AndDontCallMeShirley

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  Transfusing blood is NOT eating blood

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

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  watchtowers official view:.

  you also ask why one can be disfellowshipped for taking a blood transfusion but not for taking blood fractions.

  while both may affect the life of an individual, the expression "life-sustaining" in connection with blood transfusions is synonymous with the idea of taking in food for nourishment.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  The Bible required that animals killed for food had to be bled , and the blood not eaten.

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  The Law did allow an Israelite to eat the unbled meat of an animal they found already dead (this means all the blood was still in the meat). And it allowed Israelites to sell unbled meat to Gentiles.

  It goes back to the simple rule that when a life is taken the blood is poured out in acknowledgement of that life. In a blood transfusion, no donor has given their life, therefore, there's nothing to "give back" by pouring out the blood.
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  Convention visit observations

  by Gorbatchov in

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  this weekend we visited the convention.

  my findings:.

  - no jw.org marketing here at this moment.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  "The Bethel speaker told us that a new translation is not expected in our language".....No longer a Bible Society

  Compared to other religions, WT has never been a Bible society. In fact, its original name was Watch Tower Tract Society, not Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

  WT is just going back to its roots.
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  FROM FEET TO FINGERS: THE WATCHTOWER EVOLVES INTO JW.ORG

  by steve2 in

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  with the official letter from the gb to all bodies of elders, a stylized jw.org banner can now be appended to kingdom hall signage.. what an auspicious year this will turn out to be for the organization!!.

  among other outcomes, the "link" with the old, baggage-ridden "watchtower bible & tract society" recedes into the background.

  furthermore, now you don't pretend to need feet trudging door-to-door - your worker is done at the press of a few directed fingers.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  will pdf downloads be counted as literature "placements"?

  They already are. If a JW refers someone to JW.Org and that person downloads literature, the JW can count it as a "placement".

  I'm sure it won't be long before a JW can post a Facebook page, and every "like" they get from a non-JW will be a "return visit".

  XBE: The thing is, how many people always, and only rely on an official site of a company or organization for information about that entity?

  I've talked to business owners who track their website use, and they say most people spend less than five minutes on the site and are only seeking basic information, like an address/directions or a phone number. They do not read the articles or other informational aspects of the business.

  But what do you expect from WT? This is the same Organization that feeds JWs a Tic Tac...then calls it a "spiritual banquet". WT has never been big on substance, just appearance.
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  Transfusing blood is NOT eating blood

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtowers official view:.

  you also ask why one can be disfellowshipped for taking a blood transfusion but not for taking blood fractions.

  while both may affect the life of an individual, the expression "life-sustaining" in connection with blood transfusions is synonymous with the idea of taking in food for nourishment.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  smiddy: They seem to completely ignore the fact that blood fractions are prosessed from stored blood donated by people

  To add to WT's idiocy, it approves the use of someone else's stored blood for fractions but still bans a JW from storing their own blood for future use!!

  Logically, wouldn't it be safer to you use your own blood for an upcoming surgery/procedure than someone else's? As is usual for WT, their absurd policies actually expose a JW to even more danger than they'd normally be subjected to had WT just stayed out of it.
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  JW Organization is occasionally spirit-guided! Here is the proof!

  by exWTslave in

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  please follow the sequence of events connected with a bethel and see what you can conclude!.

  1) when brach committee took a decision like a money-minded corporation, a conscientious bethelite (who is my close friend) wrote to the gb.. 2) gb took the bc into task, and directed bc to reverse its decision in that particular case.. 3) in time bc took revenge on the bethelite and removed his bethel-eldership on fabricated charges.. 4) gb withdraws the very arrangement of bethel eldership from all its branches!.

  5) after one year, bc felt that their revenge was neutralized because of the unexpected withdrawal of bethel-eldership itself, again fabricated charges with the help of false witnesses and dismissed and disfellowshipped that bethelite.. 6) after two years the two bc members who orchestrated all the above events were sent out of bethel in great dishonor, virtually into wilderness ordinary publishers!.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  WT is like any other corporate environment: sharks and piranhas can and do turn on each other quite frequently. It's the nature of the game- when you put a bunch of arrogant, self-serving a**holes in a group, large or small, and the water gets bloodied, there's a continual cycle of purgings, alliances and executions as each jockeys for position.
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  The JW.ORG craziness has begun....

  by cultBgone in

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  i guess it was bound to happen..... just saw a facebook post where the user updated their profile picture to be the blue square jw.org logo.. .

  don't know whether to laugh or cry.

  worship the borg, you people!!!

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  And if they tattoo it on their butt, where it belongs, will the eldubs have to see it to approve it?

  Only if it's on an Elder's ass....it will be inspected by the wannabe ministerial servant or new elder hopeful who's already down there kissing it.
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  The JW.ORG craziness has begun....

  by cultBgone in

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  i guess it was bound to happen..... just saw a facebook post where the user updated their profile picture to be the blue square jw.org logo.. .

  don't know whether to laugh or cry.

  worship the borg, you people!!!

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  It probably won't be too long before WT makes one exception that allows tattoos- if a JW wants to get "JW.Org" tattooed on their forehead, WT will call it part of their 'sacred service'.
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  Today's "gay-bashing" and other embarrassing content public talk!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  oh wow..... the public talk today is certainly embarrassing for witnesses!.

  started (completely left field too...seemed to come out of nowhere) with condemning homosexuality, and anyone who even tolerates it.

  if you like tv shows or movies with gay characters, you are "just as bad" (eg modern family tv show).

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  This site makes so much more sense the the wt!

  Mad magazine makes more sense than the WT.

  Redhorse Woman: If those men were homosexuals, why would Lot even bother to offer his virgin daughters

  Because apparently even flaming homosexuals cannot resist a woman who doinks her dad.
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  Today's "gay-bashing" and other embarrassing content public talk!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
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  oh wow..... the public talk today is certainly embarrassing for witnesses!.

  started (completely left field too...seemed to come out of nowhere) with condemning homosexuality, and anyone who even tolerates it.

  if you like tv shows or movies with gay characters, you are "just as bad" (eg modern family tv show).

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  Used the comparison of the way that a violent person can change their violent ways using biblical principles, so too can a "homosexual" person change their ways using biblical principles...

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  LOL

  "Out of convicted rapists, 57% admitted to reading pornography. 95% admitted to reading the Bible."
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  Jehovahs Witnesses and New Light

  by smiddy in

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  charles taze russell was chosen by god jehovah to reveal to mankind the way to salvation in this time of the end.. charles taze russell embarks on a public speaking program that takes him all over the world with him giving lectures in many countrys .. my question to jehovahs witnesses : was that holy spirit , inspired revelations that he gave ?

  was that new light from jehovah ?

  new truths ?.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  If history operated under the same mindset as WT, it would exclaim that when people thought the earth was flat and the Sun revolved around it, they were absolutely correct. The modern view that the earth is a sphere and, in fact, the earth revolves around the Sun, does not nullify the old view but is merely an "adjustment" (new light) of the previous view. Both views are true, and proof that no matter how much things change, humans were right all along.

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  @ CG: John a Brown started this nonsence with his end of the gentile times chart, so why isn't he included in god like status of Rutherford and Russell?

  Do plagiarists ever acknowledge the source they've stolen from?