starter....
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Anders Andersen
Sounds familiar?
Interestingly, religion isn't mentioned in the video at all, so it could be a good, neutral conversation starter...