the elders say "its very wrong to donate blood because you never know what the medical community is going to do with that blood.
" i asked one of the brothers who is a consultant at one of the medical centers, "why are we allowed to take blood fragments if were not allowed to donate blood?
" he/she refused to answer, just shook their head and walked away all red faced!
"its very wrong to donate blood because you never know what the medical community is going to do with that blood."
By that same logic, WT should also be telling JWs to not pay their taxes. Ever.
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This is typical WT hypocrisy: They have 1,001 reasons for JWs to not contribute anything to the very system they are more than eager to take something from.
http://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.
watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.
watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.
So the end is sooooo close....thats why you need more real estate.
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God changed his judging standards: he who owns the most real estate wins.
http://gotoby.com/news/article/2245/watchtower-buys-former-faa-training-facility-in-palm-coast-for-$7025000.
watchtower buys former faa training facility in palm coast for $7,025,000the facility was owned by embry riddle and had been leased to the faa.
watchtower plans to use the facility in much the same manner as did the faa.by toby tobinadd a comment palm coast, fl june 30, 2014 watchtower, an entity ofjehovahs witnesses, purchased the former faa training facility in palm coast from embry riddle aeronautical university for $7,025,000.
“As the seller, we wanted to make sure any buyer would continue to provide Palm Coast with the same level of economic activity as the FAA had"
He does realize WT is not only a religion, but a religion of cheap asses, right? Religion = no tax revenue; cheap asses = not much for the local economy, either.
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"Watchtower plans to use the site as a training facility in much the same manner as did the FAA"
Is he serious? How is WT anything like the FAA?
my friend, mike works as a massage therapist, and there is a woman at the shop that is super-jw-woman and is constantly hounding him with things.. today, he's messaging me and he tells me that she was trying to push a brochure or something on him.
he said he'd really rather not read a religious pamphlet.. so... she says, "it's not religious... it's from god.".
isn't that kinda what religious means?
Ironically, under JF Rutherford, the JWs also denied being a religion.
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Until that stance resulted in Jehovah's Witnesses not being able to hide under minister/clergy exemptions to get them out of military service...then suddenly JFR switched and said JWs were a religion. Like you said, BU2B, intellectually dishonest for sure.
my friend, mike works as a massage therapist, and there is a woman at the shop that is super-jw-woman and is constantly hounding him with things.. today, he's messaging me and he tells me that she was trying to push a brochure or something on him.
he said he'd really rather not read a religious pamphlet.. so... she says, "it's not religious... it's from god.".
isn't that kinda what religious means?
"It's not religious... It's from God."
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Does this mean god is an atheist?
a discussion of this talk on friday morning deserves its own thread.
as i said elsewhere, it was a remarkable one.
the speaker was manfred vencebi (google him - he's a bethel bigwig) and some of his remarks are real gems.
Ironically, MEPS wouldn't even be necessary had Jehovah™ not confused the languages in the first place.
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@ Oubliette:
In simple terms, engineering is a three-step process:
let's be technical.
the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.
indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.
It's a book who's stories begin in the Stone Age, progress into the Bronze Age, are written about in the Iron Age, all so it could be entirely debunked in the Information Age.
two copies of this invitation were pinned to the corkboard at the post office this morning: a world government, why do we need one, is it possible, who is qualified to rule?.
i know this invitation hand-out has been discussed but i missed this part - that wt obviously is saying they are qualified to rule the world.
i can't take it.
Who may attend? Answer: Everyone.
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Unless JWs don't want you there, then suddenly it is not open to the public:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOt8SaC9-No&feature=player_detailpage
bibl3thumper has posted a youtube of the celebrations that took place for german delegates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvs6_q7rqps&feature=em-subs_digest.
it's hard to believe that they are now using the kingdom hall to sing pop songs and for dancing.
Where is the District Overseer?
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Packing his bags...he's been pink-slipped.
bibl3thumper has posted a youtube of the celebrations that took place for german delegates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvs6_q7rqps&feature=em-subs_digest.
it's hard to believe that they are now using the kingdom hall to sing pop songs and for dancing.
Just remember the theme of the convention everybody: "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom".
JeezHovah loves line dances and "worldly" music, especially the Vietnam War protest songs. All of this promotes "The Kingdom"* and will surely bring thousands of people into "The Truth".
As others have said, I remember the days when a JW couldn't even have a cup of coffee in a KH on a bitterly cold winter morning field service meeting. "Worldly" music for a wedding? Forget it! "Worldly" music while cleaning or working on a KH? Forget it!
Now WT is endorsing Penetecostal Revivals. I wonder how long before JWs are also 'Holy Rolling" or having Bingo Night? Bake sales?
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* I bet not one JW realizes or cares that no one is out 'preaching for the Kingdom' when they are touring, dancing and listening to concerts instead.
