Posts by FingersCrossed

jehovah's witnesses and blood transfusioni had forgotten that the jehovah's witnesses (jw) forbid blood transfusions, but this article in last sunday's new york times reminded me.

it's about physicians who are performing bloodless operations to accommodate the jws who can't receive blood.. the piece starts with the tale of rebecca tomczak, a jw who needed a lung transplant because her own lungs had been destroyed by the disease sarcoidosis.

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The real problem with Watchtower.

by Rattigan350 in

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a topic on here about 1975 prompted me to write about how, for me, that is and never was or will be an issue.. also, the 144,000 and 'two classes' with memorial partaking, and child abuse are not issues with this religion.

everyone has their unique teachings and personnel problems.. the real problem with this religion was highlighted in the 2008 yearbook.

it gave a story of a young woman who was from estonia who was on the equivalent of american idol for estonia.

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They are slowing digging their own grave... good for them!

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The ten most embarrassing scriptures for Jehovah's Witnesses

by slimboyfat in

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1. mark 7:15 "there is nothing from outside a man that passes into him that can defile him; but the things that issue forth out of a man are the things that defile a man.. so how can eating black pudding or having a blood transfusion be a sin?.

2. roman 14:5 one [man] judges one day as above another; another [man] judges one day as others; let each one be convinced in his own mind.

so how come they say birthdays and festivals are a sin?.

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Damn! He is back with the cult and even more zealous

by FingersCrossed in

would even die rather than get blood transfusion.

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Damn! He is back with the cult and even more zealous

by FingersCrossed in

would even die rather than get blood transfusion.

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Would even die rather than get blood transfusion. The question is...... can I still respect and love someone so.......................... unreasonably a dub?

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How many of you here became inactive and went back for the second time and then left for good?

by FingersCrossed in

and what were the reasons?.

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And what were the reasons?

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Wake Up Your Family Through Family Worship Night!

by Emery in

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i've thought of an excercise that can knock 2 birds with 1 stone.

you can walk away performing a spiritual demand by the watchtower, while also introducing ttatt to your family.

i did this once with my roommate way before i knew the ttatt, we wrote questions on the back of flash cards, choosing them randomly to create realistic situations that you may encounter at the door.

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Watchtower Birthday Logic

by enigma1863 in

the watchtower bases their opposition to birthdays by two scriptures, saying something bad happened and god must have put it in there for a reason.

following their logic are there any other things jws shouldnt do because bad things happened in a couple of scriptures?.

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Being fat ~ Eli died because he was too fat, fat bad king, Jezebel was fat too (or not?). The JW should all watch their weight, may be shunned if they are fat