in a ealier post, i asket for lies, you have to believe in to be in the "truth"
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/128940/1.ashx pleas bear with me, with my france/english/danish :p it is really bad :( well thanks for the help all :).
i have not got any response, from any jehovah withness, in this topic, they just turn, very silent.
Thinking it over, the way you put it, I suppose a spiritual bullet to the Head/ Mind, not to mention the devastation to the heart, can be just as lethal. as a true bullet that penetrates one physically.
I can say this is how I characterize this organization called the Watchtower: A Spiritual Bullet that is Ravenous to The Soul.
Thank you for sharing. And welcome 'a-board'.
sKally
in a ealier post, i asket for lies, you have to believe in to be in the "truth"
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/128940/1.ashx pleas bear with me, with my france/english/danish :p it is really bad :( well thanks for the help all :).
i have not got any response, from any jehovah withness, in this topic, they just turn, very silent.
Seriously though, they do not "HAVE" to believe...
They CHOOSE to believe those beliefs.
We all choose our beliefs. No matter what they may Be. We don't have to believe. Unless of course there is a gun to our heads. Then our choice truly becomes a matter of life and death, and thus,not really of choice. But of duress.
Simple.
sKally
gene smalley and the watchtower's blood transfusion doctrine.
randy: hi, is this gene?.
watchtower's blood doctrine?.
2 DOCTORS TELL OF TREATMENTS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ACCEPT AP Published: November 29, 1981
Doctors are finding more ways to treat and perform surgery on members of Jehovah's Witnesses without the blood transfusions that most of the sect's followers reject, The Journal of the American Medical Association has reported.
Many doctors once avoided treating Jehovah's Witnesses, but attitudes are changing and more physicians now consider their care a medical challenge, according to an article in the Nov. 27 issue.
Operations are now done successfully with substitutes for blood transfusions, according to the article's authors, Dr. J. Lowell Dixon and M. Gene Smalley of the medical and research department of the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Dr. Dixon, a surgeon, acknowledged in an interview that many physicians might be frustrated by a patient's refusal to have a blood transfusion, but he said, ''Doctors are finding that they can get by on a lot less blood than they once thought they could in an operation - or not use blood at all.'' 'Beliefs Can Be a Problem'
''As patients,'' he went on, ''we acknowledge that our beliefs can be a problem for a doctor, but taking that as a consideration, doctors across the country are finding that they can treat us and are considering us not as fanatics, but as exceptions and challenges.''
There are half a million Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, the Journal's article says. Citing Biblical passages that, they believe, rule out transfusions, members of the sect will not accept whole blood, blood cells or plasma from donors.
Members will accept nonblood replacement fluids, synthetic alternatives and some blood proteins. They will also accept techniques to reduce the flow of blood in surgery, such as electrocautery, or lowered blood pressure or body temperature. Those methods, Dr. Dixon said, are available in well-equipped hospitals.
The Journal article said doctors had successfully performed operations including major urologic and orthopedic surgery, posterior spinal fusion, and cardiovascular surgery. Operations Without Transfusions
Dr. Dixon said he had not compiled statistics on how many operations had been done on members of Jehovah's Witnesses without blood transfusions that might normally be required.
He and Dr. Smalley quoted a 1977 article in the Journal that reported 542 cardiovascular operations had been performed on membeers of Jehovah's Witnesses without blood transfusions. It concluded that the procedure could be carried out ''with an acceptably low risk.''
The authors of the 1977 article surveyed 1,026 operations and determined ''that the risk of surgery in patients of the Jehovah's Witness group has not been substantially higher than for others.''
sKally
gene smalley and the watchtower's blood transfusion doctrine.
randy: hi, is this gene?.
watchtower's blood doctrine?.
In order to retain such arcane teachings while appearing to allow their members much freedom in matters of doctrine and conscience, the Watchtower Society has had to publish one set of rules to their followers in their literature (and more importantly, by oral teachings not specifically spelled out in print), yet another to the public media and the governments. It is noteworthy to mention that the Watchtower is not averse to using what they call “ theocratic warfare 3 ,” which is defined as not disclosing to the enemy what they are not deserving to hear (in this case, the enemy can be anyone who is not favorable to the Watchtower Society, such as “worldly “ governments and news reporters).
Yet, redunant now, due to the internet.
{{{ Dannyboy }}} So nice to 'see' you.
Wonder when Joel {Knocking producer} will be coming out with the DVD of Kerry and Smalley, in debate.
sKally
fantastic video!
what's this one 'make' you feel?
what does it stir up in you?.
Even the album is appropo:
Lyrics: 30 Seconds To Mars - From Yesterday [ Artist Lyrics ]
Album: A Beautiful Lie
Watch Music Video hot! Buy Music MP3 Online of Artist
He’s a stranger to some
And a vision to none
He can never get enough,
Get enough of the world
For a fortune he'd quit
But it’s hard to admit
How it ends and begins
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
From yesterday, it’s coming!
From yesterday, the fear!
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message here
On a mountain he sits, not of gold but of sin
through the blood he can learn, see the life that he took
From a council of one
He'll decide when he's done with the innocent
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
On his face is a map of the world
(A map of the world)
From yesterday, it’s coming!
From yesterday, the fear!
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message
he doesn't want to read the message
He doesn't want to read the message here
On his face is a map of the world
From yesterday, it’s coming!
From yesterday, the fear!
From yesterday, it calls him
But he doesn't want to read the message here
From yesterday,
From yesterday,
From yesterday, the fear
From yesterday,
From yesterday
But he doesn't want to read the message
He doesnt want to read the message
he doesn't want to read the message here
fantastic video!
what's this one 'make' you feel?
what does it stir up in you?.
Fantastic video!
What's THIS one 'make' you feel? What does it stir up in you?
holy spirit directed me to an issue of awake!
that was under a pile of papers by my phone: .
how's this for controlling information flow to young minds while feigning concern for their well-being; .
That is an absolutely beautiful picture Mad. Thanks for sharing, it.
sKally
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/882.
selling old standish hotel,,i can't seem to cut & paste,,maybe someone else can do it to this forum.
thank you..
~darn it...i'm looking for the animated one~
on monday, april 2nd, 2007 at 6pm, the third annual demonstration in front of the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses in wilmington, mass will take place.
come and help us stop newly interested ones to escape the tentacles of the watchtower organization.
your presence will help jehovah's witnesses, jw relatives and bible studies to at least think.
~~ Well wishes ~~
sKally
http://www.childabuse.com/newsletter/stat0301.htm.
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