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  Position on blood idolatrous?

  by Jehovah lol in

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  i just had this thought in my other thread.. jehovah witnesses refuse blood transfusions because they believe blood to be the sacred symbol of life.

  that's the primary reason, the medical justifications are simply ad hoc excuses.

  couldn't it be said that their willingness to give their lives for the sanctity of the symbol of life is idolatrous?

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  Jehovah lol

  I just had this thought in my other thread.

  Jehovah Witnesses refuse blood transfusions because they believe blood to be the sacred symbol of life. That's the primary reason, the medical justifications are simply ad hoc excuses. Couldn't it be said that their willingness to give their lives for the sanctity of the symbol of life is idolatrous? Putting the symbol ahead of what it represents?

  I'm not religious so I have no bone to pick with idolatry, but I know it's a big deal for the WTS, so as a doctrine it is inconsistent with their own ideals. Do you think that this reasoning could be used to sway witnesses on the issue in times of personal medical crisis?
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

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  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  Do they still believe in the sanctity (idolatry more like) of blood?
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  Secret sex in the Org

  by pomo6780 in

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  2 pioneers of the opposite sex.

  the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.

  both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.

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  In the UK, 'the toilets' means the restrooms.
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  The 'remnant' numbers going up sounds hilarious. As for the overlapping generations, if I'd still been in when that one was spun then I'm sure it would have tipped me off. The reason I left initially in 2006 was because I realised that 'the happiest people on Earth' were all miserable. Other than that I still believed some of it, but by 2009 I was full on atheist. These days I'm more or less ambivalent about everything.
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  Secret sex in the Org

  by pomo6780 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  2 pioneers of the opposite sex.

  the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.

  both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.

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  My experience with this was pretty bland, I knew of a few who were very obviously gay and couldn't come out, but nothing saucy. As for me, I was young when I was still inside the religion and my only first-hand sexual experience was masturbating in the toilets during the Watchtower study.
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  They've dropped the faithful and discreet slave? But that was one of their core beliefs 😕
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  I mainly care because I still have family stuck inside, but I don't want to ask them about it because they might mistake it for genuine interest.
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  I never remember it being so money-focused back when I was in but then I never really paid much attention to that stuff, I was more interested in the beliefs, which seem to be of little importance now.
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  Do members have to tithe now?
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  What's changed since I left in 2006?

  by Jehovah lol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i made a thread like this a couple of years ago but i can't remember what was said and i'd rather have a new discussion anyway.. what's different in the wts since i left it behind in 2006?.

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  Jehovah lol

  I think I made a thread like this a couple of years ago but I can't remember what was said and I'd rather have a new discussion anyway.

  What's different in the WTS since I left it behind in 2006?