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  Anybody Here That Still Wouldn’t Take or Give Blood?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i would think that the first thing to go for ex jws is the blood ban.

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  would you take a transfusion or give blood now!.

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  Anna Marina

  Non blood medical management is the safest (and cheapest) - it was one of those things they were actually right about.
  

  But in those distressing situations where medical knowledge is lacking and the condition of the patient is life threatening, the important thing is to save the person's life. God is kind, loving, understanding and merciful and He has pity. He does not want anyone to die.
  

  (Matthew 12:1-8) . . .At that season Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath. His disciples got hungry and started to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 At seeing this the Pharisees said to him: “Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” 3 He said to them: “Have you not read what David did when he and the men with him got hungry? 4 How he entered into the house of God and they ate the loaves of presentation, something that it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only? 5 Or, have you not read in the Law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple treat the sabbath as not sacred and continue guiltless? 6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 However, if YOU had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones. 8 For Lord of the sabbath is what the Son of man is.”
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  Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. friends

  i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.

  i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.

  for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.

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  And what's happening with young children and pregnant women? Are they getting it? Is it safe for them?
  
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  Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.

  i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.

  for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.

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  Anna Marina

  Yes quite likely the medical procedure is safe. Most plane journeys are safe but if your hijacker/pilot has been feeding his mind on clap trap you could end up in a twin tower.

  Good to check out the pilot, airport security - the plane (as you get on), ideally all the passengers etc etc. When it's your life, you are daft to be reassured by others saying 'oh it'll be fine'. Do your own due diligence to the extent you can.

  Let's face it we've all be had by Watchtower. An outstanding bunch of wolves, fully up to speed on disguise and capable of deploying cutting-edge thumb screws.
  
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  Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.

  i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.

  for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.

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  Anna Marina

  Wanting to

  " read the details on the clinical trials first ” is not conspiracy theory it is a sound scientific approach which health providers should go along with.

  Occasionally in UK there have been breaches of trust by professionals. Responsible officials acted to set up monitoring to prevent against such things happening again. But people change their jobs and whole departments get restructured - within that, the excellent monitoring procedures can get forgotten/lost. Therefore checking that a health provider/service is ok is wise.

  Remember Dr Shipman?
  

  His method of murder was consistent: a swift injection of diamorphine - pharmaceutical heroin. He killed 71 patients while at the Donnebrook practice in the town and the remainder while a single-handed practitioner at his surgery in Market Street. The majority of his victims - 171 - were women, compared with 44 men.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
  
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  Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).

  quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).

  but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.

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  Anna Marina

  Shakespeare couldn't even write the stories himself :) King Lear is a variation of Nebuchadnezzar. So if Jehovah hadn't caused Nebuchadnezzar to lose his understanding for 7 times in the first place we would neither have the imaginative works of Shakespeare nor the Watchtower's bonkers ideas on 1914. And they worked very hard to fool us with their maths on that one. Took a lot of thinking about.
  
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  Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).

  quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).

  but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.

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  Anna Marina

  The ancients were ignorant? I bet they could milk cows and build hen houses without needing a YouTube. I know people who can't milk cows or build hen houses.
  
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  Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).

  quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).

  but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.

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  Anna Marina

  You are right Sea Breeze. And if it is survival of the fittest why love your neighbour as yourself?

  When the French Revolution started some believed it was going to all be great. But Burke said it wouldn't because religion is the glue of society - take it out and you get terrors. Which is exactly what happened. They got busy with the guillotine.
  
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  Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).

  quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).

  but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.

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  Anna Marina

  From the time of Prince Albert and Florence Nightingale it was said the new religion would be statistics.

  There's lies, damn lies and then there's statistics.

  What is defined by the term 'religion' is a network of people joined by a set of values and priorities. You can have anything as 'god'. The question is whether or not you are bothered about getting things right or not. Are you aware/realistic about what 'drives' or 'motivates' you. What causes you to form a relationship of close friendship and trust with another person.

  (Matthew 18:20) . . .For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”
  
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  Shepherding visit

  by donnye in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i cannot seem to find any information on which elder/s are assigned to do a shepherding visit on a congregation member.

  does one of them have to be the member's field group leader?

  can any elders do a shepherding visit at a member's request?

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  Anna Marina

  'my leader'?

  Donnye - you say you are crying... think about it.

  (Revelation 7:16-17) . . .They will hunger no more nor thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat down upon them nor any scorching heat, 17 because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them, and will guide them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe out every tear from their eyes.”
  

  If you stick with WT - you can get tissues on Amazon and they do home deliveries. Amazon will find you. If the elders can't find you, that's a good thing. You wont need so many tissues.
  
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  Funeral talk

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was recently present at a witness funeral (by zoom) and the brother did do a nice talk about this sister who passed away.

  her and her husband had pioneered for many years, but she succumbed to cancer.. in his closing remarks, of course he talked about the resurrection, and remarked how the husband (still alive) would soon be back together with his wife.. certainly fine thoughts, but imagine if this guy ended up getting remarried?

  isn’t that putting a lot of pressure on someone, when it isn’t even mentioned in the bible at all?.

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  Anna Marina

  One of the more challenging funeral talks I witnessed was that given for memeber of the anointed who had committed suicide.