Posts by A Paduan

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What is the best way to rebutt JW's argument that Jesus is not "almighty"?

by ukescott in

i am in a debate with korean jw's over the divinity of jesus.

i showed them tons of scripture that imply that jesus is divine.

they reluctantly accepted those and argue that jesus may be a "mighty" god, not "almighty" god and that jehovah alone is almighty.

Oops, I gave my sister a Demon (twice)

by MeneMene in

first demon - - i sent my jw sister an email with some info about wts.

i just got a package in the mail from her.

course she disagreed with all the info but said her computer crashed right after she opened that email and she doesnt know if it can be fixed.

A Paduan

I'd say she probably shouldn't be allowed to drive

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What is the best way to rebutt JW's argument that Jesus is not "almighty"?

by ukescott in

i am in a debate with korean jw's over the divinity of jesus.

i showed them tons of scripture that imply that jesus is divine.

they reluctantly accepted those and argue that jesus may be a "mighty" god, not "almighty" god and that jehovah alone is almighty.

A Paduan

No one can confess that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit

.......and leave it at that..........it's just how it is

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..blessed be you Simon Barjona for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you

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this allowed by the borg for jw's to use in place of transfusion of regular human blood notice the concerns even by outside people, over the fact this cows blood raising safety issues.. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-06/12-15-06/01health.htm.

the navy's latest proposal to test a blood substitute made by a massachusetts company on 1,100 trauma victims appears more likely to earn a go-ahead from regulators who had blocked the experiment over safety concerns.

the navy wants to test the product, derived from cow blood, on civilian trauma victims in emergency situations.

A Paduan

Genesis 9 and Acts 15 was specifically referring to mixing human and animal blood.

What a bunch of idiots

Yeh, from my memory of the bible the "ban" (if you read things literally) referred to animal blood.

More like, What a bunch of nasty and dangerous idiots

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Is it true that it takes 30 minutes to ..........

by 5go in

take away a jw kid when they need blood because that seems to long now ?

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any former hlc elder's here that can answer that ?.

A Paduan

Recently we had a talk at the hospital by visiting jws who showed a film on blood alternatives that included autologous transfusion - when asked why that was accepted they said, “It wasn't”.

Everyone who hadn’t dealt with jws before were shaking their heads and looking perplexed at the ridiculous duplicity of the presentation.

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Is it true that it takes 30 minutes to ..........

by 5go in

take away a jw kid when they need blood because that seems to long now ?

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any former hlc elder's here that can answer that ?.

A Paduan

In our hospital the decision would be known and understood while in the process of implementing the health care - the "paperwork" ie. court documents would be a formality after the fact - there's simply no waiting once it is deemed an appropriate decision, aside from any need for extra security which would take less than a minute. I'm not sure how things are in the U.S. or U.K. but here the benefit of the doubt goes to safety of the child in the circumstance, and dealing with how much of a whackjob parents may be comes second - and it's not just jws.

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Dysfunction and being at home

by A Paduan in

a colleague recently noted, when the topic of jws came up, that one reason discussed for the higher representation of jws requiring health care for psychosomatic disorder, self harm and mental illness, was that these are the people at home when they call.. it was suggested that the higher level of social dysfunction is not so much generated, but gathered, as it it these people who are at home or who have the type of time it takes to become jws.. thoughts ?.

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A Paduan

They obviously get converts.......have in the past at least.........no doubt dysfunction is past on down with the next generation (whenever that may be)

The subsequent generation is taught strange beliefs which they by nature rebel against, they are denied education that can empower them, they're given a skewed view of the 'outside world', and distrust for people generally as even their closest friends are liable to 'rat them out' at the drop of a hat. Add that to having a needy and dysfunctional parent and the situation is much worse than when the door was first answered twenty-five years before.

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Dysfunction and being at home

by A Paduan in

a colleague recently noted, when the topic of jws came up, that one reason discussed for the higher representation of jws requiring health care for psychosomatic disorder, self harm and mental illness, was that these are the people at home when they call.. it was suggested that the higher level of social dysfunction is not so much generated, but gathered, as it it these people who are at home or who have the type of time it takes to become jws.. thoughts ?.

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A Paduan

2 Timothy 3:6

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I noticed another scripture today that seems to sum up the wtbts

If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions, and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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"My Mother Coerced My 13 Year Old Daughter to be Baptized."

by scout575 in

jw
friends

"my stepfather, a leader in the church youth community, was sexually abusive, and my mother was physically and mentally abusive...paradoxically it was perfectly all right for my mother to forgive her child-molesting husband and remain married to him...my decision to leave the church has caused definite strain on nearly every relationship with my christian family members, though they will never speak of it.

my mother coerced my 13 year old daughter to be baptized recently and that has caused some major problems for us since i had specifically told her she should wait until she had done some more research...its good to read other testimonials to know that i am not alone in this.

" ( a quotation from: ex-christian.net / testimonies of former christians / religion compounded family dysfunction / poster's username: jesuszombieatemybrains )

A Paduan

christian ¹ fundamentalist whack jobs

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Dysfunction and being at home

by A Paduan in

a colleague recently noted, when the topic of jws came up, that one reason discussed for the higher representation of jws requiring health care for psychosomatic disorder, self harm and mental illness, was that these are the people at home when they call.. it was suggested that the higher level of social dysfunction is not so much generated, but gathered, as it it these people who are at home or who have the type of time it takes to become jws.. thoughts ?.

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A Paduan

There's a scripture about that actually

For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and swayed by various impulses, who will listen to anybody and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth.