Posts by Scully

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Blood very common in breast milk

by trujw in

my wife is pregnant and came across this little jem on the internet.

so should elders start going around and testing mothers breast milk?

and if found shouldn't we disfellowshipp the mother?

Scully

There's no point in testing breast milk for blood components because it's well established that one of benefits of breastfeeding is the transference of immune properties (immunoglobulins).

A lot of people fail to logically compute how milk is produced. This is highly simplistic, but it conveys the process sufficiently for most new severely sleep deprived parents to understand.

Nutrients in by mouth --> digested in stomach --> absorbed by intestines --> enter the bloodstream --> blood circulates to mammary glands + stimulation by prolactin and oxytocin from hypothalamus + demands of hungry infant ==> milk production.

Leukocytes are present in all milk produced by mammals (humans and cattle included).

The World Health Organization would have a field day if the WTS ever dared to tell JWs that they couldn't breast feed their babies, or give them milk of any kind. I mean, even the Bible says that " like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation" (1Pet 2:2 ASV).

Besides, breast is best for the WTS, it means spending less money on formula and being able to put those savings in the Contribution Box™.

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The Watchtower Society Cripples Their Own Preaching Work

by Nosferatu in

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if there's one scripture that defines the entire purpose of a jehovah's witness's existence, it's matthew 24:14.

"this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.".

this is the entire purpose of going door to door.

Scully

Nos, earlier in the year there was a thread about one of the ASL videos that the WTS made that had some graphic content about masturbation.

Unfortunately, the WTS was so embarrassed by our critique they took it down, but someone had the forethought to make some GIFs for posterity.

Scroll down a little to catch them: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/235152/15/wts-made-a-video-about-masturbation-IN-SIGN-LANGUAGE-WITH-GESTURES

and save it to YouTube with "modern translation". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytYykOop6HI

Seriously, the WTS isn't doing itself any favors by being on the internet. LOL

And even Worldly People™ found it hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FLJPKipukc

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Remember what happened in 2005?

by Terry in

would any of us defend the right of a medicine manufacturer to advertise curative powers without side effects when evidence to the contrary was indicated?.

would any of us defend the right of a pharmacist to make up his own prescriptions and pass it off as what our physician specifically gave to us?.

would any of us approve equal time for tv advertisers to promote products as effective which had repeatedly proved to be dangerous?.

Scully

Sosoconfused

The claim of "embarrassment" was in the actual document instigating the lawsuit, which I found rather amusing actually. I mean, if you are claiming copyright infringement, what's the point of adding "embarrasment" to your suit. Copyright infringement isn't about subjective / emotional results like embarrassment or being made a laughingstock - it's pretty clear-cut, yes-or-no objectively demonstrable.

Clearly the WTS was pissed that their own words were being used to demonstrate, quite effectively, that they were NOT bearers of truth at all, and they were only too happy to use the legal system to bully one really terrific person into silence.

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BSc in Celestial Education

by jw07 in

Scully

Shouldn't that be "BS = Celestial Education"?

Just sayin'... it's more honest. ;)

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What are you eating tonight?

by Iamallcool in

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.

Scully

Cooking steak on the bbq, potato salad, green salad and veggies.

Might even have a cold one too.

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Hubby's Becoming a COP!

by outofthelionsden in

talk about doing a 180* change!!

my husband after much thought went and passed for the police academy.

never would i have ever imagined my jw husband now becoming a police officer.

Scully

Oubliette- I thought a witness could not carry a gun or have government jobs?

There are plenty of JWs where I live who work for the government. Decent wages, benefits and job security.

There are also plenty of JWs - some of my own relatives in fact - who use guns for hunting. Carrying a weapon as part of your job is discouraged, because there's a chance that you could become "bloodguilty" in a shooting, but that's such a bogus excuse - because you become just as "bloodguilty" when you are inactive in the Preaching Work™, or if you deprive your husband of his Marital Due™ and he goes out and commits adultery because he just can't keep it in his pants.

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Where are the Forum Policies/Guidelines... and more

by Marvin Shilmer in

ive been posting here from more than ten years.

im not a prolific poster, but based on my ongoing participation i thought i knew participation policies, by firsthand experience if nothing else.

recently i had need to consult the forums policy and posting guidelines looking for position statements, definitions and explanations.

Scully

Hi Marvin,

Also, in addition to the Posting Guidelines below the Post a reply box is a link at the very bottom of the page called Terms of Use.

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Open letter Re: Mr. Bowen, Mrs. Anderson

by Prime in

"jws leaders need to mandate elder bodies to uniformly report abuse to the authorities no matter what jurisdiction; prohibit elders from being involved in any investigative process to decide guilt or innocence in place of the authorities; do away with the two-witness rule to determine, as if they were magistrates, guilt or innocence of someone accused; prohibit so-called repentant molesters from engaging in the door-to-door ministry, and always inform the congregation if a convicted or confessed molester is meeting with them.

" -barbara anderson .

this is another reason why the watchtower society doesn't require that the elders uniformly report abuse to the authorities no matter what jurisdiction.

Scully

I always thought Jehovah's ways were supposed to be an *improvement* on what human laws were, that Jehovah had *higher* standards than Worldly™ or secular Superior Authorities™.

I guess not, huh?

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I missed a lot of TV over the last 30 years

by sosoconfused in

since i have stopped attending meetings i have realized that there are alot of good t.v.

shows that i have missed as well as channels that i would not watch because they would no doubt be in opposition to the scriptures(har har).. .

i have been watching the history channel and the discovery channel so much over the last few months that it is amazing.

Scully

Mr Scully enjoyed The Sopranos.

I enjoyed Mad Men, although I've kind of lost interest the last couple of seasons.

We both enjoy Game of Thrones immensely! It sucks so bad that season 4 is so far away!!!

For comedies, we like The Big Bang Theory.

We laugh our butts off whenever we watch Ancient Aliens on the History Channel. For a while, we were referring to the History Channel as the Hitler Channel, because it seemed to be nothing but Nazi this and Hitler that. Just before 12/22/2012 they were cramming all kinds of Mayan Prophecy stuff down the viewers' throats, but that's kind of gone by the wayside.

We love MythBusters on Discovery. Jamie and Adam have The.Best.Jobs.EVER!!!

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Is dating a good reason to get baptized?

by free2Bme13 in

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there was an 16 year-old-girl in our old hall who was convinced by an ms that she needed to get baptized in order to be a more eligible, desirable and qualified potential marriage mate.

i should also add that this brother was interested in her even though he was 15 years her senior.

it got me wondering how many others have done this.

Scully

My brother-in-law was secretly engaged to a girl who was Studying™. They weren't given permission to marry in the KH until she was Baptized™. They had to postpone their wedding plans a couple of months until after she got dunked. Two weeks later.... they got married at the KH.

Now, to answer your question, I think it's a terrible reason to get Baptized™ because if you're trying to get a date or get laid, you're thinking with your genitals and not with your brain.

FWIW, I can't think of any reason that's a good enough one to pledge your life to a book publishing company and symbolize it by water baptism.