One of the things that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid growing up in a JW home, was the thought that if one of my siblings or I ever needed blood transfusions to save our lives, our parents wouldn't bat an eye and would willingly sacrifice us on the WTS's NO BLOOD altar.
Posts by Scully
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20For those of you that are disfellowshipped, How Far Would Your Faithfull JW Family Go To Stay Loyal to The WT?
by John Aquila inive seen jw parents shun their disfellowshipped children for 20-30 years.
ive seen parents remove disfellowshipped or fader children from wills and give the inheritance to the watchtower..
if your country got run over by some form of government like the nazi regime and started a process of eliminating any groups or individuals who it considered a threat.
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Need Help with Blood Transfusion Illustration
by Dissonant15 inplease, who can provide an intelligent rebuttal to the following illustration?
i always thought it was bullet-proof:.
"if your doctor directs you to 'abstain from alcohol' would you be ok to have it injected into your veins rather than drink it?
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Scully
A person can live without alcohol. Abstaining from it would not put a person's life at risk. Alcohol is ingested orally; it is not intended to be infused intravenously.
A person cannot live without an adequate blood supply. Abstaining from blood needed to maintain bodily function (for example, after a car accident where the individual loses 50% of their blood volume) results in hypovolemic shock and multi-system organ failure and the person dies. Blood can be ingested orally, by which it serves a nutritional value. It does not maintain its capacity to oxygenate the body once in contact with digestive enzymes. When infused intravenously, via blood transfusion, blood has the ability to oxygenate tissues that have been starved of oxygen during the episode of blood loss. It transports glucose and oxygen to the brain to sustain brain function during a critical situation in the person's life.
When faced with the dilemma of whether it is better to die while Keeping Integrity™ to the WTS or accept a blood transfusion and be considered tainted or be Disfellowshipped™ to save your own life, I like to refer to this scripture:
There is hope for whoever is among the living, because a live dog is better off than a dead lion. ~ Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NWT)
Ironically, Ecclesiastes 9:5 is a favorite among JWs and it astonishes me than most of them have never clued in to the context of the previous verse. "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten."
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Blurring of genders
by Saltheart Foamfollower inas sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.
this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.
this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.
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Scully
What about Sisters™ who display more masculine behaviours, like assertiveness, outspokenness and having masculine mannerisms? or maybe with unfortunate facial hair? or wearing culottes or a skort??
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when that happens...
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Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.
by StephaneLaliberte ini am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.
looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.
also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.
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Scully
millie210:
I had an employee of mine just use their paid vacation time to go volunteer.
It was galling to know I was paying for that....
I understand where you're coming from, I really do. I'm sure you realize that what an employee does with their vacation time is their business. They've earned it, according to whatever labour relations regulations apply in your jurisdiction. At least you won't have to endure any on-the-job preaching while they're away. ;-)
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Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.
by StephaneLaliberte ini am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.
looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.
also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.
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Scully
Why pay for labour when people are willing to do it for free, *and* procure a measure of prestige for themselves for being part of the construction project? It's not like the old days where any old JW could just walk onto a building site either for a Quick Build™ Kingdom Hall™ or Assembly Hall™ - now every person on the site must be vetted as to their skill set and their Spiritual Qualifications™.
If the WTS can get their labour at no cost, and materials at cost or donated, they will take it. It's part of their Take-Take-Take modus operandi.
As an aside, they seem to be far more concerned about the qualifications for anyone participating in a building project than they are ensuring that people coming in contact with children are safe to do so.
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Today I got a review that left me scratching my head - what do you make of it?
by Brock Talon inas a published author on amazon, i'm used to getting negative reviews from time to time.
it goes with the territory and i'm ok with it.
writing is an art form, so no art is liked by everyone.
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Scully
Studying™ with JWs for FIVE YEARS and still not Baptized™?
She's clearly disadvantaged in some way - either learning disabilities or lack of support in her education - the spelling mistakes and such. Doesn't talk about a partner, but does talk about her daughter - single mom? single mom with deadbeat dad? poor financial status = not enough moola for the Worldwide Education Work™?
She's gotta have some major Love Bombing going on for her to still want to be part of the JWs, even though they've told her at least once that she doesn't qualify for Baptism™. Maybe the Elders™ are holding that out like a carrot to keep her involved.
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If they go bankrupt, so what?
by maksutov init seems likely that the watchtower is worried about its finances, given the downsizing, property schemes, and money-grabs we have been seeing over the last few years.
perhaps they suffered badly from the financial crisis.
for sure, there will be more expenses to come from child abuse payouts.
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Scully
The only so-called "financial crisis" they have is of their own making. Ignoring victims of child sexual abuse and protecting predators is costing them, big time. -
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Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?
by Tenacious intoday i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.
i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.
sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.
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Scully
This is a freaking awesome explanation from someone who was in the know... Thanks, JT, where ever you are!
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Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?
by Tenacious intoday i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.
i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.
sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.
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Scully
wifibandit:
The financial report started by them saying "Elders voted to send $1,500 to World wide work".
Well then the Elders™ can damn well pay up.
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Anyone miss "Scholar" who used to post here? Found him!
by sir82 in...in the jwtalk thread covering the september broadcast re: "generation".. http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/22665-september-broadcast/page-5.
poor neil, he comes on this forum, he gets hammered.. goes on the virulently pro-jw forum, gets hammered.. you'd almost think he was a troll.....no, couldn't be..... .
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Scully
Yes, I missed him. But then again, I'm not a very good shot.