Lisa,
I always appreciated your posts. I just wanted to let you know that, and my my heart goes out to you.
LevelThePlayingField
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My brother died last night
by LisaRose ini found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
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Contradictions of the "no blood" policy....
by stuckinarut2 inso according to witnesses, the bible states that all blood is sacred, and once it leaves the body's circulatory system it must be "poured out on the ground" to show respect to jehovah.. it mustn't be eaten or transfused.. so how do they justify it being ok to take in fractions of blood components when these have been produced from donated whole blood?.
the whole blood was not "poured out".
it was taken to a laboratory, stored, manipulated, put through processes to separate parts of it, broken down etc.... it certainly was not "dealt with in a sacred way".. and yet these blood fractions are deemed "ok" by the society?.
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LevelThePlayingField
I've often wondered about this. How the Society accepted the whole fractions thing, when knowing that the only way you can get a fraction is by getting a lot of whole blood donations in the first place. So it's ok to accept these blood donations from other people, but no not from another witness nor from yourself. Now that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But the Society has it in print everywhere for all to see and no one ever questions it. Hmm, something's not quite right with this, don't you agree? -
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Why is Mother's Day wrong?
by stuckinarut2 inso why is celebrating mother's day wrong according to witnesses?.
is it not an opportunity to show respect to the giver of life (mother) and therefore god, the originator of families?.
does it not give an opportunity for members of the family to give a hard working mother a day off?
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LevelThePlayingField
Stuckin - I agree. I started a thread on Mother's Day myself. We should all appreciate our mothers while we can. -
Mother's Day
by LevelThePlayingField into all of us on jwn, the ones who have been here a long time, and the ones who are rather new, as you know, may 8th is mother's day.
and when my mother was still alive and i was in the "truth" and didn't give and honor to my mother then during those years (spending time with her, i was out preaching to strangers) i want you all to reflect how much we have in our mothers right here, right now.
my mother died back in the 90's and i have to say, if i had the chance to do it all over again, i would have visited her a lot more than i did, even if i was an active jw.
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LevelThePlayingField
To all of us on JWN, the ones who have been here a long time, and the ones who are rather new, as you know, May 8th is Mother's Day. And when my mother was still alive and I was in the "truth" and didn't give honor to my mother then during those years (spending time with her, I was out preaching to strangers) I want you all to reflect how much we have in our mothers right here, right now.
My mother died back in the 90's and I have to say, if I had the chance to do it all over again, I would have visited her a lot more than I did, even if I was an active JW. You only have one mother, and when she's gone, that's it, forever.
Now's the time to say you love your mom thru and thru. Grab her, hold her, tell her you love her, and no matter what, you will be there for her. Don't let a silly religion come between you and her if at all possible.
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RC 2016 Leaks & Releases
by wifibandit inin an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
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LevelThePlayingField
But seriously, as I watched the video, as I have seen such the likes a few times before on their broadcasts and all, for the first time something hit me. It hit me that these people, the GB that is and I think the rest of the rank and file really believe all this, that is to say that they have Jehovah's blessing on their religion and all. Wait, that didn't come out right... They really think that they are the only ones doing God's will. The GB especially think that people should be living a simple life, even selling their house and living in an apartment and make a meager living to make God happy. Here's the kicker, even if that means making less donations possible I would assume. It must be right? Less donations I mean. Because they keep stressing this living so simple over and over again. That simply translates into having less to donate, simply and plain. But the GB actually believe that God will somehow carry them through all of that! They are really deluded aren't they? -
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New Spiritually Weak Label: Not Using Tablet/iPhone
by Doubtfully Yours inwith last night's meeting it became official: here in the states is a must to keep up with 'jehovah's org' that one fully jumps on board with this tablet/iphone crap.. so, now, all of us that up to this point have refused to follow the wtbts in their electronic/wireless revolution will deal with the browbeating from the 'spiritual' ones.. already receiving lots of grief from hubby and rest of the family/close friends when seen at the meetings with paper publications.
damn it!!!
am i alone in this resistance???!!!.
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LevelThePlayingField
The more people that get ipads or whatever the better I say. The reason? Simple, They will likely access the internet as well and with that comes searches and with that comes TTATT. -
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Quotes JWs Don't Like...
by JW_Rogue in"you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".
"you always regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did".
"think for yourself, question authority".
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Quotes JWs Don't Like...
by JW_Rogue in"you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".
"you always regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did".
"think for yourself, question authority".
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"Come Lord Jesus!" -
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Quotes JWs Don't Like...
by JW_Rogue in"you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".
"you always regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did".
"think for yourself, question authority".
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LevelThePlayingField
Go with your gut.
Trust your heart.
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Where does WT get their money?
by Dreamerdude ini assume they get most of it from cash donations and assets left in wills.
there may also be some income from invested assets.
i guess they get a lot of money from old jws who die childless or with only df'd kids.geographically i assume they get it mostly from a few countries that have many publishers and strong economies.
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LevelThePlayingField
Well, now we know how the WT is getting some of their money. They just sold one of their properties for $105 million!