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  Blood Transfusions

  by new boy in

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  take a wild guess who dreamt up the idea about no blood transfusions for jehovah’s witnesses in the first place?

  charles russell, the founder of the church?

  judge rushford, the alcoholic and second president?

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  King David and his men violated the diet restriction on eating blood when they were in danger of starvation and they never were condemned for it by Jehovah.

  Jesus had no problem in violating the sabbath commandment when a life was involved. And Jehovah never chastised him for it.

  The law in the "Old Testament" was about not eating blood {,diet}.

  And that same principle in the "New Testament" was about not eating blood carrying on from the "Old Testament" with its diet restriction.

  Think about this : If a person is starving to death and the only thing he is given is a blood transfusion he would still die of starvation, simply because blood is not a food.

  Jehovah`s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions and even reject donating their own blood for their own personal use for later emergency`s.

  Yet hypocritically J.W.`s will accept blood fractions in medical procedures that are produced by blood that is donated by "worldly" people that is then processed in a laboratory into its various fractions .?

  They should be called out on this hypocrisy once and for all.
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  Remember the Wife of Lot

  by Addison0998 in

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  for family worship last night, our family watched remember the wife of lot movie since it will be discussed in the meeting this week.

  there’s a few things i noticed that i didn’t think about last time i watched it.. first, the dad is very of course against his daughters going to college or even trying to find a good job.

  yet he does accounting, which is a very good job that almost always requires a college education.

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  Welcome to this site S.M. its a bonus when you have success in getting your family out ,i`m sorry about your breakdown in marriage though ,but as they say that`s life.

  Excellent news that your daughter is attending university now and studying Bio-Chem.I can imagine how proud you must feel for her .

  This is a great success story for you and your daughter.

  Take care.
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  Some thoughts on the message of doom

  by JeffT in

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  one of the recent threads on the talk about the hailstone message got me to thinking.

  the problem with putting out a message like that is what to do when nothing happens.

  i have to think that somebody will be asking that question.

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  Beth Sarim

  That`s because the G.B. of J.W.`s like to re-write their own history and delete and destroy their older publications because they can be an embarrassment to them .

  In other words expose them as false prophets .

  So many of their books tracts that were once considered "Truth" when published are no longer considered as "True" necessitating their re-writing of their own early history .

  What " Truthfull" organization is ashamed /embarrassed by their own early history ? that they see the need to alter it.?
  
  
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  wt can be seen as fake people smugglers, would-be human traffickers.

  by waton in

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  2. beliefs

  reading about migrants using flamethrowers, acid, unspeakable, -- to storm the fences of european grounds, trying to reach their perceived "paradise", -- the eu", it occurred to me that .

  wt has marketed it's efforts as a grand aid to to reach "the kingdom"[paradise] too.. the difference is of course, --while germany, other states, really afford newcomers an almost effortless existence for life, - wt makes such promises, offers a pie in the sky, or lower, but can of itself never fulfill them, has proven that by it's past s failures.

  so: does wt guarantee safe passage into paradise?

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  I would just like to add my 2 cents worth on what you said.

  1.does wt guarantee safe passage into paradise? NO.

  2.does it enslave it's clients in transit as recruiters, workers? ? YES

  3. Does it market itself as the only safe conduit into paradise?, YES

  4. does it demand obedience, even contrary to common sense, during the voyage? YES

  5.Have there been fatalities of it's clients on the way to the promised land? YES most definetly

  I think you have summed it up pretty well

  wt has marketed it's efforts as a grand aid to to reach "the kingdom"[paradise] too.

  And I couldn`t agree with you more ,well said
  
  
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  JW Dogma Analysis For Lurkers & Faders to Consider

  by The Fall Guy in

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  this post is necessarily lengthy, but my hope is that these 14 examples of wtbts dogma will be examined closely by those who either have something to gain by doing so, or those who can provide "new light" for any of the topics.. "however, you may say in your heart: “how will we know that jehovah has not spoken the word?” when the prophet speaks in the name of jehovah and the word is not....true, then jehovah did not speak that word.

  you should not fear him.

  " [the prophet] (deuteronomy 18:21-22) .

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  Bookmarked for future reference
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  R C Newburgh NY

  by loneranger in

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  1488 in attendance ....7 baptized.

  at least 3 were under teenage years...children of those in already.

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  R.C. happens once a year right ? 1488 in attendance , suppose for arguments sake only 1000 were baptized J.W`s who put in 10 hours a month for twelve months =120,000 hours ,7 baptized minus the 3 children of witness parents ,that leaves 4 potential converts for the year.

  Not very productive witnessing in my book.

  The C.E.O. needs to be sacked .

  just my 2 cents worth.
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  Did You Ever Think You Would Be A Member On A Site Like This?

  by minimus in

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  when i first started looking at “apostate” sites , i was always watching over my shoulder, hoping no one would catch me viewing “spiritual pornography”.

  i found these types of sites mesmerizing but i never thought i’d join one.... look at me now.😈.

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  I was paranoid , one of the first site i remember looking up was Shaun`s , and Dogpatch`s Free Minds..

  Some of the things I was seeing I just could not believe in ,maybe apostate lies were true .

  However a lot of other things I could relate too . So I kept looking and searching.

  And I`ve been on here about 13 years now and I luv you all.
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  Strange first names among jw's

  by fulano in

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  do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

  i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

  can you believe it..

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  Sennacherib ,Judas ,Knee,High,Miah ,Denarius , Lot , Job ,Yahweh etc,etc.

  You couldn`t make these names up ,oops I guess they did.
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  Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

  wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

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  Diogenesister

  Thanks for the clarification.and apologies to those who it was intended
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Have No Power Over You Unless YOU Let It Happen!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  should i go to a judicial committee and perhaps get disfellowshipped?

  should i talk to the elders just because they say they want to talk to me?

  should i simply disassociate myself and have nothing to do with the organization?.

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  Let me ask you this mm ,if you were a baptized person and never attended meetings for 10-20 years ,how would the G.B.of Jw`s / Elders view you ? I believe they would automatically assume you have been practising wrongs that are condemned in the Bible and haul you before a JC committee if ever you walked back into a K.H.

  So my position was better for me to do it to them than they do it to me .

  In your scenario you cant win whatever you do ?

  but at least I felt good about it .

  Just my 2 cents worth.